COOK S “AULSEED” QUALITY 
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MUSKMELON 
CULTURE—Plant in rich, loamy soil, hilled about 
— feet apart, 5 to 7 seeds about V 2 inch deep per hill, 
thin out to about 4 plants to the hill. Use about 3 
pounds for an acre. One ounce will plant about 60 
hills. 
OSAGE, EXTRA EARLY. The vines are, vigorous 
and productive. Fruits are oval, medium to large 
size, with dark green skin, slightly ribbed and 
covered with shallow netting. The flesh is orange- 
colored, and deep. Its small cavity and great solid¬ 
ity make it a perfect shipper. 
EMERALD GEM. The thick, salmon-colored flesh is 
granular, rich, and luscious. Largely grown on ac¬ 
count of its convenient size. 
HALE’S BEST. This is a new variety and originated 
in the Imperial Valley in California. It is a remark- 
bly early melon of very fine flavor. The salmon flesh 
is exceptionally thick with very small seed-cavity. 
HONEY ROCK. Without a doubt the sweetest of all 
melons. It has good, thick flesh; deep orange color. 
ROCKY FORD, or NETTED GEM. This is a vigorous, 
medium-early variety. Fruits are oval, slightly 
ribbed, and covered with fine netting. The flesh is 
thick, green, and highly flavored. 
MILLER’S CREAM. Large, round fruit with netted 
skin; thick, juicy, salmon-colored flesh. 
MELONS 
Pkt. 
Oz. 
Va lb. 
Lb. 
Bender’s Surprise . . . . 
$.15 $.35 $1.00 $3.00 
Emerald Gem . 
.10 
.25 
.75 
2.25 
Golden Osage . 
.10 
.30 
.90 
2.50 
Hale’s Best . 
.15 
.35 
1.00 
3.00 
Honey Rock. 
.10 
.30 
.90 
2.50 
Rocky Ford . 
.10 
.25 
.75 
2.25 
Miller’s Cream or Osage 
.15 
.35 
1.00 
3.00 
Pure Culture Mushroom Spawn 
AMERICAN PURE CULTURE SPAWN 
Ten pounds will spawn 10 square feet 
This type produces larger Mushrooms than the 
English, coming into bearing somewhat earlier, and 
continuing to crop for a long time. This spawn is 
produced by selecting spores from individual speci¬ 
men Mushrooms, and is propagated and transferred 
to the bricks of manure, which, when planted, pro¬ 
duce Mushrooms all of one type. 
Per brick (about IV 2 lbs.) 40c, 10 bricks $3.50, 20 
bricks $6.50, 100 bricks $30.00. 
Bender’s Surprise Muskmelons 
BENDER’S SURPRISE. The flesh is deep orange and 
very thick. The large, oval-shaped, coarsely but 
scantily netted melons often weigh from 10 to 15 
pounds each. The flesh is so thick and the rind so 
firm that Bender’s Surprise will keep perfectly for 
a week after picking and the flavor will actually 
improve. 
MELONS FOR FORCING 
. (Imported Seed) 
BLENHEIM ORANGE. Well known variety; orange- 
scarlet flesh; very prolific. Pkt. 35c. 
ROYAL SOVEREIGN. Often weighs six pounds; 
thick, white flesh, tinged green; thin rind. Pkt. 35c. 
WINDSOR CASTLE. Oval fruit, large, slightly net¬ 
ted, green and of fine flavor. Pkt. 35c. 
MUSHROOMS 
One brick of American or English Spawn is suffi¬ 
cient for a space 4 feet by 2 feet; it should be broken 
into small pieces and these inserted 2 inches deep and 
6 inches from piece to piece. Mushrooms are quite 
easy to grow in any enclosure where a constant tem¬ 
perature of 50 to 65 degrees can be maintained. Ob¬ 
tain a quantity of fresh stable manure and place it in 
a heap under cover for it to heat; turn it daily for 
five days and then make your bed 18 inches deep, 3 
feet wide and as long as convenient. Have your 
manure moderately firm. Test the temperature of the 
bed every day with a thermometer (a hotbed ther¬ 
mometer specially made for the purpose we supply 
at $2.50) and when you find it has commenced to fall, 
get ready to “spawn” the bed. When 85 degrees has 
been reached in the drop of the mercury break your 
spawn into pieces and plant them 2 inches deep. 
Cover the bed with a 2-inch layer of really good 
loamy soil and over this put a layer of straw; watch 
the surface of the bed and if it appears dry, sprinkle 
it lightly with a little warmed water. Mushrooms 
appear in six or seven weeks. 
