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DREER'S RELIABLE SEEDS. 



DREER'S RELIABLE 



English Milltrack Mushroom Spawn. 





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This vegetable is extensively grown for its green pods, which 

 are used in soups, stews, etc., to which they impart a rich flavor 

 and are considered nutritious. Sow the seeci thickly in rich 

 ground about the middle of May, or when the ground has be- 

 come warm, in drills 3 Teet apart and 1 inch deep; thin out to 

 10 inches apart in the drills. 



Dreer'S Little Gem. The best of the dwarf sorts. Pods 

 long, slender, and of a light green color. Pkt. 5 cts.; oz. 10 

 cts.; i lb. 25 cts.; lb. 80 cts. 

 "Wllite Creole. [IVkite Velvet). This variety is largely 

 g)Own in the South, and is preferred by many to the green- 

 podded sorts, is considered more tender and of better flavor. 

 Pods perfectly round, free from ridges. Pkt. 5 cts.; oz. 10 

 cts.; \ lb. 25 cts.; lb. 80 cts. 

 Improved Greeu. A very desirable sort for market gar- 

 deners; of medium height; very productive ; bears long pods, 

 which rem.Tin tender a long time and are free from hard 

 ridges. Pkt. 5 cts.; oz. 10 cts.; \ lb. 25 cts.; lb. 75 cts. 



Improved Grpen Okra. 



MUSHROOM SPAWN. 



The best results are obtained 

 by the use of our superior English 

 Mushroom Spawn, which is 

 largely used by the most success- 

 ful growers around Philadelphia. 

 The quality of our spawn is well 

 known. 



Full and explicit instructions 

 for growing can be found in 

 Dreer's "Vegetables Under 

 Glass." By mail 25 cts. 



Everyone who has a cellar or 

 outside buildings not in use 

 should, l)y all means, grow this 

 most delicious vegetable, con- 

 sidered by most people a luxuiy. 

 One of the best places to grow 

 these is under a greenhouse bench, 

 where the thermometer does not 

 run too high. 



Dreer's Mushroom Circular free 

 on application. 



Best English Milltrack 



SpaAVn. Per lirick 15 cts.; 

 12 bricks §1.75; 100 bricks 

 S12.50. Bv mail, 25 cts. per 

 brick ; 25 lbs. $2.50 ; 100 lbs. 

 S9.00. 

 Fieucli Spawn. 2 lb. boxes 

 90 CIS.; 3 lb. boxes 31-25. 



MUSTARD. 



One ounce will sow about eiglitj- feet of drill. 



A small pungent salad used with cress ; the seed is also used 

 for flavoring pickles, pepper sauce, etc. For salads sow thickly 

 in shallow drills 6 inches apart, or in frames or boxes during 

 the winter, where frost can be partially excluded. Successive 

 sowings may be made every week or two. To grow seed sow 

 in April in rows 1 foot apart, and thin out to 3 inches apart 

 when 2 inches high. 

 White London. For salads and flavoring purposes. Oz. 



5 cts.; \ lb. 15 cts.; lb. 40 cts. 

 Chinese. Leaves twice the size of the white, flavor sweet 



and pungent. Oz. 10 cts.; \ lb. 25 cts.; lb. 75 cts. 



White or London Mustard. 



MARTYISIA. 



The seed pods are u>ed for inckling, when gathered young 

 and tender. Sow in the open ground in May, in hills 3 fett 

 apart each way, or in a hot-lied, and afterwards transplant. 



Martynia Prohoseidea. Pkt. 5 cts.; oz. 30 cts.; \ lb. 

 $1.00. 



NASTURTIUMS. 



Four ounce.s of seed to one liuiidred yards of row. 



Cultivated both for use and ornament. The seed pods, 

 which resemble capers, are gathered while green and tender 

 for pickling, ami the leaves are used for mixing with salads. 

 Sow earlv in the spring, in drills about 1 inch deep, in light 

 rich soil ; when all danger of frost is over, train the Tall on 

 bru'=.h. tri'llises. or fences, and grow the dwarf in beds. 

 Tall ]>lixed. Pkt. 5 cts.; oz. 15 cts.; \ lb. 40 cts. 

 Dwart Mixed. Pkt. 5 cts.; oz. 15 cts.; \ lb. 40 cts. 



{For special colors of named varieties, see Flower Seeds, page 80.) 



** Mushrooms, How to Groir Them." by Wm. Falconer, postpaij, $1.35. *• Mushroom Culture" (Robinson), 

 postpaid, 50 cents. DREER'S " Vegetables Under Glass,*' 25 cents. 



