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C/ole's Early Watermelon. 

 KIPENS DELICIOUS MELONS 



in Northern States, Where Melons Never Matured Before. 



JUST AS VALUABLE FOR MIDDLE AND SOUTHERN 

 STATES, RIPENING WEEKS BEFORE ANY OTHER MELON. 



COLE'S EARLY is the finest Watermelon for the 

 family garden. People, particularly in our North- 

 ern States, can now enjoy, from the beginning to the 

 close of the season, most delicious Watermelons, for 

 COLE'S EARLY is not only the earliest variety in culti- 

 vation, but it continues to bear throughout the season. 

 The beautiful bright red flesh is crisp and of delicate 

 texture — granulated, cool and sparkling. In flavor it is 

 lusciously sweet and refreshing. The Melons are not 

 large, seldom over 12 inches in length by 9 inches 

 in diameter, but what they lack in size is more than 

 made up in number and solidity. The heart is large, 

 there is little or no cavity, and very few seeds — all solid 

 flesh, the quality of which is sustained clear to the rind. 

 It can be grown successfully over a larger latitude than 

 any other Watermelon, and it will mature large crops 

 in Northern States when the season is as long as that 

 of New York. (See cut.) Price 10c. pkt., 15c. oz., 35c. 

 } 4 lb., $1.00 lb. 



"Your Cole's Early Watermelon beat all other varieties around here by 

 three weeks." F. iV. COLBERG, Cannon Falls, Minn. 



"I live on a mountain 3,67s feet above the sea level. The nights 



are so cold that melons do not do well as a rule — but never were better 



melons matured anywliere titan those I grew of your Cole's Early variety." 



JAMES E. TUTTLE, Maywood, W. Va. 



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

 productive." V. M. BROWS, East Moravia, Pa. 



" The Cole's Early Watermelon seed from you produced the finest 

 melons ever raised in this section of the country." 



PERCY L. MILLER, Merriam, Kans. 



Large White French Mushrooms —Virgin Spawn. 



MUSHROOM SPAWX propagated continuously by the ordinary 

 method usually degenerates, giving decreasing yields of inferior 

 mushrooms. Some growers, in their efforts to overcome this 

 deterioration, procure spores from chance-grown Mushrooms in field 

 or farmyard, but these, on account of the diversity of varieties, 

 their consequent varied merits and values, seldom prove satisfactory. 

 This new spawn is produced by a new method direct from virgin spores 

 secured from the finest type of healthy, large, white French Mush- 

 rooms. These being propagated in a sterilized medium insure freedom 

 from inferior types as well as the bacterial enemies so often prevalent 

 in ordinary spawn. Virgin Mushroom Spawn is sold in compressed 

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

 to twelve inches apart. Full cultural instructions for Virgin Spawn 

 to every purchaser, which should be carefully followed. (See cut.) Price 

 of tablets, 15c. each, $1.50 per doz., $10.00 per 100, delivered in the 

 United States. 



The French Virgin Spawn purchased from you turned out beyond my highest expecta- 

 tions. The mushrooms were large and lovely, and we had two crops without any care 

 beyond properly making the bed according to your directions." 



Mrs. F. W. BATEMA.X, Great Kills, S. I., N. Y. 



American "Pure Culture" Mushroom Spawn. 



RECENT discoveries in the production of Mushroom Spawn enable 

 pure cultures to be taken direct from selected specimens o. 

 specific varieties, thus allowing us to offer spawn from improved, 

 pedigree mushrooms — the prolific, large, round, well shaped, creamy- 

 white kind of such surpassing flavor. Spawn of this character insures 

 a greater yield of more uniform and marketable product than spawn 

 "run" from hit-and-miss, large, small and unevenlv shaped and 

 colored varieties of mushrooms. 



Another merit of this American Spawn is in its being produced 

 from acclimatized mushrooms, which fact speaks for itself. It is sold 

 in bricks weighing from 1 to 1J lbs., sufficient to spawn an area of 

 9 square feet. (See cut.) 



Price, purchaser paying carriage, per lb. 20c, 8 lbs. for $1.30, per 

 100 lbs. $14.00. If wanted by mail, add 10c. per lb. for postage. 



Our Leaflet- MUSHROOM CULTURE-Thoroughly Up-to-date, FREE TO CUSTOMERS on Application. 



