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■PETER HENDERSON & CO., NEW YORK- 
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Henderson's Early Hackensack 
Musk Melon 
Cole's Early Watermelon 
Ripens Delicious Melons in Northern States, Where Melons 
Never Matured Before 
HENDERSON'S SUPERIOR ENGLISH 
Mushroom Spawn 
M USHROOMS may be grown by any one having a 
supply of fresh horse manure and shed or cellar 
or under a greenhouse bench where a temperature 
of 50 or 60 degrees is evenly maintained. They make a 
most profitable crop when successfully grown, and the 
American market is the best in the world for this most 
delicious of foods. Frequent importations of our supe¬ 
rior English Spawn insure freshness and active mycelium. 
It is sold in bricks weighing about 1J4 lbs., enough to 
plant a bed about 9 square feet. Price, 15c. lb., 8 lbs. for 
$1.00, 100 lbs. for $10.00. 
A Reliable and Bountiful Yielder 
Large, Handsome, Early, Flesh Green, Rich and Sugary 
W E were the first to distribute generally throughout the 
country the now famous Hackensack. This New Early 
is a selection or improvement almost equal in size to 
the Hackensack, and a least ten days earlier. Several years’ 
thorough trial has proven it to be the best as well as the earli¬ 
est of all large netted Melons. The Melons weigh from four to 
six pounds each. The skin is green and thickly netted; flesh is 
light green of delicious flavor, rich and sugary. It is also a 
luxuriant, healthy grower, and exceedingly productive. Price, 
10c. pkt., 15c. oz., 40c. 34 lb-> $1-25 lb. 
JUST AS VALUABLE FOR MIDDLE AND SOUTHERN STATES 
RIPENING WEEKS BEFORE ANY OTHER MELON 
C OLE’S EARLY is the finest Watermelon for the family 
garden. People, particularly in our Northern States, can 
now enjoy, from the beginning to the close of the season, 
most delicious Watermelons, for Cole’s Early is not only the earli¬ 
est variety in cultivation, but it continues to bear throughout 
the season. The beautiful bright red flesh is crisp and of delicate 
texture—granulated, cool and sparkling. In flavor it is lusciously 
sweet and refreshing. The Melons are not large, seldom over 
12 inches in length bv 9 inches in diameter, but what they lack 
in size is more than made up in number and solidity. The heart 
is large, there is little or no cavity, and very few seeds—all solid 
flesh, the quality of which is sustained clear to the rind. It can 
be grown successfully over a larger latitude than any other 
Watermelon, and it will mature large crops in Northern States 
when the season is as long as that of New York. (, See cut.) 
Price 10c. pkt., i5c. oz., 35c. lb., $1.00 lb. 
“ Your Cole's Early Watermelons are belter than you said they were. 
I raised several last year that weighed over 20 pounds each and they were 
two weeks earlier than any other kind 1 had." 
E. B. KEATHLEY , Kenton, Tenn. 
"Cole’s Early Watermelons were of the best quality and also very 
productive." V. M. BROWN, East Moravia, Pa. 
“The Cole's Early Watermelon seed from you produced the finest 
melons ever raised in this section of the country." 
PERCY L. MILLER, Merriam, Kans. 
"Your Cole’s Early Watermelon beat all other varieties around here 
by three weeks." F. N. COLBERG, Cannon Falls, Minn. 
LAKGE WHITE FKENCH MUSHKOOMS 
Virgin Spawn 
M USHROOM SPAWN propagated continuously by 
the ordinary method usually degenerates, giving 
decreasing yields of inferior Mushrooms. Some 
growers, in their efforts to overcome this deterioration, 
procure spores from chance-grown Mushrooms in field or 
farmyard, butthese, on account of the diversity of varieties, 
their consequent varied merits and values, seldom prove 
satisfactory. This new spawn is produced by a new method 
direct from virgin spores secured from the finest type 
of healthy, large, white French Mushrooms. These being 
propagate;! in a sterilized medium insure freedom from 
inferior types as well as the bacterial enemies so often prev¬ 
alent in ordinary spawn. Virgin Mushroom Spawn is 
sold in compressed tablets, to be split into four portions, 
each portion to be planted ten to twelve inches apart. 
Full cultural instructions for Virgin Spawn to every pur¬ 
chaser, which should be carefully followed. (See cut.) Price 
of tablets, 15c. each, $1.50 per doz., $10.00 per 100, delivered 
in the United States. 
“The French Mushroom Spawn I Purchased at your store turned out be¬ 
yond my highest expectations. The Mushrooms were large and lovely, and 
we had two crops without any care beyond properly making the beds.” 
Mrs. F. W. BATEMAN, Great Kills, S. L, N. Y. 
"The Mushroom Spawn I got from you. both English and French gave very satisfactory 
results. There is hardly anything one can grow from one planting for so long a period as 
Mushrooms.” GEO. L. ARPS, Norfolk, Va. 
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