Germain Seed Company, 326-330 South Main St., Los Angeles, Cal, 
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WATERMELONS, Continued 
Dnkc Jones. Large, nearly round, dark green 
melon; a fine shipper; flesh bright red, sweet 
and juicy. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 cts., lb. 60 cts. 
Girardeau’s New Favorite. Resembles the 
Florida Favorite, but is larger. It is early 
productive, tender and crisp; has bright red, 
very sweet flesh. The rind is thin and too 
tender to stand shipment long distance. 
Splendid for home or near-by market. Pkt. 
5 cts., oz. 10 cts., lb. 60 cts. 
Yellow-fleshed Ice Cream. This melon has be¬ 
come very popular among the local growers 
around Los Angeles; in fact, in past seasons 
we have never been able to secure enough 
stock to supply the demand. The melon 
grows very large, of oblong shape; the flesh 
is a beautiful yellow, anc! has a peculiar, 
delicious flavor, different from any other 
variety. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 cts., lb. $1.50. 
The Bradford. A fine flavored large shipping 
melon, oblong in shape with rather square 
ends. The skin is very dark green with 
darker stripes. The flesh is very tender and 
solid. Dark red in color, and of excellent 
flavor. The rind is thin and tough, making 
it a very desirable shipping melon, under 
favorable conditions. They grow to a large 
size and command high prices in the eastern 
markets. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 cts., lb. $1. 
Colorado Preserving Citron. Excellent for 
making preserves. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 cts., 
lb. 60 cts. 
We can supply the following standard varie¬ 
ties at the uniform price of pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 
cts., lb. 50 cts.: Ice Cream, Phinney’s Early, 
Kolb’s Gem, Dixie, Light Icing, Mammoth Iron¬ 
clad, Lodi, Black Spanish. 
STOCK MELON 
Melon Pumpkin. Good for feeding cattle, or for 
pies; flesh very firm and solid, with small 
proportion of seeds. Oz. 10 cts., lb. 30 cts. 
MUSTARD 
Mostaza Cenf Moutarde 
If ordered by mail, add 10 cts. per pound for 
postage 
New Chinese. Leaves very large, 14 to 16 inches 
in length, which are cooked like spinach, and 
have a very agreeable flavor. One of the 
best green foods for poultry. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 
10 cts., lb. 60 cts. 
White London. Best for salads or medicinal 
purposes. Lb. 10 cts. 
Brown or Black. More pungent than white. 
Lb. 10 cts. 
MUSHROOMS. 
over this put 4 or 5 inches of hay or straw, and 
the work is done. If the temperature is right, 
in six or eight weeks you may expect Mush¬ 
rooms. The beds will continue bearing from 20 
to 30 days. After the first crop is gathered, 
spread over the bed an inch of fresh soil, 
moisten with warm water and cover with hay 
as before. The main conditions in Mushroom¬ 
growing are proper and uniform temperature 
and very rich soil. One pound of spawn is 
sufficient for a bed 2x6 feet. We import our 
spawn from the best makers in England and 
France. To grow Mushrooms successfully, write 
for “Mushroom Culture,” b>^ W. Robinson. By 
mail, postpaid, 50 cts. 
English. In bricks. Per lb. 20 cts. Postage 
extra, 10 cts. per brick. 
French. In two-pound boxes, including pamph¬ 
let of cultural directions. Each, $1; four- 
pound boxes, $2. Too heavy for the mails; 
sent only by express at the purchaser’s 
expense. 
White French. New virgin spawn. This new 
spawn produces the finest Mushrooms in culti¬ 
vation, and one trial will convince all growers 
of its wonderful merits. Price, 30 cts. per 
tablet, $3 per doz. 
Cultural instructions for growing Mushrooms 
given free to every purchaser of spawn. 
OKRA 
MUSHROOM SPAWN 
Seta Schwamm Champignon 
One of the most profitable crops for the outlay 
that can be grown. The market is sure because 
the supply never equals the demand. Mushrooms 
can be grown in any dark room or cellar where 
the temperature can be kept at 50 to 70 de¬ 
grees. From some old pasture procure good 
rich soil and store it away. To every bushel of 
this add two bushels of fresh horse manure. 
Of this mixed compound prepare a bed, say four 
feet wide. Put down a thin layer and pound it 
down hard, and so on until the bed is 12 to 18 
inches thick. It soon becomes pretty hot, but 
let the heat recede until it is only 85 to 90 de¬ 
grees. Then make holes, say a foot apart, and 
put in the spawn, two or three pieces as large 
as a walnut to each hole. Cover the holes and 
press the soil solid and smooth. Lot the bed 
remain in this condition about 12 days; then 
eover the bed with 2 inches of fresh loam, and 
Quimbomo Ocher Gombo 
This vegetable produces long, nutritious pods, 
which, when young, are used in soups and stews, 
to which they impart a rich flavor. Sow after 
the ground has become warm, in drills 2 inches 
deep, 2 J /6 feet apart; thin out the plants to 9 
inches in the row; hoe often and draw the earth 
up to the stems. One ounce of seed will sow 
50 feet of row. 
.Perkins’ Mammoth. Plant dwarf; very product¬ 
ive. Produces beautiful, long, slender, deep 
green pods, which remain tender a long time. 
An extra-choice variety. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 
cts., lb. 60. cts. 
Early Dwarf. Productive; pods white, round, 
smooth. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 cts., lb. 60 cts. 
Long Green. Later and more productive; ribbed 
pods. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 cts., lb. 60 cts. 
White Velvet. Pods round, smooth, free from 
seams; exceedingly tender, well-flavored and 
very prolific. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 cts., lb. 60 cts. 
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