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Sherwood Hall Nursery Co.’s 
^aslb)r©@inr]) Jpawnpo 
French, Blanc de Champignon. German, Champignonbrut. Spanish, Seta. 
Culture.-— Ten pounds will spawn ten feet square. Mushrooms of excellent quality can be grown with 
ease almost the year round, the only requirement being 
unferniented manure, a small quantitj’ of good soil, and 
reliable spawn. Full instructions on the preparation and 
management of the beds, will be found in “Mushroom 
Culture,” byW. Robinson, which will be sent free by mail 
for fifty cents. Our spawn can be thoroughly depended 
on and being specially manufactured for us, is fresh and 
reliable at all times. 
MUSHROOM SPAWN. 
Per lb. loo lbs. 
Kn^lish Spawn. In bricks weighing 
-lb. each So 20 $1800 
French Spawn. In 3-lb boxes 
per box, $2 ; in bulk . 40 
i^astardo 
French, Moularde. German, Sen/. Spanish, Mostaza. 
Culture. — One ounce will sow a drill fifty feet long. 
Sow thickly in rows six inches apart, and when about two 
inches high it can be cut and used with Cress, forming 
a pleasing pungent salad. 
Black or Brown. More pungent than 
Oz. 
Lb. 
the Yellow 
Chinese. Leaves twice the size of 
$0 05 $0 10 $0 
25 
the ordinary ; sweet and pungent . 
AVhilo or Yellow. Of very rapid 
10 
25 
75 
growth and agreeable flavor .... 
0,5 
10 
25 
Naftartiomj^o 
French, Capucine. German, Nasturtium. Spanish, Maraneula . 
Culture. — One ounce will sow fifty feet of drill. Sow in drills one inch deep, the tall varieties by the side 
of a fence, trellis work or other support to climb upon. The seed pods, which resemble capers, are gathered 
while green and tender and used for pickling, and the leaves are used in salads. 
Dwarf Mixed. All colors 
“ Scai-let 
“ Yellow . . 
Tall Mixed. All colors . 
“ Cri nison 
“ Yellow 
Oz. 
V-lb. 
Lb. 
$0 50 
75 
60 
2 00 
60 
2 00 
30 
1 00 
50 
I 50 
30 
I 00 
French, Gombaud. German. Safran. Spanish, Quimbombo. 
Culture. — One ounce will plant one hundred hills. Of easy cultiva- 
tion in any good soil ; plant about two inches deep, in drills three feet apart, 
and when well established thin to three plants in the hill; keep the soil well 
worked, and occasionally draw a little up around the .stalks to support 
them. The pods should be gathered while young and tender. 
Oz. l<.-lb. Lb. 
Dwarf Density. Best for general crop ; tender long pods $o 15 ^35 $i 25 
AVliitc WIvet. Handsome and productive ; long smooth 
white pods 10 25 75 
If you want a Iiawn, give a glance at second page of this Catalogue. 
