POPULAR VEGETABLE SEEDS 
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Blue Gem "Watermelon 
A Long-looked-for Variety at last 
A BLUE KOLB GEM 
Large Southern growers say this 
is the coming shipping melon of 
the United States. It possesses 
the shipping and keeping qualities 
and is as tough as Kolb Gem, reach¬ 
ing better size and with less culls. 
Mr. T. H. Johnson, of South Caro¬ 
lina, the largest melon shipper of 
the South, his yearly shipments 
being 250 cars, or 300,000 melons, 
regards Blue Gem the greatest 
shipper, quality infinitely superior 
to the Kolb Gem, and will keep 
longer than any known melon. 
What few reached the market last 
year brought the highest prices, 
selling far ahead of Kolb Gems. 
Everybody who can grow a melon 
should try Blue Gem, and large 
groweis need not hesitate to plant 
it largely. Pkt.,5c.; oz., 10c.; J 
lb., 30c.; lb., $1.00. 
Good Words for our Melon Seed 
BLACK BOULDER WATERMELON 
Chns. McCaslin, Jackson, Tenn., October 18,1898, writes: 
“ Black Boulders were a great success here. I had plenty of 
these melons weighing from 10 to 50 lbs., of the most superb 
quality.” 
NEW TRIUMPH WATERIVIELON 
T. J. Ilackett, Hurlock,Md., September 2G, 1898, writes: 
“ The Triumph Watermelon is the best shipper and a most 
excellent melon. The flesh is unusually solid near the seed, 
and for this reason the melon cum be kept longer than any I 
ever saw.” 
JOHNSON'S DIXIE WATERIVIELON 
L. H. Palmer, McComb, Miss., August 20, 18u8, writes: 
‘‘This is my second season with Johnson’s Dixie Water¬ 
melon. We grew the largest melons in these markets, 
averaging over 40 lbs. each and of llnest flavor.” 
Jas. B. Lineberry, Greensboro, N. O.. writes: “John¬ 
son’s Dixie Watermelons are the best of all. I sell them for 
good prices while others are a drug on the market.” 
BLACK-EYED SUSAN WATERMELON 
James Wells, Edinburg, Ind., writes: “Your Bluck- 
eved Susan is the finest I have ever seen or eaten.” 
NF.W IHAJK OEM WATERMELON—ACTUALLY A lU.UE KOLR GEM. 
Martynia 
Martynia Proboseidoa. The best and most productive 
variety for pickling. Pkt., 10c.; o/.., 80c.; % lb., 75c.; lb., $2.75. 
Mustard 
One ounco will sow about seventy-live foot of drill. 
SOUTHERN GIANT CURLED. Highly esteemed in 
the South, where the seed is sown in the fall, and UHed in the 
spring as a salad. Our stock is the true curled leaf, and pro¬ 
duces plants two feet high, and of greater breadth, forming 
enormous bunches. Pkt, 5o.; oz., 10o.; x / { lb., 20c.; lb., G6o. 
NEW CHINESE. Loaves twice the size of the ordinary 
White Mustard, crimpled like that of a.Savoy cabbage; stems 
more succulent; flavor pleasantly sweet and pungent. In six 
weeks from the time of sowing, the loaves may be gathered, 
and the plants will continue to yield until frost sets in. The 
leaves of this distinct variety are eaten boiled like spinach. 
Pkt., 5o.; oz., 10c ; J4 ll>., 25c.; lb., 75c. 
White London. The old sort used for salads. Oz.,5c.; 
*4 lb., 15c.; lb., U5c. 
Bluek or Brown. Oz., 5c.; J4 lb., 15o.; lb., 40c. 
/Nasturtium — Indian Grass 
Tall Yellow. The best for pickling, seed pods or gar¬ 
nishing. Pkt., 5c : oz., 10c.; 14 lb., 25c.; lb., HOc. 
Dwarf Mixed. Pkt., 5c.; oz., 10c.; \\ lb., 30c.; lb., 00c. 
MUSHROOMS—Best English Miiltrack Mushroom Spawn Sported 
A Brick of Richard’s Celebrated Encrli«h Millimole Mushroom Spawn. 
RIcliard’K KubUkIi Mllllnick. 
This celebrated brand is preferred by 
all the large mushroom growers of 
Great Britain, and has given better 
success in this country than any other 
brand, oil account of its uniform good 
quality and great productiveness. 
Mushrooms cun lie successfully 
and profitably grown during the win¬ 
ter and spring months on <'rccnlioiiso 
benchesamongollierplant*, in frames, 
under greenhouse benches, as well as 
in the open fields or in cellars or out¬ 
houses. They are the most profitable 
crop for the outlay that can be grown, 
the American market being the best 
in tiie world for this delicious and 
healthful food. 
Richard’s English Milltraelc brand 
frnude by the most experienced maker 
in England specially for our trade) cun 
be thoroughly relied on to produce ii 
good crop of the best mushrooms. Per 
brick. 1*4 lbs,, 15c. (brick, postpaid, 
25c.); 10 lbs.,$1,25;25 lbs., $2.75; lOOJbs. 
and over, ^e. per lb., by express or 
freight. Direction*/or cuHivatUm ac¬ 
company each order for Spawn . 
