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VEGETABLE SEED SPECIALTIES 





AMERICAN "PURE CULTURE" 

 Mushroom Spawn 



RECENT discoveries in the production of Mushroom Spawn 

 enable pure cultures to be taken direct from selected speci- 

 mens of 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 unevenly shaped and colored varieties of Mushrooms. 



Another merit of this American Spawn is in its being pro- 

 duced from acclimatized Mushrooms, which fact speaks for 

 itself. It is sold in bricks measuring about 8}^x534xl3'2 inches. 

 Each brick weighs from 134 to V/i lbs., sufficient to spawn an 

 area of 9 square feet. {See cut.) 



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

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

 postage. 



"7 bought and planted a brick of your American Pure Culture Spawn. 

 In 35 days it started to produce and I have since gathered about 20 lbs of the 

 finest Mushrooms ever grown, some of them being 3 inches in diameter, all 

 solid button-shaped. 



Mrs. JOHN GLEESON, 53d St. and 1st Av., 

 Brooklyn, N. Y. 



LARGE WHITE FKENCH MUSHROOMS 



Virgin 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 propa- 

 gated in a sterilized medium insure freedom from inferior 

 types as well as the bacterial enemies so often prevalent in 

 ordinary Spawn. It is sold in compressed tablets, to be split 

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

 inches apart. (See cut.) Price of tablets, I5c. each, $1.50 

 per doz., $10.00 per 100, deh\-ered in the United States. 



"The French Mushroom Spawn I purchased at your store turned out be- 

 yond my highest expectations. The Mushrooms were large and lovely, and 

 '^ive had two crops without any care beyond properly making the beds." 



Mrs. F. W. BATEMAN, Great Kills, S. I.. N. Y. 



Cole's Early Watermelon 



Ripens 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 

 Northern States, can now enjoy, from the begin- 

 ning to the close of the season, most delicious Water- 

 melons, for Cole's Early is not only the earliest variety 

 in cultivation, 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. iSee cut.) Price, 10c. pkt., 15c. oz., 35c. 

 M lb., $1.00 lb. 



" Your Cole's Early Watermelons are better than you said they were, 

 I raised several last year that weighed over 30 pounds each and they were 

 two weeks earlier than any other kind I had." 



E. B. KEATHLEY, Kenton. Tenn. 



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

 productive." V. M. BROWN, 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. Kan. 



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

 by three weeks." F. N. COLBERG, Cannon Falls, Minn. 



HENDERSON'S SUPERIOR ENGLISH 

 Mushroom Spawn 



MUSHROOMS may be grown by any one having a supply of 

 fresh horse manure and shed or cellar or under a greenhouse 

 bench where a temperature of 50 or 60 degrees is 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 importations of our superior English 

 Spawn insure freshness and active mycelium. It is sold in bricks 

 weighing about IJX lbs., enough to plant a bed about 9 square feet. 

 {See cut.) Price, 15c. lb., 8 lbs. for $1.00, 100 lbs. for $10.00. 



"I am pleased to state that I bought Spawn from four different dealers — but thai 

 received from your firm was the only lot that gave excellent results. .All having been 

 planted at the same time — in the same place and tinder the same conditions." 



Capt. GEO. D. GUYER, Fort Crook, Neb. 



"Your English Mtishroom Spawn shipped to me in January has produced a fine 

 crop." E. E. SLOCUM, East Providence, R. I. 



Our New Leaflet, "HOW TO GROW BEST MUSK MELONS," 



including Spraying, 

 Melon- Louse, etc.. 



OD CZp^ to Customers 



if ask(;d for. 



