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Mushroom Spawn. 
The Mnshroom is an edible 
fnngus of a white color, 
changing to brown when old. 
The gills are loose, of a pink- 
ish red, changing to liyer 
color. It produces no seed, 
but instead, a white, fibrous 
substance in broken threads, 
called spawn, which is pre- 
served in horse manure, being 
pressed in the form of bricks. Thus prepared it 
will retain its vitality for years. 
CcLTCBB. Mushrooms can be grown in the cel- 
lar, in sheds, dr in hot beds in open air, on shelves, 
or out-of-the-way places. Fermenting horse 
manure, at a temperature of about 70 degrees, is 
made into beds the size required, eighteen inches 
deep. In this bed plant the broken pieces of spawn 
six inches apart, covering the whole with two 
inches of light soil, and protect from cold and 
severe rains. The mushrooms will appear in about 
six weeks. Water sparingly and with lukewarm 
water. 
Mustard. 
Makes a pungent salad. Sow thickly in rows and out for use when two inches high. White London 
is the best for salads. The Brown or Black, is, however, more pungent. 
^Nasturtium. 
The seeds, while young and succulent, are pickled for oapers. The plants are quite ornamental 
and make excellent screens in the garden. 
Okra, or Oumbo. 
This vegetable is grown for its pods, which are used in soups, stews, etc. It is very nutritious and 
of easy culture. Sow when the ground has become warm, three feet apart and one inch deep, and thin 
out to ten inches in the row. The pods are dried for winter use. , j . 1 , 
White Velvet Okra. Quite distinct from any other variety, the pods being round and smooth, 
while in the old sorts they are ridged or square -edged. It is the most tender and the finest flavored of 
anv variety grown, the pods being very soft and velvety to the touch and are of a creamy white color. 
They grow to a larger size than any other Okra, are never prickly to the touch, and are produced in the 
createst abundance. , , j x* a 
New Improved Dwarf. This new early variety, has long, green, slender pods, very productive, and 
£T 0 W 8 fourteen inches high. ^ 
Long Green. Long ribbed erect pods, sharply tapering to a point; very productive. 
Onions. . . — ^ 
The value of this crop depends almost solely on the quality of the seed sown. Realizing this, we 
have taken the greatest care in selecting our stocks, and can confidently recommend them to all our 
customers those who use large quantities, as well as those who use small, as being unsurpassed for 
quality, germination and trueness; being grown for ns solely by men of years of experience in 
this important seed. Our seed will produce full-sized onions the first year of sowing, for which 
purpose sow four or five lbs. per acre. For growing small sets our seed is equally good, and should be 
sown for this purpose at the rate of about 60 lbs, to the acre. 
Early Red Extra Early Red. A medium sized, flat variety; 
Globe. Avarie- an abundant producer, and very uniform in shape 
ty maturing as 
early as the flat 
sort. It is globe 
shaped ; skin 
deep red; flesh 
mild and tender. 
Very handsome 
in appearance. 
Giant Rocca. An immense 
onion. Globular in form; skin 
tender. It will produce a large 
onion from seed the first season, 
but to attain the largest growth, 
the smallest bulbs should be set 
out the next spring, when they 
will continue increasing in size, 
instead of producing seed. 
Great White Italian Tripoli. 
A large, beautiful, pure white. Giant Rocca. 
flat onion, of mild, excellent flavor, and will pro. 
duce a somewhat larger onion from seed than the 
White Portugal. 
and size; moderately strong flavored, and comes in- 
to use nearly two weeks earlier than the Large Red 
Wethersfield; very desirable for early market use. 
Large Red Wethersfield. 
Large Red Wethersfield. This is a standard 
variety. Large size; skin deep purplish red; form 
round, somewhat flattened; flesh purplish white; 
moderately fine grained, and stronger flavored than 
any of the other kinds. Very productive, the best 
keeper, and one of the most popular for general 
cultivation. 
Yellow Strasburg. (Yellow Dutch.) Later, 
flatter and larger than Yellow Danvers; good 
keeper. 
