VEGETABLE SEED SPECIALTIES ■ 
Cole's Early Watermelon 
Ripens Delicious Melons in Northern States, 
Where Melons Never Matured Before 
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 begin¬ 
ning to the close of the season, most delicious Water¬ 
melons, for Cole’s Early is not only the earliest 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 by 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., 15c. oz., 35c. 
M lb., $1.00 lb. 
“ Your Cole's Early Watermelons are better 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. KEA TIILEY, 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, Kan. 
"Your Cole's Early Watermelon beat all other varieties around here 
by three weeks." F. N. COLBERG, Cannon Falls, Minn. 
AMERICAN “PURE CULTURE” 
HENDERSON'S SUPERIOR ENGLISH 
Mushroom Spawn 
R ECENT discoveries in the production of Mushroom Spawn 
enable pure cultures to be taken direct from selected speci¬ 
mens of specific varieties, thus allowing us to offer Spawn 
from improved, pedigree Mushrooms—the prolific, large, round, 
well shaped, creamy-white kind of such surpassing flavor. Spawn 
of this character insures a greater yield of more uniform and 
marketable product than Spawn “run” from hit-and-miss, large, 
small and unevenly shaped and colored varieties of Mushrooms. 
Another merit of this American Spawn is in its being pro¬ 
duced from acclimatized Mushrooms, which fact speaks for 
itself. It is sold in bricks measuring about 8h£x5J4xlH inches. 
Each brick weighs from \}4 to 1 ]/> lbs., sufficient to spawn an 
area of 9 square feet. (See cut.) 
Price, purchaser paying carriage, 20c. lb., 8 lbs. fer $1.30, 
100 lbs. for $14.00. If wanted by mail, add 10c. per lb. for 
postage. 
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 superior English 
Spawn insure freshness and active mycelium. It is sold in bricks 
weighing about lbs., enough to plant a bed about 9 square feet. 
(See cut.) Price, 15c. lb., 8 lbs. for $1.00, 100 lbs. for $10.00. 
“/ am pleased to state that I bought Spawn from four different dealers—but that 
received from your firm was the otily lot that gave excellent results. All having been 
planted at the same time—in the same place and under the same conditions." 
Capt. GEO. D. GUYER, Fort Crook, Neb. 
“ Your English Mushroom Spawn shipped to me in January has produced a fine 
crop.” E. E. SLOCUM, East Providence, R. I. 
“/ bought and planted a brick of your American Pure Culture Spawn. 
In 35 days it started to produce and 1 have since gathered about 20 lbs of the 
finest Mushrootns ever grown, some of them being 3 inches in diameter, all 
solid button-shaped. 
Mrs. JOHN GLEESON, 53d St. and 1st Av., 
Brooklyn, N. Y. 
LARGE WHITE FRENCH. MUSHROOMS 
Virgin Spawn 
T HIS spawn is produced by a new method direct from 
virgin spores secured from the finest type of healthy, 
large,white French Mushrooms. These being propa¬ 
gated in a sterilized medium insure freedom from inferior 
types as well as the bacterial enemies so often prevalent in 
ordinary Spawn. It is sold in compressed tablets, to be split 
into four portions, each portion to be planted ten to twelve 
inches apart. (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. /.. N. Y. 
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