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D. M. FERRY & CO., DETROIT, MICH. 



WATER MELONS— Continued 



^^ Sweet Deart 



4. 



This melon was introduced by us in 

 1894, and it lias become very popular as 

 a shipping melon. Vine vigorous aud 

 productive, ripening its fruit early. 

 Fruit large, oval, very heavy, uniformly 

 mottled light and very light green. 

 Rind thin but firm. Flesh bright red, 

 firm, solid but very tender, melting and 

 sweet. Fruit retains its good quality 

 for a long time after ripening. Our 

 stock is the very best. Pkt. 5c; Oz. 10c; 

 2 Oz. 16c; % Lb. 20c; Lb. 50c. 



I Florida Favorite 



A very large, long melon, mottled dark 

 green with stripes of lighter shade. 

 Rind thin but Arm; flesh very bright, 

 deep red, very sweet, tender and ex- 

 cellent. A vQry popular variety in the 

 south. Pkt. 5c; Oz. 10c; 2 Oz. 15c; 

 %Lb. 20c; Lb. oOc. 



Long Light Icing 



Our stock of this sort is much better 

 than that usually offered aud superior 

 to many strains offered as Early Mon- 

 arch, etc. Repeated trials have demon- 

 strated that we have very fine stocks 

 of Icing melons, each variety being dis- 

 tinct and showing the type well, inste ad of being a mere 

 mixture of white seeded sorts. The melons of the Long 

 Light Icing variety are uniformly long and large, and th^ ^ _ 



flesh deep, rich red and of splendid quality. Pkt. ^Wv'I^QIHI^QIII ^^VCBt 



Sweet Heart Water Melon. 



V 



Oz. 10c; 2 Oz. 15c; % Lb. 20c; Lb. 50c. 



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 best of all melons. Pkt. 5c; Oz. 10c; 2 



15c; H Lb. 20c; Lb. 50c. 



Fruit large, nearly round, dark gr( 

 very indistinctly mottled with lighter 



shade. Flesh very rich, bright red. Pkt. 5c; Oz. 10c; 



2 Oz. 16c; h Lb. 20c; Lb. 50c. 



Round Light Icing 



Darii Icing 



m 



A large, oval variety ; rind 

 green; flesh scarlet and 

 quite solid to the center, very sweet and delicious. This is 

 an old standard sort and one of the best for the home gar- 

 den. Pkt. oc; Oz. 10c; 2 Oz. 15c; hLh. 20c; Lb. 50c. 



||.f,^^^ Grows uniformly round and smooth, striped and 

 1 1. 1 VII marbled with light green. Flesh white and 

 solid; seeds red. This variety is not used for eating in the 

 raw state, but for preserves, pickles, etc. Pkt. 5c; Oz.lOc; 

 2 Oz. 15c; % Lb. 20c; Lb. 60c. 



-^ MUSHROOM^ 



The Mushroom is an edible fungus of a white color, changing to brown when old. The gills are loose, of pinkish-red, chang- 

 ing to liver color. It produces no seed, but instead there is developed a white, fibrous substance in broken threads, called 

 spawn, which is preserved in horse manure, 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. Fermenting horse manure at a tem- 

 perature of about 70 degrees, mixed with an equal weight of fresh sod loam, is made into beds the size required, and eight to 

 twelve 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, cover 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 watej:. 



English Mushroom Spawn, in brieks of about 1 lb., 25c per pound prepaid; 5 lbs. for $1.00 prepaid. 



French Mushroom Spawn, 3 lb. boxes, $1.50 each, prepaid. 



mustard 



Mustard is not only used as a condiment, 



but the green leaves are used as a salad, 



or cut and boiled like spiuage. Sow as 



early in the spring as the ground will permit, in drills about 



eighteen inches apart, covering one-half inch deep. For 



succession, sow every few weeks till autumn. Water freely. 



In the south the seed should be sown in autumn and the 



, plants used early in the spring as a salad and for greens. 



'y WHITE ENGLISH The leaves are hght green, mild and 



tender when young; seed light yellow. Pkt. 5c; Oz. 10c; 



/ 2 Oz. 10c; %Lb. 15c; Lb. 40c. 



/southern giant curled This mustard is very 



i highly esteemed 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 Oz. 15c; ^ Lb. 25c; Lb. 75c. 



Oiira 



nasturtium 



i^ 



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 wi'l thrive in good ground i^ 



This is an annual from the West 

 Indies, cultivated for its young seed 

 pods which are used in soups, or 

 stewed aud 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 as 

 one would dry apples; in this condition they can be used 

 for soup at any time. 



CULTURE -Plant in hills about four feet apart, put- 

 ting six to eight 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 two to three feet apart or in 

 drills two 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. 

 ^HITE 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; ^ Lb. 20c; Lb. 60c. 



almost any situation, but are more productive in alight ^l.J 

 TALL MIXED GARDEN Cultivated both for use an 



PERKINS' MAMMOTH LONG POD The plant of 

 l.t . this variety is dwarf but very productive. The pods are 

 J^ long, slender, deep green and remain tender much longer 



ornament. Its beautiful orange colored flowers serve as a t^^^Vn'"^'' ^°''*^" ^^*" ^^'^ ^^' "^^^' ^ ^^' '^^*'' ^ ^^' ^^^' 

 garnish for dishes, and the young leaves are excellent fpl- ^"' ^^^' 



salads. The green seed pods preserved in vinegar mak€J/a DWARF WHITE The longest podded variety ; vines two 

 pickle greatly esteemed by man v. Pkt. 5c; Oz. 10c; '/ feet high and very productive. Mature pods a foot long, 

 2 Oz. 16c; !^ Lb. 26c; Lb. 76c. For other varieties see" very thick and fleshy. Pkt. 6c; Oz. 10c; 2 Oz. 16c; 

 Flower Seeds, page 8k. ^ Lb. 20c; Lb. 60c. 



