Conaon Bros., Seedsmen, Rock River Valley Seed Farm, Rockford, Illinois. 
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Mustard, Mushrooms, Kohl-Rabi and Okra 
MUSTARD 
Used as a condiment; the green leaves are used as a salad, 
or cut and boiled like .Spinach. Cultivated same as Curled 
Cress or Pepper-Grass. One ounce ot seed will sow 60 feet 
of drill. ^11 
477 Southern Giant Curled 
It is highly esteemed in the South, where the seed is sown 
in thfi f.ill and plant.s used early in sprinfr as a salad. Seed* 
hrovin. rianis are 2 feet hish; enormous bunches. Packet. 
.1 otK.: ounce. » cts.; V*. ">■. If* «*»•! V= lb., 32 ct«.! lb., 60 ots.t 
poNtpuid. 
476 Chinese 
MUSTARD 
476 Chinese 
A giant curled variety with leaves double the size of the 
ordinary. Packet, t> ctn.; ounce, H» ets.j 14 Il»„ 22 ctn.; Vz lb., 
40 ets.; lb., 75 ctn.; pontpaid. 
478 White English 
The leaves- are light green, mild and tender when young; 
seed light yellow; used for flavoring, in pickles, etc. Packet, 
S cM.Vonnce. 10 ct«.( lb., 22 ct«.; V2. lb„ 40 otN.: II.., 75 ot«.; 
poHtpald. 
^"^^ Condon's Sure-Crop Mushroom Spawn 
One pound will spawn about 10 feet aquare 
Mushroom beds may be made in a warm, dry cellar, or in 
any building where the frost does not penetrate, and in the 
open air during the summer and fall months. Having procured 
the spawn, the next thing to be attended to Is to make prep- 
ar.ations for the beds. About a fortnight or three weeks before 
Uie beds are to be made collect a quantity ot fresh horse 
manure without the straw; place U in a heap under cover, and 
as it heats keep turning it over once or twice a week, until the 
tiery heat has become exhausted, which will require from ten 
to fourteen days' time. When the manure is in a condition to 
be made up, lay out your bed according to your requirements, 
.say three feet wide, ten feet long, and from two to three feet 
deep; beat it well down with the back of the spade as the process 
of building goes on. When the bed has been made some time, 
say a week or thereabouts, and the heat sufficiently declined 
to a temperature of 65 or 75 degrees, the spawn may tie put into 
it. Break tlie spawn in pieces two inches square, and put them 
six inches apart all over the bed, then cover the bed with two 
inches of rich soil. When the soil looks dry, give a gentle 
watering with tepid water, using .a hose or watering-pot: Best 
KNOL.ISH GROWN SURB CROP SPAWN. Brick, about IVi lbs., 
40 cta.l 3 bricks, about 41/2 IbH., i^l.lfi; postpaid. 
479 Sore Crop Mnshrooms 
411 Early White Vienna 
410 Burly Fiirple Vienna KOHL RABI 
A very fine vegetable. Sweeter and of finer 
flavor than Turnips and cooked same way. Sow 
seed in spring and again in June or July. 
411 Early White Vienna 
The bulbs grow to the size of an apple when 
ready for use, and are of a pale whitish green; 
they are of delicate, cabbage-like flavor. Packet, 
7 ofd.j ounce. 22 cts. Vt lb., 65 ets.; Vi lb., 
yi.lOs lb.. !|i2.00; poKtpald. 
410 Early Purple Vienna 
This Is not quite so early as tlie preceding and 
.^lightly larger in size. It differs also in having 
skin of a dark, glossy, purplish red. Packet, 7 
cts.i ounce, 22 cts.i '^ lb., 65 cl«.; % lb., 31.10! 
lb., *2.00) postpaid. 
OKRA OR 
GUMBO 
Rxtra nice for snups, 
stews, etc., .and much 
liked when pickled. 
Plant in hills, 2 feet 
apart each way. 
481 White Velvet 
Distinct in appear- 
•ance; the large pods are 
perfectly round, smooth, 
an attractive velvety 
white, of superior flavor 
and tenderness. Plant 
dwarf, of compact, 
branching growth. Very 
prolific. Packet, 0 cts.! 
ounce, 10 cts.i V* lb., 22 
cfs.! V-> lb., 40 cts.: lb., 
75 cts.i postpaid. 
480 L.ad}- Finger Okra 
480 Lady Finger 
riants are of compact growth, with many close joints. 
At each leaf joint develop handsome, smooth white pods 
which average 6 Inches long by 1 inch in diameter. 
Thev are exceptionally fleshy and tender. Packet, 6 
cts.i ounce, 10 cts.: >4 lb.. 22 cts.: H Ib.« 40 cts.i lb., 75 
ets.; postpaid. 
Common Sense Cultural Directions printed on every package, 
