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GO'S 



D. M. Ferry & Go's Peerless. 



rtiplon. Long, smooth, distinctly striped with light 

 mottled and wavy dark green, regular stripes. Flesh 

 bright scarlet, and very sugary. 



Citron.— Employed in making preserves ; grows uni- 

 formly round and smooth, striped and marbled with 

 light green ; flesh white and solid ; seeds red. 



Gypsy. 



Culture.— They require a light, sandy soil, not over 

 rich. Plant them in hills, as directed for musk melons, 

 giving them more room, as their vines extend much 

 farther. If they are wanted of a large size, three or four 

 melons from each plant will be sufficient, and when only 

 one is allowed to grow from each plant, they will grow 

 to twenty or thirty pounds weight each. If they are 

 planted near other varieties of vines, they will hybridize, 

 and greatly injure the flavor of the fruit. 



MUSHROOMS. 



The Mushroom is an edible fungus, rounded in form, 

 of a white color, changing to brown when old. The 



4»|llif ^^1'^' .-hs "fit 



gills are loose, of a pinkish-red, changing to liver-color. 

 It is used in a variety of culinary preparations, and is 

 esteemed a great delicacy. It produces no seed, but in- 

 stead, a white, fibrous substance in. broken threads, 

 which is prepared and preserved in horse manure, being 

 pressed in the form of bricks. Thus prepared, it will 

 retain its vitality for years. The little broken pieces of 

 this manure are planted two inches below the surface, 

 and in due time the mushrooms appear. 



Culture. — Mushrooms can be grown in the cellar, in 

 sheds, or in hot-beds in open air, on shelves, or out-of- 

 the-way places. Fermented horse manure, of equal 

 temperature, say 70 degrees, is made into beds the size 

 required, eighteen inches deep. In this bed plant the 

 broken pieces of spawn, six inches apart, covering the 

 whole with two inches of light soil, and protect from 

 cold and severe rains. The mushrooms will appear in 

 about six weeks. Water with luke warm water, and 

 only when quite dry. 



MUSTARD. 



Fr. Moutarde. — Ger. Sen/. 



White English.— This is the 

 kind usually preferred for salad. 

 The leaves are light green, mild 

 and tender when young ; seed 

 light yellow. 



Brown Italian. — This is a 

 larger plant than the preceding, 

 with m.uch darker leaves ; seed 

 brown, and more pungent. 



Culture. — This salad is culti- 

 vated in the same manner as 

 cress, at all times of the season ; 

 sow every week or two, either in 

 beds or drills, 6r for early use, in 

 hot-beds, or in boxes in the win- 

 dows of a warm room. The seeds 

 should be covered very slightly, 

 and frequently watered as moist- 

 ure is indispensable to its growth. A bed three feet 

 wide and twenty feet long, having the plants four or 

 six inches apart, will produce a sufficiency of seed for 

 every domestic purpose. 



NASTURTIUM. 



Fr. Capucitie. — Ger. Kapuzhierblume^ 



Tall Mixed.— Cultivated both for u.se and ornament. 



Its beautiful, orange-colored flowers serve as a garnish 



Mushrooms. 



Nasturtium, 



