C. C. MORSE & CO.— SEEDS— SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF. 
WATERMELONS— Continued 
very desirable variety for 
the home garden or nearby markets. Fruit medium 
sized oval, and skin dark green; flesh bright red and 
very sweet. Skin is brittle. It is the very sweet, 
honey-like flavor that makes it especially distinct from 
all other varieties. Pit. 5c; oa. lOo; y 4 lb. 85o; lb. 75*. 
Xolb's Oea. The fruit is large, thick and oval, with flat- 
tened ends. Skin striped with light and dark greea. 
Flesh bright red. The well-known Southern shipping 
variety. Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; Vi lb. 25c; lb. 75o. 
Rubber Rind. A handsome new deep green watermelon, 
with an exceedingly tough, exceedingly thin rind; ob- 
long, large — often 50 to 100 lbs.; dark red, sweet flesh; 
tender. Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c; V* lb. 45c; lb. $1.50. 
TOM WATSON The akin is a dark mottled gr*»n, 
I \J 1V1 ww *\ 1 Wl^l while the flesh is a brilliant scar- 
let, and the heart is very large, with a small seed area. 
The flavor is most delicious and refreshing. Pit. s5*t 
os. lOo; y« lb. 30o; lb. ftl.OO. 
Ten pounds will spawn about ten feet square, 
can be grown in any dark room or cellar where the temper- 
ature can be kept at from SO to 60 degrees. From some old 
pasture procure good rich soil, and to every bushel of this 
soil add two bushels of fresh horse manure. Of this well- 
mixed compound prepare a bed, say four feet wide. Put 
down a thin layer and pound it down hard, and go on until 
you have a bed 12 or 18 inches thick. If the manure heats 
too much it must be turned over frequently until sufficiently 
cool, otherwise it will burn out its vitality. As soon as the 
temperature of the bed falls to 70 degrees, the spawn may 
be inserted in pieces about the size of a walnut, about one 
inch deep and 10 to 12 inches apart. Cover with loamy soil 
about two inches deep and beat it down evenlv and firmly. 
Finish off with a covering of clean straw about" a foot thick, 
and the work is done. If the temperature is right, in six or 
eight weeks you may expect mushrooms. The beds will 
continue bearing from 2 to 3 months.. After the first crop is 
gathered spread over the bed an inch of fresh soil, moisten 
with warm water and cover with straw as before. Keep the 
bed moist at all times but not soaked. The main conditions 
in mushroom growing are proper and uniform temperature 
and very rich soil. 
PURE CULTURE AMERICAN SPAWN. On account 
of the long trip from England we have abandoned 
English spawn, as our customers have had better 
results from the American spawn. Mushroom 
Spawn comes in bricks weighing about 20 ounces 
Spawn can be sold cheaper than our prices, but 
not better. Brick 35c, postpaid; 10 bricks $2.75- 
100 bricks $18.00. 
Pacific Coast P. C. The "P. C. P. C." initials with 
which these bricks are stamped stand for Pacific 
Coast Pure Culture. This spawn is manufac- 
tured across the bay and is absolutely fresh and 
pure. It is made by the most recent scientific 
methods, and if any spawn will give good results 
it will. Also it will run somewhat quicker than 
the preceding or any other strain. The supply is 
strictly limited. Everyone can raise good mush- 
rooms from such good spawn as "P C P C " 
Brick 35c; 10 bricks $2.75; 100 bricks $18.00.' 
MUSHROOM SPAWN 
CULTURAL DXXSCTIOVS 
M'ushrooms 
Mushrooms from Morse's Pure Culture Spawn 
MUSTARD 
ill sow fifty feet of 
GIANT SOUTHERN CURLED ^S et * 
supply of fresh gVeenT MustarT i s "hardy and is" sflygro^^ On' ** - inte - rValS " throughout th. 
Chinese. A very hardy, broad-leaved variety. Leaves are 
ws.ft.tt'SK ir t 6 h 0o broad whit - midrtb - 
••OBBHOOK FANCY. The dark-green leaves of this variety 
are more curled on the edges than any other sort 
making most attractive green. Pit. 5o; os low- y ' 
and are cooked the sam« as 
summer to secure a constant 
25c; lb. 60c. 
great mass of beautiful leaves, which are ruffled w and 
finely curled on the edges. Hardy, vigorous, highly 
recommended. Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; V4 lb. 20c; lb. 60c. 
White English. Eight green variety; tender leaves. Seed 
light yellow and pungent. The commercial mustard 
seed is this sort. Oz. 5c; y A lb. 15c; lb. 40c. 
• tin 
Plant 
Good 
Brown Onion Sets. Plant Sets for earliest crop 
re miniature onion bulbs grown from seed, 
sowing 50 to 75 pounds of seed per 
very small size and well ripened, 
e surface in rows of 12 inches apart and two 
the sets, using 250 pounds of sets per acre 
in scls. the onions can be used in the green 
ripened off for large onions, in which case thev 
•Us earlier than when raised from seed. Prices 
irket fluctuations as the season advances. 
Sept. to May. Lb. 20c. 
"White Onion Sets. Sept. to Dec. only. Lb. 25c. 
Bermuda Sets. July and Aug. Lb. 30c. 
f ADI 1C Earge quantities are furnished at prevail 
Vi-rvrvi^av^ ing market prices. Lb. 30c; 10 lbs. $2.50. 
CUAI I HTQ A yellow multiplying onion Until 
jnr\LL.U 1 O May lst only x>b. 30c. 
These prices are postpaid to the Fourth Zone. 
lies between 
.en raised f, 
[e or may be 
fully six w< 
subject to n 
i or Yellow Onion Sets. 
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