GEO. COOLING &. SONS, BATH. 
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TOMATO— continued. 
I’er packet — s. d. 
VICTOR {Dickson, Brown, tfe Tait), the result of several years’ careful crossiup and selecting; fruit of 
medium size, rich colour, and very superior in flavour, described as one of the best 
varieties yet introduced 
WINTER BEAUTY (Sutton), fruit of good size, fairly smooth, deep in colour, heavy 
cropper .and strong constitution, valuable for winter fruiting 
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THE MEW OUT-DOOR TOMATO— EARLY PROLIFIC. Small plants put out in the open held 
in the end of May have produced heavy crops of medium-sized smooth round fruit of good colour by 
the beginning of August. The best of many hundreds of seedlings raised from a cross between 
Challenger a,x\A Open Air ■■■ od. and 
VEGETABLE MARROW and GOURDS. 
Cultivation. — Sow in heat in April, plant out towards the end of May in rich light soil ; protect the young plants until they 
start into growth, and water copiously in dry weather. Per packet — s. d. 
Per packet — s. d. 
BUSH, WHITE 3d. and 0 6 
BUSH, GREEN 3d. and 0 6 
LONG WHITE, good and prolific ... 3d. and 0 6 
LONG GREEN, a green variety of the preceding 
3d. and 0 6 
NEW CUSTARD, very prolific, and the most 
delicious in flavour of all the Marrows ... 0 6 
LARGE CREAM, deep in colotir, and best for 
general use 3d. and 0 6 
MOORE’S VEGETABLE CREAM, very pro- 
ductive, and fine in flavour ... 0 6 
MUIR’S PROLIFIC HYBRID, very distinct, 
being little more in length than girth ; 
cream colour, flavour very superior 0 6 
PEN-Y-BID, of great merit, compact habit of 
growth, fruit of medium size, and delicious 
m.arrow flavour 0 6 
MAMMOTH PUMPKIN 0 6 
ORNAMENTAL GOURDS, fine mixed 0 6 
^SELECTED MUSHROOM SPAWN. 
Our Improved Sj>aivri produces large crops of thick fleshy Mushroo'ms. 
't. -aa^CuLTlVATlON. — In making a Mushroom bed so much fresh horse-manure as will be required to make the bed I 2 to i8 inches 
deep should be thrown into a heap to ferment; turn and mix it well together every three or four days. After it has been turned 
several times, say for a fortnight or three weeks, it will be lit to make the bed. Beat the manure well down to the depth mentioned 
above, and allow it to remain a day or two until sufficiently cooled for spawning. When the temperature of the bed is about 65" 
break the spawn into pieces about the thickness of a walnut, and place it into the bed 2 inches deep and 9 inches apart; cover with 
2 inches of good soil, and again beat down. The Mushrooms should appear in about 5 or 6 weeks after spawning. Should the bed 
get very dry (but on no account otherwise) a slight watering with tepid water is beneficial ; when the Mushrooms begin to appear 
tepid water may be given more frequently. Much disappoint ment often occurs in growing Mushrooms. To prevent this as much 
as possible, we have made arrangements for a supply of spawn from one of the best makers in the country ; we can especially 
recommend it as being of the finest quality procurable, and feel convinced that when once tried no other make will afterwards be used. 
Fresh English-made Spawn 4d. per brick. ; bush. 5s. Trial Packet of 3 Bricks free by Parcel Post for Is. 6d. 
FRENCH MUSHROOM SPAWN . — This imported Spawn is gaining favour on account of the 
excellence of the Mushrooms it produces and its invariable good quality. Many amateurs who fail with 
the ordinary Spawn succeed with this. — Per box 3/. 
From H. S. Brown, Esq., Southsea. — “ I am glad to tell you the results I have had from your Seeds 
arc more than satisfactory.” 
