MUSK MELONS. 
Musk Melon, Early Christina, early, yellow 
fleshed; per tt>. $1.50; per oz. 15 cents, ... 5 
Jenny Lind, small fruit, but very fine quality', 
moderately early; per lb. $1.50; oz. 15 cents, . 5 
Casaba, a new variety, oblong, and very 
large, fine flavor, yellowish green flesh and 
netted skin ; per lb. £1.50; per oz. 15 cents, . . 5 
Prolific Nutmeg, a very good, hardy and pro¬ 
lific variety, fruit medium size, sometimes pret¬ 
ty large, roundish, netted, flesh thick, green and 
of very excellent flavor; per lb. $1.50; oz. 15 cts. 5 
Nutmeg, medium size, round, flesh green, of good 
quality ; per It). $1.50 ; per oz. 15 cents, ... 5 
White Japanese, deliciously and delicately 
sweet, flesh thick, very pale green, skin creamy 
white and very thin ; per lb. £2.00; oz. 20 cents, 10 
Fine Netted, an early, delicious melon; per lb. 
$1.50; per oz. 15 cents, . . 5 
Green Citron, large, with thick, green flesh, 
good flavor; per lb. $1.50; oz. 15 cents, .... 5 
Pineapple, dark green, oval, netted, flesh thick, 
sweet and juicy ; per lb. $2.00 ; oz. 20 cents, . . 10 
Persian, very large, rather late, green fleshed; 
per lb. $2.00 ; per oz. 20 cents, . 10• 
WATER MELONS. 
Mountain Sweet, dark green, flesh red, sweet 
and rich, early and hardy ; lb. 8 o< 5 ts. ; oz. 10 cts. 5 
Mountain Sprout, long, striped- scarlet flesh, 
one of the best, but not quite as early as Moun¬ 
tain Sweet ; per lb. $1.00; per oz. 10 cents, . . 5 
Black Spanish, an old variety and one 
of the richest; round, rather small, dark green ; 
red flesh, sweet and rich ; per lb. 1.25 ; oz., 15c., 10 
Goodwin’s Imperial, a good melon for ama¬ 
teurs, of fine quality ; per oz. 30 cents, .... 10 
Vick-’s Early. Long, smooth, rather small, flesh 
bright pink, solid, sweet, and the earliest Melon 
we are acquainted with ; per lb. $2.00; per oz. 
20 cents, . 10 
Orange. The flesh separates easily from the 
rind, fair quality ; per oz. 15 cents, . 5 
Citron, for preserves ; per lb. $1.5* ; oz. 15 cents, 10 
MARTYNIA. 
M. proboscidea 
produces its seed 
pods abundantly 
which,when ten¬ 
der, are prized 
for pickling. 
Martynia proboscidea, per oz. 75 cents . 10 
MUSTARD. 
Mustard being very 
hardy, seed can be sown 
as soon as the soil is free 
from frost. Sow in shallow 
drills, and cut when a few 
inches in height. It grows 
rapidly, and several sow¬ 
ings may be made. The 
young Mustard leaves are used for spring salad.. 
Mustard, White, best for salad or culinary pur¬ 
poses; per lb. 50 cents : per oz. 10 cents, . . 5 
Chinese, a variety with larger leaves and more 
succulent stems than the other sorts, and prized 
for salad ; per lb. 85 cents; per oz. 10 cents, . . 5 
Black, this is the kind usually used for commer¬ 
cial Mustard, being stronger than the White; 
per lb. 50 cents ; per oz., 10 cents,. 5 
MUSHROOMS. 
where the temperature can be maintained at from 50 to 
60 degrees. From some old pasture procure the soil, 
and store it away. To one bushel of this soil add two 
bushels of fresh horse manure. Of this well-mixed com¬ 
pound prepare a bed, say four feet in width. Put down 
a thin layer and pound it down hard, and go on until 
you have a bed eight inches thick. It will soon become 
pretty hot, but let the heat recede until it is only 85 or 
90 degrees. Then make holes, say a foot apart, and 
put in the spawn, two or three pieces as large as a wal¬ 
nut in each hole. Cover the holes, and press the soil 
solid and smooth. Let the bed remain in this condition 
about twelve days ; then cover the whole bed with some 
two inches of fresh loam, and over this place four or 
five inches of hay or straw, and the work is done. If 
the temperature is right in six to eight weeks you may 
expect Mushrooms. The bed will continue bearing 
from twenty to thirty days. After the first crop is 
gathered, spread over the bed an inch of fresh soil, 
moisten with warm water, and cover with hay as before. 
Mushroom Spawn, per lb., by mail,. 3 ° 
Per 8 lbs., by express, not paid,. x -°° 
OKRA. 
The Okra is a vigorous, 
large plant, requiring a 
good deal of room, and 
the large kind^hould be 
planted not less than three 
feet apart, and'the dwarf 
about eighteen inches. In 
mild climates it is only 
necessary to sow the seed 
in the open ground, about 
two inches deep, and then 
merely keep the ground 
clean and mellow, as for 
a hill of corn. 
Okra, Long Green, long, pale green, and ribbed ; 
per lb. $1.00; per oz. 10 cents,. 5 
Dwar. Green, earliest and best for the North; 
per lb. $1.00; per oz. 10 cents,. 5 
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