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DUPUY & FERGUSON'S SEED ANNUAL 
D. &- F's Reliable Mushroom Spawn 
CULTURE. — Mushrooms may be grown In cellars, under 
benches of greenhouses, or In sheds, wherever the tempera- 
ture of 50 degrees can be kept up through the winter. 
Secure fresh horse dung, free from straw and Utter, and 
mix an equal bullc of loam from an old pasture with It. 
Keep this under cover, taking care to turn it over every day 
to prevent heating, until the pile is large enough to make 
a bed of the required size. Three or four feet wide. 8 in. 
deep, and any length desired, are the proper proportions 
for a bed; but this may be varied. Prepare the mixture of 
loam and manure, making the bed in layers, and pounding 
down each with the back of the spade. Leave this to heat 
through for a few days and as soon as the heat subsides to 
70 degrees, make holes in the bed about a foot apart each 
way, into which put pieces of the spawn 2 to 3 Inches in 
diameter; fill up the holes with the compost and at the ex- 
piration of a week or 10 days the spawn will have thorough- 
ly diffused itself through the bed. Spread a layer of fresh 
soil over the heap to the depth of 2 inches, and cover with 
3 or 4 inches of hay, straw or litter. Examine the bed often 
to see that it does not get dry. 
D. & F's. Specially Imported English Spawn, — Per brick, 
15c.; per doz., $125. A trial solicited. 
D. & F's. American Pure Culture Spawn. — This type pro- 
duces larger mushrooms than the English, coming Into 
bearing somewhat earlier, and continuing to crop for a 
long time. This spawn is produced by selecting French Spawn 
spores from individual specimen mushrooms and 
is propagated and transferred to the bricks of 
manure, which, when planted, produce mush- 
rooms all of one type. In 1% lb. brick, 25c. each; 
per doz., $2.60. 
Per 2 lb. box, $1-25. 
When ordered to be sent by mall add 10c. per 
brick and 15c. per box to prices of IVIushroom 
Spawn. 
Special quotations to large buyers on application. 
"How to Grow IVIushrooms", 35c. postpaid. 
PAPvSNIP 
One ounce will sow about 200 feet of drill 
5 to 6 lbs. for and acre 
CULTURE. — Sow as early in the spring as the weather will permit, 
in drills 16 inches apart, covering the seed one-half of an Inch deep. 
When well up, thin out to i inches apart, in the rows. Parsnip grows best 
when the soil is deeply cultivated and enriched with old and well rotted 
stable manure; without this preparation the roots will be tough, stringy 
and small. 
Cobble's Selected. — The seed has been saved with the greatest care 
from roots of the finest form and quality. From its large size. It Is 
well fitted for competition purposes and is generally recognized as the 
best for exhibition. Per pkt., 15c. 
Cooper's Champion Hollow Crown. — The best variety in cultivation for 
general use; roots intermediate length, white, smooth, sugary; excel- 
lent flavor, easily harvested. Per pkt., 5c.; oz., 15c.; % lb., 35c.; lb., 
$1.25. 
Magnum Bonum. — Heavy cropper, half long smooth root. Per pkt., 5c.; 
oz., 15c.; % lb., 35c.; lb., n.25. 
PEPPER 
One ounce will produce about 200 plants 
Cooper's Champion Hollow 
Crown Parsnip. 
CULTURE. — Sow in hot bed in March or April; transplant in open 
ground when all danger from frost Is over, in rows three feet apart and 
two feet apart in row. 
Chinese Giant. — The largest and finest mild red variety. Per pkt., 10c. ; 
oz., 75c. 
Large Bell or Bull Nose. — A favorite pickling sort; is early, large, mild 
and thick-skinned; color red. Per pkt., 5c.; oz., 40c. 
Long Red Cayenne. — A small, long, bright red sort; very productive; 
extremely strong and pungent. Per pkt., 5o. ; oz., 40c. 
Neapolitan (New). — The earliest and most productive large variety. 
Bright red, sweet and mild. Per pkt., 10c. ; oz., 75c. 
Procopp's Giant. — The Goliath of ail the pepper family; flesh thick and 
pleasant. Per pkt., 5c.; oz., 40c. 
Ruby King. — The best and most profitable mild red pepper for market 
or family use; sweet and mild; large size. Pkt., 6c.; oz., 40o. 
Sweet Golden Dawn. — Very handsome and distinct mild flavor; very 
popular. Per pkt., 5c.; oz., 40c. 
Sweet Spanish Monstrous. — A very large variety and mild flavored. 
Pkt., 5c.; oz., 40c. 
