Boston 
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MUSHROOM 
OKRA. 
Faneuil Hall Square, 
Mushroom Spawn (G()ompignoii-S8nit) 
Ten hricks xtill spawn ten ject sqtiarc. 
Culture. —Mushrooms may be grown in any place 
where the conditions of temperature and moisture 
are favorable. The most essential factor, perhaps, 
is that of temperature. The proper temperature 
ranges from 53 degrees to CO degrees F., with the 
best from 55 to 58 degrees F. It is unsafe to at¬ 
tempt to grow mushrooms at a temperature much 
less than 50 degrees or greater than 63 degrees F. 
Any severe changes of temperature retard growth 
or else act injuriously. 
Fresh manure should be obtained and this should 
include tlie litter used for bedding the animals. It 
is a great mistake to use manure free from straw. 
Again stable manure wliich has been well trampled 
is nearly always well preserved, and is frequently 
much richer than any other kind. 
After the beds are prepared the temperature 
should be and usually will be, too high for spawn¬ 
ing. After a sudden rise the temperature should 
gradually fall during the course of a week or more 
to about 70 degrees or 75 degrees F. At this tem¬ 
perature spawning may take place, but under abso¬ 
lutely no circumstances should a bed be spawned at 
a temperature greater than 80 degrees F. The 
bricks are broken into pieces about two inches 
square, or into from ten to twelve pieces per brick. 
These pieces are inserted from one to two inches 
below the surface, about ten inches to one foot 
apart, and the bed is then compressed into final 
shape. Under the most favorable circumstances it 
is unnecessary and undesirable to water the beds 
for several weeks after spawning. If they dry out 
rapidly and some water is necessary, it should be 
given as a surface spraying, for water in quantity 
applied to young spawn will almost invariably cause 
the latter to damp off. 
Lambert's Pure Culture Spawn. I’roduced under 
the new, selective method, is received absolutely 
fresh at frequent intervals from the manufacturer. 
This spawn will produce mushrooms of a specific 
variety, selected with special reference to their size, 
color and prolificness, to the exclusion of other and 
inferior fungi. It absolutely eliminates all danger 
of raising poisonous mushrooms. We keep on hand 
the cream white, brown and pure white varieties. 
lOach brick weighs from II /4 to 1 l-ll lbs., and will 
spawn ten square feet of beds. Bricks are of two 
kinds. Standard and Direct. Standard bricks are 
inoculated from a pure culture transfer; Direct 
bricks are inoculated directly from the original lab¬ 
oratory culture. Sold by the brick. I’er Standard 
brick 25c., postpaid 15.5c.: .5 bricks by express .$ 1 .(H), 
10 bricks .$2.00, 25 bricks .$4.25, 50 bricks $8.00, 
100 bricks $15.00. For Direct bricks add 3c. per 
brick to the above prices. 
Mustard (©fiif) 
»Sfow one ounce to SO feet of drill. 
Culture. — For early use sow in hotbed in March, 
and for general use at intervals, during the Summer, 
in rows six inches apart and thick in row. Cut 
when not over two inches high. 
Chinese. Leaves twice the size of the ordinary white 
mustard, of a deeper green. Flavor plea.santly sweet 
and pungent, and preferable as a salad. Oz. 15c., 
Vi lb. 30c. 
Black, or Brown. For culinary use. I’kt. 5c., oz. 
10c., Vi lb. 1.5c. 
White, or Yellow. For salads or medicinal pur¬ 
poses. I’kt. 5c., oz. 10c., Vi lb. 1.5c. 
One ounce trill 
plant 100 hills. 
Culture. — Sow about the middle of May when the 
ground is warm, in hills .about three feet apart; 
cover seed one-half inch and thin plants to three 
in a hill. Keep ground well hoed and earth up 
around the plants to support them, (lather pods 
while young and tender. Excellent for soups and 
stews, etc., to which they impart a rich ilavor. 
Improved Long 
Green. Long, .slen¬ 
der pods, very pro¬ 
ductive, and only 14 
inches high. I’kt. 
5c., oz. 10c., Vi lb. 
2.5c.. lb. 00c. 
White Velvet. 
Smooth and of a 
velvety appearance. 
Tender and of good 
flavor. I’kt. .5c., oz. 
10 c., Vi lb. 20c. 
Perkin’s Mam¬ 
moth. The pods 
shoot out from Ihe 
stalk within three 
inches from the 
ground and the en¬ 
tire plant seems to 
be covered with 
pods of intense 
green color and un¬ 
usual length and 
does not get hard 
quickly. I’kt. 5c., oz. 10c., % lb. 20c., lb. 60c. 
