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Borage 

GARDEN HERBS 
Sweet, Pot and Medicinal 
Grow a few Herbs in your garden. You will find them useful in many ways. They do best in a 
rich, mellow soil. Sow seeds early in the spring, in rows 1 foot apart, and thin out or transplant 
when up a few inches. For winter storing, cut before they come into full blossom and hang up 
where they can dry. 
Basil. Used for flavoring soups and sauces. 
Pkg. 15¢; 1% oz. 30c; oz. 85¢ 
Borage. An annual used for bee-pasture and 
as a pot-herb. Pkg. 15¢; 1% oz. 25c; oz. 75¢ 
Coriander. For garnishing. 
Pkg. 10c; 1% oz. 20c; oz. 60c 
Dill, Long Island Mammoth. An annual 
used for dill pickles. 
Pkg. 10c; oz. 20c; 1/4 Ib. 65c; Ib. $2.00 
Savory, Summer. An annual whose leaves 
and shoots are used for seasoning. 
Pkg. 20c; 14 oz. 65¢; oz. $2.00 

Mushroom Spawn 
Any ordinary cellar not heated by a furnace, 
an old shed, under benches in the greenhouse 
—all are ideal places to grow Mushrooms. It 
is easily done and there is no great amount of 
work to it. Why not start a bed this year? 
There is always a good market for mushrooms. 
We send full directions for making the bed and 
areying Mushrooms with every Mushroom 
order. 
American Pure-Culture Spawn. This spawn 
produces lafge Mushrooms of splendid quality. 
Brick Spawn. One brick will plant 16 sq. ft. 
of bed surface. 
50c a brick postpaid; by express, 5 bricks 
$1.65; 10 bricks $3.00; 100 bricks. $24.00 
Bottle Spawn. Carton will plant 40 sq. ft. 
Per carton $1.25; 2 cartons $2.35; 5 cartons 
$5.50, postpaid 
Mustard 
Giant Southern Curled. A. favorite in the 
South, where it is grown for spring salads. 
Pkg. 10c; oz. 20c; 1% Ib. 60c; Ib. $1.75 
4 ’ Mustard 

Mushrooms 
Plan your 1944 Victory Garden early and 
send us your seed order just as soon as you 
can. Seed is not too plentiful this year and 
transportation not up to its usual standards. 
Victory Gardeners 
Harvest Many 
Crops—One of the 
Most Prized of 
Which is a New- 
Found Sense of 
Neighborliness. 
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Okra 
Okra or Gumbo 
The pods are used in making soups and 
stews. Cut up, they give them flavor and 
body. Pick the pods when they are small and 
tender. Sow the seed as early in the spring 
as possible in a warm, fairly dry soil. Pods 
should be used when young, about 3 inches 
ong. 
Long Pod Dwarf. A very good kind for the 
home garden as the plants are much more com- 
pact growing and take up less room. Very 
heavy bearer of 7- to 8-inch, tapered, dark 
green, fleshy, tender pods. Mature in 55 days. 
Pkg. 10c; oz. 15¢; 14 Ib. 35c; Ib. $1.00 
Clemson Spineless. Big, thrifty plant 4 feet 
tall, bearing prolificly, rich green pods, straight 
and moderately ridged, and of very good qual- 
ity. Similar to Perkins’ Mammoth but spineless. 
Pkg. 10c; oz. 15c¢; 14 Ib. 35c; Ib. $1.00 
If you are ever in doubt as to the 
best varieties of vegetables for your 
garden or where to get the best seed, 
consult with ‘the nearest agricultural 
school or experiment station. You will 
find the men there very able and al- 
Ways willing to give you the necessary 
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