D. M. FERRY & CO’S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 43 
WATER MEBLONS 
LONG LIGHT ICING our stock of this sort is much better 
than that usually offered, and superior to many strains offered as 
Early Monarch, ete. The melons are uniformly long and large, 
and the flesh deep rich red and of splendid quality. Pkt. dc; 
Oz. 10c: 2 Oz. 15c: % Lb. 20c; Lh. 50c. 
ROUND LIGHT ICING Fruit medium sized, round, very light 
green or white, mottled with slightly darker green. Flesh bright, 
light red, very sweet and tender. By many this is considered the 
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best of all melons. Pkt. 5c; Oz. 10c; 2 Oz. lic: 4 Lb. 20¢; Lb. 50c. La 
DARK ICING Fruit large, nearly round, dark green, very in- 
distinctly mottled with lighter shade. Flesh very rich, bright red. 
Repeated trials have demonstrated that our stocks of the Icing 
varieties are much superior to those generally offered, each sort 
being distinct and showing the type well, instead of being like 
many of the Icing stocks, a mere mixture of white seeded sorts, 
Pkt. 5c; Oz. 10c; 2 Oz. 15c: % Lb. 20c: Lb. 50¢c. 
CUBAN QUEEN Fruit medium sized to large, globular, or oval; skin C Ea 
itron 
striped light and dark green in sharp contrast; rind medium thick, but 
stands shipment well. Flesh bright red, solid, very crisp and sugary. 
Pkt. 5c: Oz. 10c; 2 Oz. lie: ~& Lb. 20c; Lb. 50c. 
ICE CREAM Medium sized, with very sweet, scarlet flesh. A good 
variety for maincrop. Pkt. 5e; Oz. 10c: 2 Oz. 15e; % Lb. 20c; Lb. 50c. 
MOUNTAIN SWEET 4 large, oval variety; rind green; flesh scarlet Seeds red. It should be 
and quite solid to the center, very sweet and delicious. This is an old borne in mind that this 
standard sort and one of the best for the home garden. Pkt. 5c; Oz.10c; Variety is not used for 
2 Oz. 15c: % Lb. 20c; Lb. 50c. 
ORANGE An oval melon, skin green; flesh scarlet, of good quality, etc. Pkt. dc: Oz. 10c: 
and is peculiar, in that the flesh may be easily separated from the rind 
like that of an orange. Pkt. 5c; Oz. 10c; 2 Oz. 15c; 4 Lb. 25c; Lh. 75c. Lb. 60c. 
Grows uniformly round 
and smooth, striped and 
marbled with light green. 
Flesh white and solid: 
eating in the raw state, 
but for preserves, pickles, 
2 Oz. 15c; % Lb. 20¢e; ee 
CITRON. 
MUSHROOM. 
Mustard 
Mustard is not only used 
as a condiment, but the green 
leaves are used as a Salad, or cut 
and boiled like spinage. 
The culture should be the same 
as that of cress. 
White English<— 
The leaves are light green, mild 
and tender when young; seed 
light yellow. Pkt. dc; Oz. 10¢; 
2 Oz. 10c: % Lb. 15c: Lb. 40c. 
Southern Giant Curled 
This mustard is very highly es- 
teemed in the South, where the 
seed is sown in the fall, and the 
plants used very early in the 
spring as a salad. Our stock is 
the true curled leaf. Pkt.5c; Oz. 
10c; 2 0z.15¢c: % Lb.20c: Lb. 60c. 
SOUTHERN GIANT CURLED MusTARD. 
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HE MUSHROOM is an edible fungus of a white color, changing to brown when old. The 
gills are loose, of pinkish-red, changing to liver color. It produces no seed, but instead, a 
white fibrous substance in broken threads, called spawn, which is preserved in horse manure, 
being pressed in the form of bricks. Thus prepared it will retain its vitality for years. 
Mushrooms can be grown in cellars, in sheds, in hot-beds or sometimes in open air. Fer- 
menting horse manure at a temperature of about 70 degrees, mixed with an equal weight of 
fresh sod loam, is made into beds the size required, eight inches deep. See to it that the bed 
is packed very solidly and evenly. 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 rain. One 
brick will plant eight to ten square feet of bed. The mushrooms will appear in about six 
weeks. Water sparingly and with lukewarm water. 
English Mushroom Spawn, in bricks of about 1 Ib., 25e each. prepaid: 5 Ibs. for $1.00 prepaid. 
French Mushroom Spawn, 3 lb. boxes. $1.50 each, prepaid. 
NASTURTIUM.. 
Sow after the ground is 
warm, in drills one inch deep, by 
the side of a fence, trellis work, 
or some other support, to climb 
upon. They will thrive in good 
ground in almost any situation, 
but are more productive in a 
light soil. 
Tall Mixed Garden 
Cultivated both for use and 
ornament. Its beautiful orange 
colored flowers serve as a gar- 
nish for dishes, and the young 
leaves are excellent for salads. 
The green seed pods preserved in 
vinegar, make a pickle greatly 
esteemed by many. Pkt. de: 
Oz. 10c: 2 Oz. 15e: *%& Lb. 25e: 
Lb. 75c. For other varieties see 
Flower Seeds, page 84. 
This is an annual from the West Indies, 
cultivated for its young seed pods which 
are used in soups, or stewed and served 
like asparagus. It is highly esteemed 
in the South for making gumbo soup. The pods when young 
and tender may be sliced in sections and strung on a thread 
and hung up in the shade to cure like dried apples; in this 
condition they can be used for soup at any time. 
CULTURE — Plant in hills about four feet apart, putting 6 
to 8 seeds in a hill, and after the plants are well started, cut 
out all but two. The dwarf sorts can be planted much closer 
in hills 2 to 3 feet apart or in drills 2 feet apart, thinning the 
plants to about one foot apart in the row. Gather the pods 
when quite green, and about an inch and a half long. 
WHITE VELVET This variety is a great improvement 
on the old White or the Green. The plant is of medium 
height, bearing a large crop of white, smooth, tender pods 
which retain their tenderness until nearly full size. Pkt. 5c; 
Oz. 10c: 2 Oz. 15c; 44 Lb. 20c: Lb. 60c. 
PERKINS’ MAMMOTH LONG POD he plant of this 
desirable, new variety is very dwarf but enormously produc- 
tive. The pods are long, slender, deep green and remain ten- 
der much longer than most sorts. Pkt. 5c: Oz. 10ce; 2 Oz. 
15e; % Lb. 25e; Lb. Zoe. 
DWARF WHITE rhe longest podded variety; two feet high, 
and very productive. Mature pods a foot long, very thick and 
fleshy. Pkt, dc; Oz. 10c; = Oz. ldc: % Lb, 20c; Lb, 0c. 
