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



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MUSHROOMS 



The last few years have shown a large Increase In 

 the amount of Mushrooms grown and still the 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. 



Raised From Vaughan's Special English Spawn. 



FRENCH MUSHROOM SPAWN. 



French Spawn is planted for the growing of button mush- 

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

 selected mushrooms. Put up in boxes of 2 pounds each. 

 Price, per box, 75o; 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. 



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 Spawn. <Jaughan's 



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

 or freight, per brick, 15c; 3 for 25c; 8 bricks, $1.00; 25 

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

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



MUSHROOM CULTURE. 



How to prepare the beds 

 and raise Mu.shroums, Robin- 

 son, best Knglish book, cloth 

 bound, 50c., postpaid. 



MUSHROOMS. 



By W. Falconer. The best 

 American book on this sub- 

 pect. Postpaid, $1.00. 



MUSHROOMS. 



How to Grow. By Fraser, 

 12 pages, published by 

 Vaughan's Seed Store. Price, 

 10c, or FREE with every 

 order for Spawn amounting 

 to one dollar or over, if re- 

 quested with order. 



Pure Culture "Garden City" Spawn. The best 



highest c 



Spawn for beginners. The 

 jvelopment in the art of 

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

 by 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, rrice, Direci Bricks, ixi- 

 oculated from laboratory cultures, 1 brick, 40e; 5 bricks, $1,75, postpaid; by express, 

 10 bricks, $2.00; 25 bricks, $4.25; 100 bricks, $15.00. 



STANDARD BRICKS. Inoculated from di 

 postpaid; by express, 10 bricks, $1.85; 25 brie 



t bricks, per brick, 35c; 5 bricks, $1.40, 

 .1t3.75: 100 bricks, $12.00. 



COLE'S EARLY. 



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

 R.iccts.icy » JWCCL. ^^^^^ highest quality of all Water Melons. 

 Skin dark green, tiesh bright scarlet, ripening close to the skin. The 

 large heart does not crack open when ripe. Oz., 10c; % lb., 20c; lb., 65c; 

 5 lbs., $3.00. 



Trfl*» Sc^ Cream The great Home Market Melon. It has too thin a 

 irue iCe Wream. ^.^^ shipping unless packed in straw. Few, if 



anv surpass a True Ice Cream for quality and productiveness. Oz., 10c; 

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



Winter Water Melon (Novelty). I^i^^tl^^, 'LT'I\%V%rl\iTo 



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 Iteeper 

 of the Water Melon family. Price, % oz., Uc; oz., 20c; 2 oz., 35c; % lb., 

 SOct lb., $1.50. 



Any of the foUowing standard kinds at the tmiform price of oz., lOc; 

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

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



Colorado Citron, lb., Mc. Gray Mon.irch, or Long White lelng. 



Cuban Queen , lb. 60c. Jones' Jumbo. 



Dark Icing. Kolb's Gem. 



Dixie. Phinney's Improved. 



Mountain Sweet, lb. 60c. 

 60e. Mclver'g Wonderful Sugar, lb., OOc. 



Dnke 

 Florida Favorite, 



Cole's Earlv. 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., lOc; ^ lb., 20c; lb., 

 60c; S lbs., $2.65. 



Early Ford hook. The first early shipping melon. Large for ati 



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



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



VaUSrhanS's Black Diamond, a 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 proliflc Water Melon. Its 

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

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

 whole field. Oz., 10c; % lb., 20c; lb., 60c; 5 lbs., $2.50. 



Sweetheart a standard shipping melon. Vine vigorous and pro- 



1 ductive. First fruits ripen early. The melons are 



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

 but firm, and the flesh 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; 14 lb., 15c; lb., 50c; 5 lbs., 

 $2.00; 10 lbs.. $3.50. 



Triumoh °' largest and handsomest o'f the shipping melons. 

 !_-A great seller. Oz., 10c; ^4 lb., 15c; lb., 50c. 



Alahxima Sweets a popular southern shipping melon, especially 

 .rt.tti^n.wtt ^ Texas. Dark green color,, good size and fine 



navor. Select seed. Oz., 10c; Vi lb., 25c; lb., 73c. 



MARTYNIA FOR PICKLES. 



The young and tender seed pods make a very fancy pickle. Oz., 15c- 

 % lb., 40c; lb., $1.50. 



MUSTARD. 



Brown 



New Chinese 



Dwarf 



Tall (Perkin'g Mammoth) . 



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