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THE NEBRASKA SEED CO. ( OMAHA, NEBRASKA 
MUSHROOM SPAWN 
American Hag 
Champignonbrut. Mousseron. 
Mushrooms are much enjoyed as a table luxury. 
They may be grown in a variety of situations—a dark 
room, cellar, stable, in sheds, under greenhouse benches 
—where the temperature can be maintained at 50 to 65 
degrees. Ten pounds of spawn are required for ten feet 
square. 
Cultural Directions —Two or three weeks before the 
bed is to be made, collect a quantity of horse manure, 
free from straw, and mix an equal weight of loam from 
an old pasture with it. Place it under cover, turning 
it over once or twice a week until the fiery heat has 
become exhausted. When the manure is in condition 
to be made up, lay out the bed, say three feet wide, 
ten feet long, and make the bed in layers of about one 
foot deep; press it down firmly as the process of build¬ 
ing goes on. When the bed has been made some time, 
say a week or thereabouts, and the heat is sufficiently 
declined to a temperature of about 65 or 75 degrees, 
the spawn may be put into it. Break the spawn in 
pieces two inches square, and put them six inches 
apart, all over the bed, then cover the bed with two 
inches of rich soil, not too wet or over dry. Cover the 
bed with a foot of dried straw or hay, and the work is 
done. If everything goes on well, you may expect mush¬ 
rooms in about five or six weeks. Our leaflet on Mush 
room Culture free on request. 
Mushroom Spawn: 30c per brick. 
Improved Dwarf Green 
MUSTARD 
Senf. Moutard. 
YELLOW OR WHITE LONDON. Best for salad. 
BROWN OR BLACK. More pungent than the white. 
CHINESE CURLED OR GIANT. Leaves twice the 
size of the white. 
SOUTHERN GIANT CURLED. The true curled leaf 
variety. 
Mustard: Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; lb. 50c. 
OKRA OR GUMBO 
Ocher. Gumbo. 
Culture—Sow about the middle of spring in drills, 
and thin the plants to a foot or more apart. Highly 
esteemed and cultivated for its green seed pods, which 
are used in soups or stewed and served like asparagus. 
LONG GREEN OR LONG WHITE. Long ribbed pods. 
IMPROVED DWARF GREEN. Early and very pro¬ 
ductive. Smooth pods. 
Okra: Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; lb. 50c. 
Kohl-Rabi. Chou-rave. 
Culture—Same as directed for cabbage, taking care 
to set the plants no deeper than they stood in the seed 
bed, and in hoeing not to heap much earth about them. 
EARLIEST WHITE VIENNA. The earliest and best 
for forcing. 55 to 60 days. 
EARLIEST PURPLE VIENNA. Differs from the 
Early White Vienna only in color, which is bluish 
purple. 60 to 65 days. 
Kohl Rabi: Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c. 
LEEK 
Lauch. Poireau. 
Culture —Sow early in spring. When about six inches 
high transplant into rows about ten inches apart each 
way and as deep as possible to perfect the blanching 
process. The richer the soil the finer the leeks will 
grow. 
MUSSELBURG. Very dark colored leaves, stout 
and hard. 
LARGE AMERICAN FLAG. Pods. 
Leek: Pkt. 5c; oz. 25c. 
KOHL RABI 
