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CARTERS TESTED SEEDS— CHOICE VEGETABLES. 
MUSHROOM SPAWN. 
j Cultural Hints— To grow Mushrooms successfully, the following reqvirements are essential: 
Procure fresh stable manure (straw litter manure, 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 centre. Repeat this 
turning at intervals of three days (four turn- 
ings 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 60° 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 in. below the surface and about 10 in. 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 in. of loam and over this place a 
few inches of straw. Under these conditions 
the mushrooms should appear in about six 
weeks and continue to come for a month. 
One brick of spawn will lay in 9 sq. ft. of bed. 
Carters Special “ M Hit rack" Brand. 
No. 690 CARTERS MUSHROOM SPAWN. 
Pric> 1 bri ck. 4 bricks. 12 bricks. 100 Bricks. 
.HO .75 1.50 12.50 
ONION of Onion . — The ground cannot well bo too rich for this crop, nor the soil in too fine a condition. Sow the seed 
as early as the soil can be worked though the weather be yet damp and cold. The soil must be made firm before the operation 
is undertaken in e-ther beds or drills. The seed should be sown thinly and covered lightly, the drills 1 ft. apart, and the young Onions thinned 
out to about 6 in. apart, according to the variety. In very dry weather a good watering is very beneficial. Growers of Onions for exhibition 
generally transplant, and this is also a sure means of checking the onion grub, so troublesome in some districts. 1 oz. of seed will sow 100 ft . 
ot drill; 4 to 5 lb. to an acre. 
No. 
753 Carters Record. — Continues to hold its prominent position in 
public favour as the largest globe-shaped Onion in cultivation. 
It shows a disposition to vary in colour in a small percentage. 
Reduced Photograph. 
No. 
752 Carters Selected Ailsa Craig . — Wo offer a very fine strain of 
this popular Onion, which, on account of its enormous size, is in 
great demand amongst exhibitors of vegetables. It is a good 
keeper, and is much liked. 
747 Carters Holborn. — Equally valuable for exhibition and for 
table purposes. Perfect in shape, it grows to a large size, and is 
distinct in colour of skin from other globe varieties. It is a 
capital keeper, and the delicate flavour approaches that of the 
imported Spanish Onions sold by grocers and fruiterers. May 
also be sown in the autumn. This fine Onion has been awarded 
4 Gold Medals in Exhibits of Vegetables. 
745) Carters Silver Ball. — A pretty, medium-sized white globe 
Onion of fine texture and mild flavour. It makes a nice contrast 
on the exhibition table. Included in our Gold Medal and Silver 
Cup Exhibit of Vegetables at the Bristol Royal Show. 1913. 
750 Carters Early Wonder. — A small globe Onion, maturing 
with great rapidity, thus leaving the ground vacant very early 
for the next crop ; its keeping qualities are also remarkable. 
Awarded 4 Gold Medals with our other Vegetable Exhibits in 
two years. 
763 Cranston's Excelsior. — A fine variety, of good shape; suit- 
able for exhibition purposes. 
782 Carters Golden Globe Tripoli. — A large variety, similar in 
size to the Giant Rocca. The skin is of a transparent golden- 
straw colour, and it will be found invaluable in exhibition 
collections. 
783 Carters Giant White Tripoli. — Especially suitable for 
culinary purposes and exhibition ; a rather tender Onion on 
heavy soils; ripens very early. 
781 Carters White Emperor or Improved Italian,-- 
Unquestionably the finest form of flat Onion in cultivation, with 
silvery-white skin, and flesh of a most agreeable mild flavour. 
Included in the Champion Gold Medal Collection of Vegetables 
Shrewsbury. 1912. 
790 8Ilver-8kin or White Queen. 
Price of the above . . | oz. J oz. } oz. 1 oz. 1 lb. 
.15 .25 .45 .75 2.50 
CARTERS TESTED SEEDS, Inc., 102-106 CHAMBER OF COMMERCE BLDG. t BOSTON, MASS , 
