Mushrooms 
For the culture of Mushrooms you need (1) a shed or cellar 
which can be kept damp and at a temperature around 60 
degrees; (2) fresh horse manure from healthy animals, free of 
shavings, and with little straw; (3) some good garden soil; (4) 
some hay or straw; (5) high-grade Pure Culture Spawn; (6) a 
hotbed thermometer. Turn the manure for several days, keep¬ 
ing it slightly moist; make firm beds with it 1 foot thick, and 
let it steam. Try the temperature of the manure: it will go 
over 100° and then fall; at 85° plant spawn just under the 
surface and then cover the beds with hay. A mould will be 
noticed on the manure after a week; remove the hay and 
spread 1 inch of soil in its place. Keep the bed slightly moist, 
using warm water, and occasionally sprinkle the floors. 
Brick Spawn, American Pure Culture 
Ten pounds will spawn 100 square feet 
Spores have been selected from specimens and transferred 
to bricks of compressed manure and loam. Break the brick 
into inch pieces and plant 1 foot apart. Brick (about 13^ lbs.) 
35 cts.; 10 bricks $3.25; 25 bricks $7; 100 bricks $25. 
Onion 
One ounce will sow 100 feet of row 
Soil should be well fertilized. For early crop sow seed in 
coldframes in February, transplanting when large enough to 
handle. Open-ground sowing should be made right after frost 
has gone. Sow J^inch deep in rows 12 inches apart. 
Prizetaker. A main-crop Onion of the largest size and nearly 
globular form sloping slightly at the shoulder. Skin is yel¬ 
lowish brown. Flesh is creamy white, very mild, and of 
fine flavor. Pkt. 10 cts.; oz. 30 cts.; J^Ib. 80 cts.; lb. $2.50. 
Selected Yellow Globe Danvers. The bulbs are medium to 
large, globe-shaped, with small neck and ripen evenly to a 
rich, coppery yellow color. Flesh creamy white, crisp, solid 
and of mild and excellent flavor. A fine keeping variety. 
Pkt. 10 cts.; oz. 30 cts.; Mlb. 80 cts.; lb. $2.50. 
Southport Red Globe. Large, globe-shaped bulbs with small 
neck, smooth and glossy, and of deep, purplish red color. 
Flesh is white, tinged with light purple, fine-grained and 
tender, but rather strongly flavored. One of the best keep¬ 
ers. Pkt. 10 cts.; oz. 30 cts.; 34Ib. 80 cts.; lb. $2.50. 
Southport White Globe. The finest of all white Onions and 
a good keeper. Has the true globe shape; full at the base 
and shoulder. Pkt. 10 cts.; oz. 30 cts.; MIh. 90 cts.; lb. $2.85. 
Southport Yellow Globe. Bulbs are large, globe-shaped, with 
rather full shoulder, of a rich yellow color. Flesh is creamy 
white, fine-grained, and of excellent flavor. Pkt. 5 cts.; 
oz. 25 cts.; MIh. 75 cts.; lb. $2.35. 
White Portugal or Silverskin. A fine white sort for sets, or 
using young. Mature bulbs are of medium size, flattened 
globe shape. Pkt. 10 cts.; oz. 30 cts.; Mlh. 90cts.; lb. $2.85. 
Southport White Globe Onion 
Weeding Onions is a classi¬ 
cal garden job, and no boy 
ought to grow up without the 
benefit of its fine back exer¬ 
cise. It is fine training for 
school athletics. 
Selected Yellow Globe Danvers 
22 WEST PARK ST., NEWARK, N. J 
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Vegetable Seeds 
