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Watek Melons. 



FLORIDA FAVORITE. 



One of the earliest and 

 best melons, attaining 

 enormous size; succeeding further North than 

 other large varieties, rind thin but hard, mottled 

 light and dark green; flesh clear crimson almost 

 to the rind; flavor sweet and melting. Price, 

 10c. oz., 25c. I lb., 70c. lb. 



KOLB'S GEM. A , short thick, very large 

 Melon, dark green marbled 

 lighter; flesh red, quality fair. As a shipper it 

 has hardly an equal. Largely grown, par- 

 ticularly in the South, for shipment to Northern 

 markets. Price, 10c. oz., 20c. % lb., 50c. lb. 



COLE'S EARLY. 



A delicious and productive 

 variety succeeding in North- 

 ern States where melons never ripened before. 

 The melons are seldom over 12 by 9 inches, but 

 make up for lack of size by bearing prolifically 

 throughout the season. Flesh bright red and 

 luscious, cool, sparkling and sweet. Price, 

 10c. oz., 25c. | lb., 75c. lb. 



our Complete List of Water Melons, 

 See Page 40. 



For 



[-[ endersons S uperior English MUSHROOM SPAWN. 



Mushrooms may be grown by any one having a supply of fresh horse manure and a tight 

 shed or cellar, or under a greenhouse bench where a temperature of 50 or 60 degrees can be 

 evenly maintained. They 

 make a most profitable crop 

 when successfully grown, 

 and the American market 

 is the best in the world 

 for this most delicious of 

 foods. Frequent importa- 

 tions of our Superior Eng- 

 lish Spawn insure freshness 

 and active mycelium. It 

 is sold in bricks weighing 

 about 1J lbs.; enough tb 

 plant a bed about 9 square 

 feet. Price, 10c. 50 lbs., 

 $3.75, 100 lbs., $7.00. 



" Your English Mushroom Spawn 

 shipped to me in January has pro- 

 duced a fine crop." 



E. E. SLOCUM, 

 East Providence, R.I, 



FRENCH VIRGIN 

 MUSHROOM SPAWN. 



This spawn is produced 

 by a new method direct from virgin spores secured from the 

 finest type of healthy, large, white French Mushrooms. 

 These being propagated in a sterilized medium insure free- 

 dom from inferior types as well as the bacterial enemies 

 often prevalent in ordinary spawn. Virgin Mushroom Spawn 

 is sold in compressed tablets measuring 3?x2£x 1% inches, to 

 be split into four portions, each portion to be planted ten to 

 twelve inches apart. Full cultural instructions for Virgin Spa-tun 

 to every purchaser, which should be carefully followed. Price of 

 tablets, 10c. each, $1.10 per doz., $7.50 per 100. 



AMERICAN " PURE CULTURE " MUSHROOM SPAWN. 



Recent discoveries in the production of Mushroom Spawn 

 enable pure cultures to be taken direct from selected specimens 

 of specific varieties, insuring a greater yield of more uniform and 

 marketable product than spawn " run " from hit-and-miss, large, 

 small and unevenly shaped and colored varieties of mushrooms. 



It is sold in bricks measuring about 8§x5§xl§ inches. Each 

 brick weighs from 1 to \\ lbs., sufficient to spawn an area of 

 9 square feet. 



Price, per lb., 18c. 8 lbs. for $1.15, per 100 lbs., $12.50. 



WHITE POKTUGAL OR SILVER SKIN 



ONION, 



The leading White Flat Onion. The bulbs attain a good size, 

 ripening evenly; the color is a beautiful silvery-white when cured 

 under cover. Its shape is flat but symmetrical. It is not only 

 early, but is a good keeper. For slicing and boiling it is one of 

 the best, the flesh being mild and tender. It is largely grown 

 for pickles when sown three or four times as thick as usual 

 and is also extensively sown for sets. (See cut.) Price, 25c. oz., 

 75c. | lb., $2.60 lb., 10 lbs. and upward, $2.50 lb. 



"I have grown Onions for 15 years and must sav that mv seed firoi 

 year raised the best crop ever." WILL H. BRONSON. St. Alba) 



"I can get seeds right here, but I must say they are not to be compared to J 

 Your Onion Seed is excellent, the best I have ever used. I can raise double with 

 your seed than any neighbors can with seed from other people." 



JAMES'W. HAXDLEY. Claremont, X. H. 



FOR ONION SETS AND OUR COMPLETE LIST OF VARIETIES OF ONIONS, SEE PAGES 40 and 41. 



