40 FERRY-MORSE SEED CO. 
WATERMELON (Cont.) Code Word 
Winter King and Queen MEQUE 
95 days. Desirable for home garden and local market, on account 
of its high production and the long keeping quality of its fruits. 
Fruits round, smooth, pale to yellowish green faintly striped; 
rind very thin but tough. Flesh crisp and sweet, and of very 
good quality. Seeds small, brownish-black to black. When 
properly stored will keep for several weeks. 
WONDER 85 days MELWO 
Comparatively new. Useful for home and nearby markets, but 
tender rind makes it unsuitable for long distance shipping. 
Large, dark green oblong fruits, often 22 inches long. Flesh 
rich red, sweet, and fine textured. Seeds white. 
MUSHROOM SPAWN 
Mushrooms are propagated by means of microscopic “‘spores”’ which correspond to the seeds 
of flowering plants. 
PURE CULTURE SPAWN—Our spawn is produced from the original 
spore cultures under the new French process, permitting the 
indefinite reproduction of the variety selected. We use stock of Teleueiph 
the white variety which is generally preferred. Code Word 
Brick Spawn MUSBR 
Bricks weigh about 114 lbs. This is sufficient to spawn about 
10 square feet. 
Bottle Spawn MUSPA 
Sufficient to spawn 40 square feet. 
MUSTARD 
Mustard is very widely grown for greens, particularly in the home and market gardens of the 
South. An abundance of tender succulent leaves is available 4 to 5 weeks after sowing seed 
Florida Broad Leaf MUSLA 
Large vigorous growth; leaves deep green; large, thick, broad- 
oval with distinct whitish midrib; margin toothed, but not 
frilled; seeds reddish- 
brown. 
Large Smooth Leaf MUSMO 
Large, vigorous;leaves 
large, broad-oval,deep 
green; margin toothed 
but otherwise plain; 
seeds reddish-brown. 
; Mustard Spinach or 
= Tendergreen 
Valuable heavily pro- 
ductive addition to 
our list of ‘greens’ for 
home and market gar- 
den and for shipping. 
Rapidly produces a 
large rosette of thick, 
tender, dark green 
leaves that are 
smooth, glossy, and 
not lobed; very slow 
to produce seed stalks. 
SOUTHERN GIANT 
CURLED, Long Standing = MusG! 
Very hardy and the 
most popular for 
greens. Leaves large 
MUSTE 
and wide, bright green 
and very curly on the 
Mustard trial at Oakview, our Seed Breeding edges. The plant, 
Station near Detroit. At left, old type of Southern although slightly 
Giant Curled; center and right, the new Long spreading, is quite 
Standing strain. upright in growth. 
