VAUGHAN'S SEED STORE, CHICAGO AND NEW YORK. BOOK FOR FLORISTS. 



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MUSHROOMS 



The last few years have shown a largo Increase in 

 the amount of Mushrooms grown and still ihe prices 

 are not only maintained, but increased. Vaughan's Seed 

 Store has been most successful in supplying with satis- 

 faction both the Imported English Spawn (Vaughan's 

 Special )and Pure Culture Spawn to market growers. 

 We make at least five importations yearly, so as to 

 always have a fresh supply. 



Vaughan's Special English Spawn. 



FRENCH MUSHROOM SPAWN. 



j"rench Spawn is planted for the growing of button mush- 

 rooms. Ours is the very best to be had, being sown from 

 selected mu-shrooms. Put up in boxes of 2 pounds each. 

 Price, per box, 75c; if by mail, $1.20. The same loose, per 

 lb., 35c; if by mail, 45c; 10 lbs., $3.20. 



The essentials in Mushroom growing "are: an even 

 temperature, 55° to 60°, maintained day and night; 

 well prepared beds with good manure; a moist atmos- 

 phere, where the air is dry beds lose their moisture 

 quickly and must be watered. Water applied directly 

 to a Mushroom bed always injures the crop. 



By W. Falconer. The best 

 American book on this sub 

 pect. Postpaid, $1.00. 



MUSHROOMS. 



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Vaughan's Seed Store. Price 

 10c, or FREE with every 

 order for Spawn amounting 

 to one dollar or over, if re- 

 quested with order. 



the largest and most successful maker of Spawn in the 

 world. He has made Spawn for some thirty years and 

 has kept up on all the new methods of manufacture. 

 Our Spawn is made by the famous tissue method from 

 selected specimens. It has been found that English 

 Spawn, as a rule, does not bear so quickly as the Ameri- 

 can pure culture, but it, however, lasts much longer in 

 bearing. 



English Mushroom Spa-wn. L^'^JP^'P^n's 



Price, per brick, 25c; 5 lbs., $1.00, postpaid. By express 

 or freight, per brick, 15c; 8 for 25c; 8 bricks, $1.00; 25 

 lbs., $2.00; 100 lbs., $6.50; if shipped from »w York, 

 $6.00. Special prices on Vz ton lots and upward. 



Pure Culture "Garden City" Spawn. Jhe best .spawn for beginners. The 



highest development m the art of 



Spawn making. This Spawn is made from tissue cultures from select specimens produced 

 l>y Spore (seed) culture. The bricks are inoculated with tiny threads from a young 

 specimen fruit, so that the special sorts or strains are produced, true to type. By this 

 selection of varieties the inferior yielding kinds are avoided. We carry the Cream Brown 

 or Bohemia variety, which has proven the best yielder. We can. however, supply the 

 Pure White, Brown, Alaska or Columbia pure culture Spawn. Price, per brick, 35c; Z 

 bricks for 60c, postpaid; by express or freight, 5 bricks for $1.00; 10 bricks, $1.75; 26 

 bricks, $3.50; 100 bricks, $12.00. 



DIRECT BRICKS. Inoculated direct from laboratory cultures. Write for prices. 



MUSHROOM CULTURE. 



How to prepare the bed.s 

 and raise Mushrooms, Robin- 

 son, best English book, cloth 

 bound, oOc, postpaid. 



MUSHROOMS. 



WATER MELON 



COLE'S EARLY. 



Klecklev'S Sweet, a large oblong melon. A poor shipper, but with- 

 ivicvts-icy a jwcci.. ^. ^^^^^ highest quality of all Water Melons. 

 Skin dark green, flesh bright scarlet, ripening close to the skin. TJie 

 large heart does not crack open when ripe. Ox., 10c; % lb., iOc; lb., 70c; 

 5 lbs., $3.25. 



TrilP Ice Crefltn The great Home Market Melon. It has too thin a 

 iim^ j..^^ shipping unless packed in straw. Few, if 



e Ice Cream for quality and productiveness. Oz., 10c; 



Sweetheart 



bearer. The flesh is red, of extreme firmness; in fact, almost as hard as 

 citron; very brittle and deliciously sweet. In color it is very light green, 

 almost white. The firmness of the flesh causes it to be the longest keeper 

 of the Water Melon family. Price, V- oz., 15c; oz., 25c; 2 oz., 40c; % lb., 

 60c; lb., $1.80. 



Any of the following: standard kinds at the uniform price of oz., 10c; 

 % lb., 15c; lb., 50c; 5 lbs., $2.25, except where noted. 

 Citron, red seeded, lb., 60c. Gypsy Striped, or Rattlesnake. 



Colorsido Citron, lb=, 60.;. Gray Jlonarch, or Long White Icing. 



Cuban tfueen. Jones' Jumbo. 



Dark Icins:. Kolb's Gem. 



Dixie. Phinney's Improred. 



Duke Jones. Mountain Sweet. 



Florida Favorite, lb.. GOc. Mclver's Wonderful Sugar, lb., 60c. 



Cole's Early. This is the Best Early Water Melon for the home 

 market today. For sweetness and delicate texture 

 of flesh it has no equal. The rind is thin but brittle, and therefore 

 not suitable for shipping; for the home market we know of none 

 better. Extreme earliness is its great merit. Oz., 10c; % lb., 20c; lb., 

 60c; 5 lbs., $2.65. 



Early Fordhook. The first early shipping melon. l,arge for an 



early; skin, dark green; flesh, crisp and sweet. 

 Rind thin, but with tough skin. Oz., 10c; lb., 20c; lb., 65c. 



VaUSChanS's Black Diamond. ^ cross between KoIVs Gem and 

 Hoosier King. Its prominent points 

 of merit are its extreme size and productiveness. Melons weighing 75 

 to 90 pounds are frequent. It is the most prolific Water Melon. Its 

 color is a rich, dark green, almost black. Of symmetrical shape, 

 roundish to bluntly oval, a similarity of shape running through the 

 whole field. Oz., 10c; ^4 lb., 20c; lb., OOc; 5 lbs., $2.50; 10 lbs., $4.50. 



Sweetheart, a standard shipping melon. Vine vigorous and pro- 

 _________ ductive. First fruits ripen early. The melons are 



large, uniform and heavy, mottled light and dark green. Rind is thin, 

 but firm, and the fiesh is firm and solid, yet tender and melting. 

 Oz., 10c; % lb., 15c; lb., 50c. 



improved Kolb's Gem. The best known shipping melon. The 



seed of this is saved from large, smooth 



melons of a darker mottled green than Kolb's Gem. The melons 

 show a yellow blotch on the bottom. Oz., 10c; >4 lb., 15c; lb., 50c; 5 lbs., 

 $2.00; 10 lbs., $3.50. 



Triumnh One of the largest and handsomest of the shipping melons. 



flavor. Select 



Southern shipping melon, especially 

 Dark green color, good size and fine 

 10c; % lb., 25c; lb., $1.00. 



MARTYNIA FOR PICKLES. 



eed pods make a very fancy pickle. Oz., 15c; 



MUSTARD. 



White London $0.06 



Brown 05 



New Chinese 10 



% lb. 

 $0.10 

 .16 



OKRA. 



White Velvet 



Dwarf 



Tall (Perkin's Mammoth) . 



Lb. 



$0.30 

 .30 

 .60 



Lb. 

 .40 

 AO 

 AO 



