WATERMELON 
Cole’s Early. — A medium-sized very early sort, with a large heart and deep-red flesh of fine texture. 
Does well in northern gardens. 
Price, .10 per pkt. ; .25 per oz. ; .85 per 34 lb. 
Mountain Sweet. — A large, oblong sort, with a dark-green coloured skin and very solid red flesh. This 
is an early sort and very popular. 
Price, .10 per pkt.; .25 per oz.; .85 per 34 lb. 
Ice Cream. — This is a round melon, with mottled gray skin and a flesh-pink flesh. Very crisp. 
Price, .10 per pkt. ; .20 per oz. ; .70 per 34 lb. 
Cuban Queen. — One of the largest round varieties, with a bright-red flesh. Very melting and sweet. 
Price, .10 per pkt.; .20 per oz.; .70 per 34 lb. 
Citron. — Excellent for preserving. 
Price, .10 per pkt.; .20 per oz. ; .70 per 34 lb. 
Cultivation of Watermelon. — See Musk Melon. One ounce of seed will plant forty-five hills. 
CARTERS MUSHROOM SPAWN 
(SPECIAL “MILLTRACK” BRAND) 
Cultural Hints 
To grow Mushrooms success- 
fully, the following requirements 
are essential: Procure fresh 
stable manure (straw litter ma- 
nure, not peat litter), shake out 
well, leaving as little straw as 
possible; the better the manure 
the better the bed will bear. 
After shaking out, stack your 
short manure closely, as for the 
preparation of a hotbed, and 
there let it remain for a week to 
have a good heating, then turn 
it over and place what has been 
outside the heap into the center; 
repeat this turning at intervals 
of three days (four turnings 
should be sufficient), and if dry, 
use water enough to moisten it 
gradually at each turning; this will get the material into right condition for the beds, as moisture is one 
of the most important points to study and the right texture of the material depends almost entirely upon 
this proper state of moisture. If you get your material right in this respect, whatever shape you make 
your beds, whether flat beds or ridges, you will not be likely to experience any trouble afterwards. The 
ideal temperature is 55 ° to 60°, but Mushrooms do come at a much lower temperature: a higher 
temperature than 00° should be avoided if possible. 
After the beds are ready the bricks are each broken into about ten pieces of about equal size. 
These pieces should be inserted about 2 inches below the surface and about 10 inches apart, the bed should 
then be gently stamped or compressed. In about 15 days the spawn should have run entirely through 
the bed. The whole surface should be then covered with about 2 inches of loam and over this place a 
few inches of straw. Under these conditions the mushrooms should appear in about six weeks and con- 
tinue to come for a month. One brick of spawn will lay in nine square feet of beet. 
Price, 1 Brick, .26; 12 Bricks, 2.60; 100 Bricks, 15.00 
"Having used your Mushroom Spawn the last two years I cannot speak too highly of it. On several occasions I have 
picked under the month from the time of spawning — and of first-rate quality.” — F. West, Head Gardener to The Right 
Hon. Earl Curzon of Kedleston. 
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