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GEO. COOLING &. SONS, BATH. 
TOMATO- continued. , . j 
1 er packet — s. d. 
VICTOR (Dickson, Brown, & Tait), fruit of iiiodium size, rich colour, and very superior in flavour, 
described as one of the best varieties yet introduced 10 
WINTER BEAUTY (Sutton), fruit of good size, fairly smooth, deep in colour, heavy cropper and 
strong constitution, valuable for winter fruiting 1 0 
RED CASCADE, a very ornamental variety for decoration, with long racemes of Cui rant-like fruit of 
finest quality (id. and 1 0 
YELLOW CHERRY, a companion to above, with abundance of Cherry-like fruit in clusters, of bright 
yellow colour (id. and 1 0 
THE NEW OUT-DOOR TOMATO-EARLY PROLIFIG. Small plants put out in the open field 
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 and Open Air 6d. and 1 0 
SELECTED MUSHROOM SPAWN. 
Our Improved Spate u produces large crops of thick fleshy Mushrooms. 
Cultivation. — In making a Mushroom bed so much fresh horse-manure as will be required to make the bed I2 to i 8 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 fit 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 disappointment 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. 
, JFresh 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 
are more than satisfactory.” 
