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VEGETABLE SEEDS— (Continued.) 101 
MUSHROOMS 
Practically no capital is required in 
the mushroom business, and the prof- 
its are most satisfactory. All that is 
required to grow mushrooms is most 
any building or cellar, some manure, 
loam, and last and above all, good 
spawn. Our Pure Culture Mushroom 
Spawn is full of vigor, the kind used 
by the best commercial growers of the 
United States. 
Pamphlet^"How to Grow Mushrooms," free for asking. 
MUSHROOM SPAWN— (Lambert's Pure Culture)— Per 
Brick (Postpaid), 35c; by Express or Freight at Pur- 
chaser's expense, Brick, 25c; 10 Bricks, $2.25 
OKRA, OR GUMBO 
(One oz. to 100 Feet of Drill.) 
The long, tender pods of Okra are very delicious when 
sliced and cooked in soups. While this is its chief use, it 
is also boiled and served like other vegetables. The dwarf 
sorts may be planted in hills or in rows about three feet 
apart. Plant in any good soil about May 15. The pods 
should be gathered when very young, as they are then 
very tender. 
Dwarf Green Pkt., 5c; oz., 10c; Vi lb., 20c; lb., 60c 
An early dwarf prolific variety with thick, green pods. 
White Velvet Oz., 10c; % lb., 20c; lb., 60c 
Very tender pods, long, smooth and white. 
ONION SETS 
(One Lb. to 75 Feet oC Drill, 300 Lbs. to the Acre.) 
The importance of Using Northern Grown Onion Sets. 
The planting of Onion 
Sets is increasing rapidly 
year after year. The Bot- 
tom Onion Sets produce 
onions ready for market 
six weeks earlier than can 
be had by sowing the seed. 
This enables the grower to 
sell his entire crop earlier 
in the season, at which 
time the prices usually 
are higher. It also per- 
mits the sowing of another 
crop on the land the same 
year. Bottom Sets also 
produce good green onions 
on most any soil in hall 
the time it takes to raise 
them from seed. 
These are simply onions 
grown from seed plant- 
ed late and thick. They 
are about as big as the end of your finger and when 
set out in spring they come quick and make nice green 
onions for btmching, or if left si and will bottom down and 
make big onions as from seed but much earlier. We can 
furnish them in red, yellow or white. Yellow are gener- 
ally best as they are^ not so liable to run to seed. Multi- 
plier sets are also good. 
Sizes of Onion Sets. 
It is very imi)oi'lant thait you get onion sets of the righl 
size. If just a little too large tliey will run to seed righl 
away instead of making a good onion. The rule is lo sell 
every set below IV2 inches in diameter, but in that ease 
there is sure to be some too large that will go to seed. 
Therefore we use none above % inch. 
White Bottom — These are small, solid and of a beautiful 
silvery white; a favorite sort in private and market 
gardens. 
Red Bottom— Bright 
popular variety. 
deep red in colO'P, even and dry. A 
Yellow Bottom— 
Red Top or Egyptian — 
Yellow Multiplier — Often preferred on account of their 
earliness. Late in June they are fully ripe, and can be 
gathered. Very productive, 5 lo 15 bulbs growing from 
one set out. 
FOR PRICKS SKE RED INSERT— PAGE 96. 
If unable to find what you want, refer to the Index. 
ONION SEED 
Ger. — Zwiebel. Scand. — Roedloec. 
(One ounce for 200 feel of drill; A or 5 pounds in drills 
per acre.) 
The best onions are grown on low, sandy, or mucky 
lands, with natural moisture and plenty of it. 
The crop must be ki pi free from weeds, and it is usually 
necessary to weed out in the row by hand once or twice. 
Hoeing between the rows may be done oftener. It is not 
necessary lO' thin the plants in the row, since some thin- 
ning is naturally done during the hand weeding. 
Steady, even growth is necessary to good onions and a 
chock in growth, whether from disease or drought causes 
them to run to seed badly. 
Different markets and localities prefer different onions. 
Globe onions are generally most popular and yield better 
than the other sorts. Flat onions are earliest and the large 
sized kinds have the best flavor. Every bag of seed is 
t/esled as to vitality. 
WHITE VARIETIES. 
White Pickling— For early bunching, 
pickling, etc. Small, hard, round; 
keeps well; does not turn green when 
exposed to sun. 
White Portugal or Silver Skin— The 
biist known and most largely used 
while onion. Is flat on the bottom 
and thick toward the lop, very hard 
and firm and an excellent keeper. 
Onion — Silver King. 
Onion — White Pickling. 
Early White Barletta or 
White Queen — An ex- 
ceedingly early variety 
growing about iV2 
inches in diameter, and 
% of an inch lh:ck. A 
most excellent sort for 
bunching and pickling. 
i\I;unnioll). Silver King — 
An early large, white 
rial variety. Is not a 
keeping sort no>r a 
good shipping variety, 
but is valuable for 
home use and nearby 
markets. Very mild 
and fine flavor. 
White Welsh — Distinctly a bunch onion, and ready for 
pulling for this purpose very early. Very mild and deli- 
cate flavor. 
iSouthport White Globe — A very desirable variety which 
yields an abundant crop of fine large onions. Pure white 
color, mild flavor and equally good for keeping as the 
Yellow Globe. It is an enormous yielder and always 
sells at high prices. II is best lo dry these onions in a 
shady place and give plenty of air. • , 
