WATERMELON 
MUSHROOM SPAWN 
Cultural directions on request 
American Pure-Culture. Produces Mushrooms of excellent quality and 
large size; very reliable. Brick 45 cts., 10 bricks $3.50, 100 bricks $32.50. 
Bottle Spawn. Very perishable. Must be kept in cold storage until 
wanted for planting. Orders shipped from the storage plant by express. 
Qt. $1.25, 12 qts. $13. (If wanted by parcel post, add 15 cts. per qt.) 
ONIONS 
Plant the same as muskmelon, 8 feet apart. 
One ounce will plant 30 hills 
Hungarian Honey. 
An extremely early and very luscious melon. 
It is the easiest to grow of all Watermelons, 
matures early, and will ripen as far north as Canada. The fruits are 
uniformly globe-shaped, of a solid dark green color; flesh brilliant 
red, ripening clear to the rind. Pkt. 15 cts., oz. 30 cts., 341b. $1. 
Kleckley Sweets. Fruit oblong. Ripens early. Pkt. 10 cts., oz. 20 
cts., 341 b. 50 cts. 
CITRON 
For preserving. Pkt. 10 cts., oz. 25 cts., 341b. 75 cts. 
PARSNIPS 
Sow outdoors about April 15, in drills 2 feet apart; cover seed with 
34inch of soil; thin out to 4 inches apart. To aid quick and proper develop¬ 
ment, plow or spade the soil deeply before planting. 
improved Long Smooth Hollow-Crown. ^ ,ot ® n a c b ^g 
long, with a diameter at the top of 234 to 3 inches; handsome form; skin 
white and smooth. Pkt. 10 cts., oz. 25 cts., 341b- 50 cts., lb. $1.50. 
Globe Onion 
OKRA or GUMBO 
White Velvet. The tender seed-vessels should be cut when 3 to 4 inches 
long. Sow outdoors in drills, beginning of May, and cover with about 
1 inch of soil. When well up, thin out to 10 inches apart. Never allow 
the seed to ripen on the stalks. One ounce will sow 50 feet of drill. Pkt. 
10 cts., oz. 25 cts., 341b- 75 cts. 
Hungarian Honey Watermelon 
Onions of size for boiling may be had as early as June, by planting these 
Sets in spring as soon as the ground opens. They can be pulled when young 
and eaten green as scallions. Set out in rows 1 foot apart, and 4 inches 
apart in the row. Pt q t 4 qts 
White Globe Southport .$0 30 $0 50 $1 75 
Yellow Globe Southport . 30 50 1 75 
Ebenezer (Japanese Yellow). Very fine..... 40 65 2 50 
Okra 
Onions require rich, mellow soil to develop into large bulbs. They are 
among the few vegetables which will grow in the same land for a number of 
years. Sow thinly in shallow drills, 1 foot or more apart, as soon as the 
ground opens, and cover seed lightly. Thin out to 4 inches apart. To 
obtain very large specimens sow the seed in the hotbed or greenhouse in 
February and March, and transplant outdoors the middle of April in well- 
fertilized ground. 
Ailsa Craia (Selected Stock.) Unrivaled in perfection of form, size, 
-HT and weight; mild flavor; light straw color. A favorite 
for exhibition. Pkt. 20 cts., 34oz. 60 cts., oz. $1. 
Early Yellow Globe. A heavy-yielding new variety maturing three weeks 
earlier than other globe-shaped varieties; color light golden yellow. 
Pkt. 20 cts., 34oz. 60 cts., oz. $1. 
Large White Globe. The True Southport Strain. Flesh very 
-2- crisp, fine-grained, snowy white, and exceed¬ 
ingly mild. Pkt. 20 cts., U>oz. 35 cts., oz. 60 cts., 341b. $2. 
Red Globe Southport. The most popular of the red Onions. Pkt. 20 cts., 
F 2 OZ. 35 cts., oz. 60 cts., 341b- $2. 
Large Red Wethersfield. Noted for productiveness and keeping quality. 
Pkt. 15 cts., 30 cts., oz. 50 cts., 341b. $1.50. 
Cuunai Qnankh An immense, ball-shaped, light yellow variety with 
---1----- small neck. Particularly adapted to moist soils, 
which will allow a long season for maturity. Produces very fine large bulbs 
when transplanted. Flavor very mild. Pkt. 25 cts., y$oz. 40 cts., oz. 
75 cts., 341b- $2.50. 
ONION 
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