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Black Seeded Simpson, A superior variety, large, light colored heads , . . . 
Boston Curled, Esteemed for its earliness, beauty and good table qualities 
Breck*s Boston Market. A carefully selected strain 
of IP'/iHe Seeded Tentiisball. Grows very compact, 
and is a most profitable forcing variety . 
Crumpled Leaf. Unusually large, solid, firm heads. 
The outer leaves are crumpled and of a dark green 
color, extra for shipping ..... 
Defiance, or heat-resisting. Large and crisp, with¬ 
stands summer heat ... . . 
Deacon. Large, solid, summer Cabbage variety 
Denver Market. An early head variety. The leaves 
are blistered like a savoy cabl)age, forces well 
Early Curled Simpson. Early, forms a compact mass 
of tender leaves of a yellowish-green color 
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Early Prize Head. Large heads, dark colored, tender and fine 
Giant Crystal Head. Cris]) and tender, outside leaves dark 
green, inside white with yellow heart ...... 
Giant Golden Heart Lettuce. A splendid summer heading sort. . 
Grand Papids Forcing. J.arge and tender, fine for forcing 
Hanson Improved. One of the best outdoor sorts, large, solid, 
heavy, crisp heads ...... . . . 
HittingeHs Belmont. Unsurpassed for greenhouse forcing. 
Heads are larger than JV/fite Seeded Tetuiishall^ and a little later. 
'I'he strain of seed is local grown and highly selected 
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Iceberg. Large, solid lieads, handsome, tender ajid crisp ....... 
New York Cabbage. Dark green color, large, solid heads ....... 
Paris White Cos, or Romaine, Very early, requires tying to blanch ..... 
Salamander. One of the 1 )est summer cabbage sorts ........ 
Sensation. E.xcellent for forcing or outdoor culture ; it does well during the hot summer 
months, heads large and solid ............ 
Trianon, Self-Closing Cos. The best cos sort, withstands warm weather .... 
White Seeded Tennis Ball. I.argeheads; a leading sort ....... 
Lettuce for Birds . 
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(Our special offers do not apply to Mushroom Spawn.) 
Mushrooms may be grown in cellars, out-houses, sheds, under 
greenhouse benches. The amateur, however, is more likely to meet 
with succe.ss in cellars than elsewhere, as the cool moisture of the 
atmosphere and the uniform temperature are more congenial to 
the growth of this vegetable than in the structures above ground. 
The temperature should range between 55 and 60 degrees. Use 
a mixture of equal 7 ueights, fresh horse droppings and loam that has 
no manure in it. before ])lacing this mixture in the bed turn it over 
every day fora week, so that it does not heai violently, and be care¬ 
ful to keep it under cover, so that it cannot get wet Then begin to 
make the bed by spreading thin layers of the mixture, and pound 
each firm, until you have in all a depth of eiglit to ten inches ; leave 
it thus for a few days until the heat runs up to 100 degrees or over 
and then declines to 90 degrees ; when this point is reached it 
Ulusbroom. is ready for spawning, which is done by making holes, three or four 
inches deep and 12 inches apart each way; into each hole put a piece of spawn about as large as a hen’s egg and 
fill in the hole with compost. At the end of 10 or 12 days the spawn will have run through the whole bed. I’here 
should then be sj)read over the entire surface about two inches of fresh loam. Over all place a few inches of straw. 
.Ml that remains to be done is to keep the temperature as near 60 degrees as possible; it should never be allowed to 
fall below 50 degrees, or the crops will be both reduced and delayed. Ordinarily, if the conditions are right, mush¬ 
rooms will appear in about six Nveeks and continue to come for about a month. In the event of the surface of the bed 
becoming very dry sprinkle it freely with water at a temperature of about 100 degrees. After the crop has been taken 
off the bed, it should receive a dressing of fresli loam to a depth of half an inch, thoroughly firmed, over the entire 
surface, and when dry a sprinkling with water as above recommended, and a second crop will soon be had. A brick oj 
English spa7vn is sufficient for nine square feet of bed. 
To Grow in Pasture. Insert })ieces of spawn about three inches square in holes about three inches deep, fill up tne 
lioles with loam and cover >Nith the turf, making it quite firm over the spawn. Tt should be done in a dry time to 
admit of the spawn spreading, the end of May or early June being the best time. With favorable weathei 
mushrooms should appear in August 
Mushroom Spawn. Original English Milltrack, superior to all others. Id). 15 cts.; 50 lbs. $4.50; 100 lbs. 58.50 
Mushroom Spawn, Genuine French Virgin. Lb. 50 cts.; 100 lbs. $45.00. 
Mushroom Spawn. American pure culture. Per brick, 25 cts.; per doz., $2.75. 
“How to Grow Mushrooms," by Faulkner, the most i)ractical work; $1.00. “.Mushroom Culture f by Robinson; 50c. 
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