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JOSEPH BRECK & SONS 
(Corporation) 
Lettuce —Continued 
Mushroom 
Boston Curled. Esteemed for its 
earliness, beauty and good table 
qualities ... 
BreckV Boston Market. A care¬ 
fully selected strain of White 
Seeded Tennis Ball. Grows very 
compact, and is a most profitable 
forcing variety . 
Early Curled Simpson. Early, forms 
a compact mass of tender leaves 
of a yellowish-green color. 
Early Prize Head. Large heads, dark 
colored, tender and fine. 
Grand Rapids Forcing. Large and 
tender, fine for forcing. 
Hanson Improved. One of the best 
outdoor sorts, large, solid, heavy, 
crisp heads . 
Hittinger’s Belmont. Unsurpassed 
for greenhouse forcing. Heads are 
larger than White Seeded Tennis 
Ball, and a little later; seed is 
local grown and highly selected.. 
Iceberg. Large, solid heads, hand¬ 
some, tender and crisp. 
Mignonette. A variety which forms 
small, compact heads; excellent 
for the home garden. 
Paris White Cos, or Romaine. Very 
early; requires tying to blanch... 
Salamander. One of the best sum¬ 
mer cabbage sorts. 
Sensation. Excellent for forcing or 
outdoor culture; it does well dur¬ 
ing the hot summer months; 
heads large and solid. 
Trianon, Self-Closing Cos. The best 
cos sort, withstands warm weather 
White Seeded Tennis Ball. Large 
heads; a leading sort. 
Lettuce for Birds. 
Pkt. 
Oz. 
y 4 lb. 
Lb. 
$0.05 
$0.25 
$0.75 
$2.50 
.75 
2.50 
.05 
.20 
.60 
1.50 
.05 
.25 
.60 
2.00 
.10 
.25 
.75 
2.50 
.25 
.60 
1.50 
.15 
.75 
2.50 
.05 
.20 
.50 
1.25 
.10 
.30 
.75 
.10 
.30 
.75 
2.00 
.10 
.25 
.75 
2.00 
.05 
.20 
.60 
1.75 
.10 
.40 
1.00 
.10 
.60 
2.00 
.10 
.30 
Leek 
(Allium porrum) 
German, “LauchFrench, “Poireau.”—Spanish, “Puerro” 
Sow the seed in moist soil as early in spring as the 
ground can be prepared. In July cut back the tops 
severely and transplant the seedlings forthwith, setting 
them at least 4 inches apart in trenches 5 inches deep 
and one foot apart. As the plants grow, gradually fill 
in the trenches. 
One ounce of seed will sow 100 feet of drill. 
Pkt. Oz. y 4 lb. 
Large Flag. A hardy and profitable sort, 
excellent for winter use.$0.10 $0.50 $1.50 
Large Rouen, Winter. Large and of fine 
flavor. Remains a long time in good 
condition .10 .60 1.50 
Musselburgh or Carentan. The famous 
Scotch sort, large, hardy and distinct.. .10 .50 1.25 
Kohl-Rabi (Turnip Rooted Cabbage) 
(Brassica oleracea canlorapa) 
German, “Kohl Rabi.”—French, “Chou-Rave.” 
Spanish, “Col de nabo o Nabicol” 
This vegetable, the enlarged stems of which are supe¬ 
rior to the turnip in flavor, is closely related to cabbage, 
and no more difficult to grow. Early plants can be started 
in hot beds in the same manner as cabbage. Seed may 
be sown in the garden in May, June and July, in shallow 
drills 18 inches apart; later, thin the plants to 8 inches 
apart in the row. Kohl-Rabi should be eaten when about 
3 inches in diameter, before the flesh becomes woody. 
One ounce of seed will sow 150 feet of drill. 
Pkt. Oz. % lb. 
Early White Vienna. Flesh white.$0.10 $0.50 $1.50 
Early Purple Vienna. Differing from the 
above in color.10 .50 1.50 
(Agaricus campestus) 
German, “Champignon.”—French, “Champignon.” 
Spanish, “Hongo” 
Mushrooms may be grown in cellars, sheds, under 
greenhouse benches, or wherever the temperature will 
range between 50 and 65 degrees and is fairly uniform. 
Fresh stable manure, composed of about equal amounts 
of horsedroppings and straw or litter, is the best mate¬ 
rial of which to make the beds. Mix three parts of 
manure with one part of fresh loam. Before this mixture 
is used it should be piled in heaps about 3 feet high and 
moistened throughout, but not drenched. Every 4 or 5 
days fork the heaps over carefully and tread them down. 
In from 2 to 3 weeks when the temperature in the heaps 
has dropped somewhat, the bed should be made. Spread 
a thin layer of the mixture and tramp or pound it firm; 
repeat this process until the bed is 10 or 12 inches deep; 
leave it thus for a few days until the temperature in¬ 
clined to rise suddenly at first, has declined to about 
70 or 75 degrees. Conditions will then be suitable for 
spawning, which is done by making holes about 3 inches 
deep and one foot apart each way; into each hole insert 
a piece of spawn about 1% inches square and fill in the 
hole with compost. In about ten days, when the spawn 
has had time to diffuse itself through the bed, spread a 
layer of fine loam over the surface to the depth of 1 or 
1% inches. A light mulch of straw will help to conserve 
moisture. Ordinarily, mushrooms should begin to appear 
in from six to ten weeks and continue to come for about 
two months. If the surface of the bed becomes dry, 
sprinkle it with water at a temperature of about 80 de¬ 
grees. When the bed is apparently exhausted it may 
often be stimulated to further production by spreading 
over it % an inch of fresh loam and watering thoroughly, 
using warm water to which sheep manure has been added 
at the rate of % a pound to 3 gallons. 
One brick of Spawn is sufficient for ten square feet of 
bed. 
Pure Culture Spawn can be relied upon to produce 
mushrooms of a uniform type and color. Its use posi¬ 
tively precludes all danger of growing poisonous varie¬ 
ties. The culture with which the bricks are innoculated 
are taken from carefully selected, prolific mushrooms of 
the most desirable cream white variety — the sort pre¬ 
ferred by connoisseurs. There are two kinds of bricks, 
Direct and Standard; the former are innoculated directly 
from an original culture; the latter from a pure culture 
produced from an original. 
All bricks are fresh, being received at frequent inter¬ 
vals from the laboratory. 
Mushroom Spawn. Direct Bricks, Standard American. 
Pure culture. Prices, 35c per brick; 20 bricks, $6.00; 
100 bricks, $25.00. 
“Mushroom Growing,” by Duggar, $1.50. 
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