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CARTERS TESTED SEEDS— BOSTON, NEW YORK, TORONTO 
MUSK MELON. 
-Cultural Hints on Musk and Water 
Melon . — Melons succeed best in a 
light, rich, sandy soil. Seed should be planted about the first 
week in May. Plant in hills about 5 or 6 ft. apart each way for 
Musk Melon, and 8 to 10 ft. apart each way for Water Melon. 
Each hill should have at least a peck of well-rotted manure mixed 
thoroughly with the soil previous to planting. Plant 10 seeds 
to the hill, and when the plants have made a good showing thin 
out to three or four of the best plants to the hill. 1 oz. of seed 
will plant 50 hills; 2 to 3 lb. of seed in hills to the acre. 
721 Carters Re-selected Netted Gem or Rocky Ford. — An oblong, 
second early sort, very popular. The melons average about 
5 in. in length, are of a delirious flavour. Flesh light green. 
725 Emerald Gem . —An extra early sort. In shape it is round, 
with a salmon coloured flesh and an exceptionally fine flavour. 
The exterior is a dark green. 
720 Miller’s Cream or Osage. Fruit round and large, with a green 
netted skin. Salmon flesh. Very tasty. 
732 Honey Dew. A very excellent melon, flesh green, with a delicious 
honey flavor. 
729 Montreal Nutmeg . -The largest nutmeg sort grown. A fine 
.uclon for either exhibition or home use. 
Pkt. 1 oz. lb. 1 lb. 
Price . . .... .10 .25 .75 2.50 
WATER MELON. 
737 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. 
738 Mountain Sweet. — A large, oblong, sort with a dark-green 
colored skin and very solid red flesh. This is an early sort and 
very popular. 
739 Ice Cream. — This is a round melon, with mottled gray skin 
and a flesh-pink flesh. Very crisp. 
741 I mproved Klcckley Sweets. — The melons measure about 1 ft. 
<i in in length l>y about 10 in. in diameter. The flesh is bright 
scarlet, very thick, crisp, and melting. It is an early variety 
and most suitable for home growing. 
742 Citron. — Excellent for preserving. 
Price pkt. 1 oz. pi lb. 1 lb. 
.10 .20 .00 2.00 
MUSTARD See Cress for Cultivation Notes. 
049 Carters Finest White Mustard.— Very popular for salads. 
650 Brown. — Very pungent; the seed largely used for grinding. 
Price pkt. 1 oz. lb. 1 lb. 
.10 .15 .50 1.75 
MUSHROOM SPAWN. 
_j Cultural Hints . — To grow 
Mushrooms successfully, the 
following requirements are essential: Procure fresh stable manure 
(straw litter manure), shake out well, leaving as little straw as 
possible. After shaking out, stack vour short manure closely, as if 
for the preparation of a hotbed, and there let it remain for a week. 
When thoroughly heated turn it over and place what has been 
outside the heap into the centre. Repeat this turning at inter- 
vals 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, and the right texture of the 
material depends almost entirely upon the proper state of moisture. 
If you get your material right in this respect, you will not be likely 
to experience any trouble afterwards. The ideal temperature is 
00° to 05°, but Mushrooms will come at a lower temperature. 
After the beds are ready each brick of spawn can be broken into 
ten pieces of equal size. These pieces should be inserted about 
2 in. below the surface and 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. One brick will spawn 9 sq. ft. 
of bed. 
Carters Special “ MitUtack" Brand 
Xo. 090 CARTERS MUSHROOM SPAWN. 
Price . . 1 brick. 10 bricks. 100 bricks. 
.30 2.50 18.00 
OKRA OR GUMBO 
3 ft. apart 
1 ft. apart. 
Cultural Hints. — Early in May the 
seed should be sown in rows about 
nd 2 in. deep. As the plants appear thin to about 
1 oz. of seed will plant 40 ft. of drill. 
Xo. 
806 Dwarf Green. — A very early and tender sort. 
807 Tall Green. -A heavy producing variety. 
Price . . . . Pkt. Fa oz. 1 oz. lb. 
.10 .15 .25 .85 
SPECIAL NOTICE. 
We are glad to announce we are in a position to secure the 
services of efficient, practical and trustworthy gardeners suitable 
and qualified to act either as Estate Superintendents or Head 
Gardeners. 
Upon receiving information that you are in want of such a 
man we will immediately put our Service Bureau in touch with 
you. This Bureau is maintained with the special purpose of 
providing opportunities for qualified gardeners. It aims to 
place in positions only those who are fully capable of meeting 
all necessary requirements as Gardeners' or Estate Superin- 
tendents. An efficient and practical Gardener is essential to 
the successful maintainance of a garden. 
Carters Tested Seeds, Inc., makes no charge for services 
rendered to either employer or employee through this Bureau. 
We earnestly invite your confidence and assure you of our 
hearty co-operation. 
CARTERS TESTED SEEDS, Inc. 
