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COLE'S EARLY 



WATERMELON 



NORTH rivals SOUTH with COLE'S EARLY 



PRODUCES LUSCIOUS MELONS 

 WHERE NONE GREW BEFORE 

 SUREST IN CROP PRODUCTION 



QUALITY EQUAL TO THE BEST 



This is the easiest to grow of all the Watermelons. If you have 

 failed with other sorts you can succeed with Cole's Early. It ia 

 the best variety for the family garden, primarily so on account of 

 its extreme earliness, but mainly because it has all the qualities 

 necessary to a perfect variety for this purpose. Its remarkably 

 early character entirely removes the most common hindrance to 

 its cultivation. As far north as Canada and in places where 

 Watermelons never grew before, Cole's Early is now supplying 

 the tables of those who grow it, just as bountifully and with just 

 as good Melons as in the sunny regions of the South. 



It is good in every respect, producing a liberal crop of Melons 

 twelve inches long and nine inches in diameter, not large, but in 

 abundance and of delicious quality. The deep red, fine grained 

 flesh ripens from heart to rind, while its rich color and luscious 

 flavor are tempting to the most exacting and critical taste. (See 

 engraving.) Price, ioc. pkt., 25c. oz., 75. \i lb., $2.50 lb. 



"I planted a package of your Cole's Early Watermelon seed last year and 

 I ratted about 15 of them. I got some big ones and the quality of all of them 

 teas fine. Everybody in town had a small piece." 



MAX CLI.XTOX SNOW, So. Royalston, Mass. 

 "Cole's Early Watermelons were of the best quality and also very productixe." 



V. M. BROWX, East Moravia, Pa. 



Henderson's SUPERIOR MUSHROOM SPAWN 



The white thread-like substance seen permeating the brick or tablet in which Mushroom Spawn is sold is called Mycelium. The edible part of the Mushroom is analogous 

 to the flower in other plants. The spawn as sold is in a dormant condition, growth being suspended by withholding moisture. The task for the grower is to cause it to 

 revive and resume growth. This is accomplished by placing the spawn in prepared beds of fresh horse manure and soil, which may be made in a shed, cellar, or under 

 greenhouse benches. Xext to proper preparation the most important thing is to maintain a uniform and moist air temperature of 50 to 60 degrees. Full directions given 

 in pamphlet, free if asked for. 



"I bought some Mushroom Spawn, American Pure Culture, from you last 

 year and, although it was my first attempt, I had great success with it, raising 

 over two pounds to a foot of space." 



J. R. HALSTEAD, Xew Brunswick, N. J. 



"The American Pure Culture Mushroom recently purchased from you has 

 started to show buttons all over the bed. It looks as if I am going to have as good 

 luck with Mushrooms by using your Spawn as I have by using your seeds for 

 the garden." 



H. BARTHOLOMEW, Rockefeller, III. 



"Last year I purchased a small amount of your good Spawn, American Pure 

 Culture, and had splendid luck with it. On 88 square feet I raised 125 pounds 

 of fine Mushrooms which were of splendid flavor and color. My success has 

 inspired me to try again on a larger scale." 



Mrs. C. B. R USSELL, Paterson, N. J. 



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'I purchased American Pure Culture Mushroom from you on March 1st, 

 and picked the Mushrooms in the above photo on Slay 2ith. I had some 

 that weighed over \i lb. each. Yesterday, the 5th of June, I picked a mess, 

 and there are fully 100 buttons on the bed now. All this from a bed in the 

 cellar, size 2x8 feet, 



J. A. COOK, Marshalltown, Iowa. 



American cuSure Mushroom Spawn 



Recent discoveries in the production of Mushroom Spawn have 



enabled us to offer cultures taken only from selected specimens, 



thus extending the work of selection to this delicious vegetable. 



It is now possible to reproduce Mushrooms showing superiority 



in size, color and shape. The value of such selection is already 



apparent, for we are now able to offer a pure culture spawn that 



will produce Mushrooms, uniform in shape, even in size, and of a 



constant creamy-white color. American Pure Culture Spawn 



is sold in flat bricks about 1H inches thick, weighing about 



1 J4 pounds. One brick may be broken into nine pieces, which, 



set 12 in?hes apart, will spawn an area of 9 square feet. 



engraving.) Price per brick, 30c; 10 bricks, $2.75; 100 bricks, 



$25.00. Purchaser paying carriage. 



OKRA or 



GUMRO 



A most popular Southern 

 vegetable. It is quite easy 

 to grow, and it succeeds 

 just as well in the North. 

 The pods when young and 

 tender are sliced and used 

 in soups and stews. White 

 Velvet Henderson's. The 

 'est of the Okras, long 

 smooth, greenish - white 

 pods, extremely tender, and 

 very prolific. (See engrav- 

 ing.) Price 5c, pkt., 15c. 

 oz., 50c X lb., $1.50 lb. 



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