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FRANK HOWARD, INC., PITTSFIELD, MASS. 
“Our Seeds are Northern Grown, None Better at Any Price.” 
T MUSHROOM SPAWN f^ 0 b Pratajoh 
American Mushrooms 
CULTURE—Mushrooms are more easily cultivated than many people imagine and may be grown in any 
room or cellar where the temperature can be maintained at from 50 to 65 degrees. For the beds use a mixture 
of three parts horse droppings and one part good fresh loam. Before being placed in the bed, let the manure 
be put in some dry place to sweeten, mixing it thoroughly and turning it three or four times, when the loam may 
be added. Upon a dry firm bottom, make the bed by spreading a thin layer of the prepared mixture, pounding 
it firm, and continue this, till the bed is twelve inches thick. Leave it thus for about a week, or until the 
temperature has subsided to 85 degrees. Then make holes about ten inches apart, and put in each a piece of 
spawn about the size of an egg. Press the spawn firmly into the compost about two inches, leaving the top 
uncovered to allow the excess of heat and moisture to pass off without injury to the germs. After ten days, fill 
the holes and cover the whole bed with two inches of fresh loam, and over this place a few inches of straw. If 
the temperature is right, mushrooms will appear in six or eight weeks from the time of spawning. The bed will 
continue bearing from four to six weeks. If the surface of the bed becomes dry at any time, it should be moist¬ 
ened freely with water at a temperature of 90 to 100 degrees. 
Our stock of spawn is replaced a number of times during the season and is giving excellent results. 
AMERICAN, Pure Culture—In bricks, per brick 45c. 10 bricks $3.50. 
NASTURTIUM—(See Flower Seed) 
Fr. Gombaud 
Ger. Ocher 
OKRA OR GUMBO 
It. Ocra 
CULTURE.—Sow late in Spring when ground is warm, in drills 3 ft. apart, thin from 
9 to 12 in. They should be well manured. 
Pkt. Oz. J4Lb. Lb. 
DWARF WHITE VELVET,—Pods round, smooth and white, very 
prolific, .10 .15 .30 .85 
DWARF GREEN—Very early, .10 .15 .30 .85 
ONIONS 
Fr. Ognon Pol. Cehula 
Ger. Zwiebel 
It. Cipolla 
CULTURE.—Sow in 
rich light soil in drills 1 ft. 
apart (or wider if to be 
cultivated with horse). 
Hoe or rake frequently to 
keep down weeds. Use our 
Garden Fertilizer. 
YELLOW GLOBE DAN¬ 
VERS — Howard’s Finest 
Strain—This seed is grown 
from the very earliest, and 
best selected Onions, and 
is very much superior to 
the average seed offered.—The Yellow Globe Danvers is the standard variety, good yielder 
excellent keeper, 10c pkt., 25c oz., 65c lb., $1.60 lb. 
Howard’s Yellow Globe Danvers Onion 
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