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KOHL RABI, or KNOL KHOL. 
These highly-bred strains of Kohl Rabi represent a plant that is 
largely used on some parts of the Continent as a vegetable. In this 
country, however, they have never seemed to take the public fancy, and 
yet they make a most delicious dish, and are of the greatest service in 
hot summers when turnips are hardly fit to eat. Throughout Austria 
and some other Eastern Countries, they are a standing dish, and theii 
curious nutty flavour imparts a pleasant zest. The seed is sown in 
spring, and the edible portion -which is really a globular swelling in 
the stem just above the ground—is fit for use towards the end of 
summer. 
We were awarded a Special First-Class Certificate at the Vegetable 
Conference of the Royal Horticultural Society for our select garden stocks of 
this plant, and these varieties were used as the representative types by a 
customer in his Gold Medal Collection of Vegetables, &c., at the Royal 
Horticultural Society’s Meeting. 
EARLIEST WHITE and PURPLE, each in sealed packets, price 
Is. & Is. 6d. per packet. 
MUSHROOM SPAWN. 
CARTERS’ SPECIAL “MILLTRACK” BRAND. 
AN OUTDOOR CROP.— Photographed. Jrom Nature and Copyrighted by J. C. &• Co. 
HOW TO GROW MUSHROOMS WITH LITTLE EXPENSE. 
Preparation of Material. This is the most essential point to be studied to ensure success. Procure fresh stable manure, which should consist of half 
droppings and half short litter ; this must be thoroughly turned over every other day for about a fortnight. Manure obtained from unhealthy cattle, or from those who have 
been fed on green food or carrots, should not be used (or this purpose 
quite firm, lightly water and smooth the surface with the back of a spade, finally cover up with long litter and Russian mats to keep away light and excessive moisture. 
Mushrooms may also be grown in any shed or cellar where the temperature does not fall below 45 P ; the best site for a bed is a hard dry floor. A 
moderate size bed would measure 5 ft. 6 in. x 4 ft. 6 in. X 1 ft. When made up and well pressed down, in about six weeks Mushrooms should show, and the bed should 
then have a light watering with tepid water about every ten days, as success depends upon maintaining an even temperature. 
Another and very easy mode of providing a supply of Mushrooms in the autumn and early winter months is to insert lumps of spawn, in August, in the beds that are 
devoted to Cucumbers and Melons. By that time the heat of the fermenting materials has declined to the proper temperature for the spawn to run freely ; and just when 
the Cucumber, etc., are ready for removal, large quantities of Mushrooms are often seen breaking through the soil, and with protection in the form of hay coverings, the 
supply is continued for a long time. The spawn should be inserted rather deeply—four or five inches. It is not in every case that good crops follow this practice ; but the 
trouble is so slight and the cost of spawn so trifling, whilst at the same time the results are often so satisfactory, that this simple plan is worthy o more genera a< op ion. 
Prices: 
24 Bricks 
1 Brick . 6 d. 
1 Brick, Carriage free, 9 d. 
4 Bricks 
Carters’ Special Mushroom Spawn. 
Is. 6d. 8 Bricks . 3 s. , 
16 Bricks 
5 s. 6d. 
4 Bricks, Carriage free, 2 s. 
8 Bricks, Carriage free, 4 s. 
16 Bricks, Carriage free, 6 s. 6d. 
. 7 s. 
24 Bricks, Carriage free, 8s 
CARTERS' 237, 238, & 97, HIGH HOLBORN. LONDON.—1901. 
