Condon Bros., Seedsmen, Rock River Valley Seed Farm, Rockford, Illinois. 
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Mustard, Mushrooms, Kohl-Rabi and Okra 
MUSTARD 
Used a.s a condiment; the sieen leaves are used as a salad, 
oi- cut and boiled like Spinacii. Cultivated same as Curled 
CresH or Pepper-Grass. Ouc onuce of seed will sow 50 feet 
ot drill. 
477 Southern Giant Curled 
It is highly esteemed in tlie South, where the seed is sown 
ill the fall and plants used early in spring- as a salad. Seeds 
brown. Plants are 2 feet high; enormous bunches. Pncfcet, 
5 cts.: ounce, 9 ef».; 14 lb., IS ets.j % lb., S2 ctH.t lb., 00 cts.; 
liONtpuid. - •fc-^ *-- - 
476 Chinese 
4 76 Chinese 
MUSTARD 
Condon's Sure-Crop Mushroom Spawn 
One iMiund will Npiiwu about 10 feet square 
Mushroom lieds iiuiy he made in a warm, dry cellur, or in 
any building where the frost does not penetrate, and in tlie 
open air during- the summer and fall months. Having procured 
the spawn, the next thins to be attended to is to make prep- 
arations for the beds. About a fortnight or three weeks bi-fore 
the beds are to be made collect a quantity of fresh horse 
manure without the straw; place it in a heap under cover, and 
as It heats keep turning it over once or twice a week, until tlie 
tiery heat has become exhausted, which will require from ten 
to fourteen diiys' time. When the manure is in a condition to 
be made up, lay out your bed according to vour 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 
ot 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 be put into 
it. Break the 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 
ENGLISH GROWIV SVHK CROP SPAVVIV. Brick, about IV" lbs., 
25 cts.; :i brickN, about 4% lbs., «5 cts.; iiostpaid. 
A giant curled variety with leaves double the size of the 
ordinary. Packet, 5 cts.! ounce, 10 cts.j Vt lb„ 22 cts.; M: lb., 
40 ctM.; lb., 7a ets.; postpaid. 
478 White English 
The leaves are light green, mild and tender when young; 
seed light yellow; used for flavoring, in piclcles. etc. Packet, 
n ctM.; ounce. 1(1 cts.i <4 lb., '22 ct.s.s lb., 40 cts.; lb., 75 cts.; 
postpaid. 
470 Sure Crop Mushrooms 
411 Early Wliltc Vienna 
fUO Early Purple Vienna KOHL RABI 
A very fine vegetable. Sweeter and of finer 
, avor than Turnips and cooked same way. Sow 
iijseed 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-lilie flavor. Packet, 
5 cts.! ounce, 22 cts.! >4 lb., 65 cts.; % lb., $1.10; 
lb., $2.00; postpaid. 
" ' 410 Early Purple Vienna 
. This Is not quite so early as the precedin,g and 
slightly larger in size. It differs also in having 
skin of a dark, glossy, purplish red. Packet, B 
cts.! ounce, 22 cts.i 14 lb., 65 cts.i % lb., $1.10! 
111.. $2.00i postpaid. 
OKRA OR 
GUMBO 
Kxtra nice for soups, 
stews, etc.. and much 
liked when pickled. 
Plant in hills. 2 feet 
apart each way. 
[481 While 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, 5 cts.'i 
ounce, TO cts.i 14 lb., 23 
cts.! Vi lb.. 40 cts.i lb., 
75 cts.! postpaid. 
480 Lady Finger Okra 
480 Lady Finger 
Plants 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. 
They are exceptionally fleshy and tender. Packet, 5 
cts.i ounce. 10 cts.i % lb., 22 cts.; V- lb., 40 cts.i lb., 75 
cts.i postpaid. 
Common Sense Cultural Directions printed on every package. 
