Mushroom SpaWQ. 
MUSHROOMS. 
Blanc de Champignon. ®F)ampignon6tut. Seta. 
One of the most profitable crops for the outlay that can be grown ; the market is sure, beca use the 
supply never equals the demand. Mushrooms can be 
grown in any dark room or cellar where the tempera- 
ture can be kept at from 50 to 70 degrees. From some 
old pasture procure good rich soil and store it awaj. 
To every bushel of this soil add two bushels of fresh 
horse manure. Of this well-mixed compound prepare 
a bed, say 4 feet wide. Put down a thin layer and 
pound it down hard, and go on until you have a bed 12 
to 18 inches thick. It soon becomes pretty hot, but 
let the heat recede until it is only 85 or 90 degrees. 
Then make holes, say a foot apart, and put in the 
spawn, two or three pieces as large as a walnut in each 
hole. Cover the holes and press the soil solid and 
smooth. Let the bed remain in this condition about 
12 days; then cover the bed with 2 inches of fresh 
loam, and over this place 4^r 5 inches of hay or straw, 
and the work is done. If the temperature is right, in 6 or 8 weeks you may expect mushrooms. Ihe 
beds will continue bearing from 20 to 30 days. After the first crop is gathered, spread over the bed an 
inch of fresh soil, moisten with warm water, and cover with hay as before. The main conditions m 
mushroom growing are proper and uniform temperature and very rich soil. Our spawn can be depended 
on, and being specially manufactured for us, is fresh and reliable. One pound of spawn is sufiicient 
for a bed 2 by 6 feet. 
If interested in this crop, an exceUent book to have is "MUSHROOM CaLTURE," by W. Robinson, whio 
will be sent free by mail for 50 cents. 
English Spawn. Per lb., by mail, 30 cts.; 7 lbs., per express, not paid, $1. 
French Spawn. Per lb., by mail, 50 cts.; 3-lb. box, per express, not paid, $1.25. 
MUSTARD. 
Motitarde. @cnf. Moslaza. 
One ounce will sow a drill 50 feet long. Sow thickly in rows 6 inches apart, and when about 2' 
Inches h%h it can be cut and used with cress, forming a pleasing, pungent salad. Peroz. Lb. 
Black or Brown. More pungent than the yellow $0 05 
fG<ant Southern Curled. This variety is highly esteemed in the south, where the seed 
is sown in the fall, and the plants are used very 
early in the spring as a salad. The plants grow 
about 2 feet high and form enormous bunches . lo 
White or Yellow. Rapid growth, agreeable flavor . 05 
$0 25 
75 
25 
NflSTURTIUMS. 
Four ounces will sow too yards of row. Sow in May or 
June, in drills about i inch deep, in light, rich soil ; train the tall 
on trellises or fences, and grow the dwarf in beds or rows. 
Peroz. I,b. 
Owarf Mixed $0 15 $1 50 
Tall Mixed 10 I 00 
OKR(=I, or GOMBO. 
Gombaiid. oafvaii. Quiinbombo . 
One ounce will plant 100 hills. Of easy cultivation in any 
good soil; plant about 2 inches deep, in drills 2'< feet apart. 
When well established thin to 10 and t2 inches ap U't and keep 
the soil well worked, and occasionally draw a little around the 
st-ilks to support them. The pods should be gathered while 
young and tender. p^^^^ 
Dwarf Density. Best for general crop ; long, ten- 
der pods $0 15 *i 25 
White Velvet. Handsome and productive; long 
smooth white pods 10 75 
All seeds can be bad la 5-cent packets, except wbere noted. 
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