Arthur T. Boddington, 342 West Fourteenth St., New York 39 



MUSHROOM SPAWN 



TISSUE-CULTURE PURE SPAWN 



This name tells just what it is. Absolutely pure cultures of Mushroom Spawn grown from the tissue of selected Mushrooms. It 

 required the knowledge of a Mushroom grower, the skill of a spawn producer and the training of a bacteriologist and a plant physiologist. 



The superiority of Tissue-Culture Pure Spawn is made possible by improved methods in making pure cultures, and careful and 

 systematic selection. It has these merits: (i) All the advantages of a Virgin Spawn. (2) Improved varieties — varieties giving greater 

 yields and better Mushrooms — varieties that have a habit of doing these things. (3) Pure strains of distinct sorts. No " chance " sorts of 

 uncertain value. (4) It grows. It's alive. I send out nothing but fresh Spawn. 



{Agaricus villaticus) 

 GALLOWAY. Large Mushroom, almost white, firm flesh, thick 

 stem and fine flavor. Forms very large, regular buttons. A 

 heavy cropper. • 



October 28, /goj 



The Culture Mushroom Spawn you sent me some time ago is very satis- 

 factory. (Signed) Theodork Wirth, 



Superintendent Hartford Parks 



Tissue-Culture Pure Spawn comes in cakes or bricks of a specially prepared compost that gives the greatest amount of active 

 Spawn per cubic inch of cake. The new cakes are rectangular 9 X5 .x i inches, light, clean, and do not contain a surplus of loam. In 

 spawning the bed we recommend that the cake be broken into about twelve to fifteen pieces and the latter be placed 8 to 10 inches apart 

 in the bed. Each cake will spawn 8 to 10 square feet of bed. 



100 cakes or more, SIS per lOO; 60 cakes or more, 18 cts. per cake; 25 cakes or more, 20 cts. per cake; 5 cakes or mor» 



26 cts. per cake. One cake or more sent prepaid, 36 cts. each 

 Note. — The cakes weigh about one and one-half pounds, so that the price per hundred pounds is approximately $10. 



VARIETIES OF THE FIELD MUSHROOM 



{Agaricus campestris) 

 ALASKA. Smooth white cap; above medium size. 

 BOHEMIA. Brown cap, with very firm, thick meat ; forms large, 



well-shaped buttons ; excellent flavor and a good shipper. 

 COLUMBIA. Very large, velvety cap; almost pure white ; firm, 



fine flavor and very attractive. 



BODDINGTON'S PURE CULTURE MUSHROOM SPAWN 



Produces Mushrooms Superior as to Quality and Size and more surely than any other Spawn 



Pure Culture Mushroom Spawn. The "new idea" is no longer in the experimental stage. The largest growers of Mushrooms 

 (and growers of large Mushrooms, too), use the Pure Culture Spawn in the West and Northwest. 



Pure Culture Mushroom Spawn is propagated by a scientific process direct from varieties selected for size and prolific bearing. 

 By this new process, the chances of the spawn becoming " dead " and the crop a failure are largely eliminated. 



In Pure Culture Mushroom Spawn the idea of improvement has been carried out, as in the improvement of all the vegetable king- 

 dom, with regard to cropping and fitness for market purposes ; and the difference is as noticeable, in comparison with any " wild " variety 

 to a set and cultivated type now generally recognized, whether it be a fruit, flower or vegetable. 



Price of Boddlngton's Pure Culture Mushroom Spawn, 20 cts. per lb., SI>7S for 10 lbs., SIS per lOO lbs. 



ENGLISH MILLTRACK 

 MUSHROOM SPAWN 



Fresh from the most celebrated maker in Eng- 

 land. Made in bricks. 10 lbs. will spawn 10 feet 

 square. 



15 ct9. per lb., SI for 8 lbs., SIO per lOO lbs. 



Get out of the ruts! It doesn't cost a cent 

 more to grow good Mushrooms from good 

 spawn. It does make much difference in the 

 returns. 



You should not be content with less than 

 one pound of Mushrooms per square foot of 

 bed. Some people get two with Culture 

 Mushroom Spawn. 



Twelve Mushrooms. Weight, 4 pounds 



Grown from I issuc-Cullure I'ure Spawn by Mr. J. B. Swavne, Kennett, Pa. 



I have many calls and inquiries with regard to the growing of Mushrooms, but, owing to the somewhat lengthy cultural 

 directions, I am unable to place them in my Catalogue. I take pleasure in recommending to your notice the most practical work 

 ever published, " How TO GROW Mushrooms" (Falconer). $1 prepaid. 



