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MUSHROOMS 
Can be grown wherever there is a cellar or a closed shed, 
in which an even temperature of from 50 to 60 degrees can 
be maintained. 
Pure Culture Spawn. 1 Brick 50c; 2 Bricks 90c; 4 Bricks $1.50. 
Success with Mushrooms. Pamphlet. Each 25c. 
With every order for eight bricks, at mail prices, we shall 
be pleased to send the above-mentioned book, ‘‘Success With 
Mushrooms,’’ free of charge. 
MEDICINAL AND POT HERBS 
We will gladly furnish any additional information on the 
following that we can on request: 

Pkt Pkt. 
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UBYEN P00 eae ete 8 Seer cin ee LORS 10c FT ORCHOUN GSS een ee ne 10¢ 
Sweet Basil ....10€ ELViSSO yet ee seaee 
Borarerersi. 25. ¥5 os Lavender 
CATA OO be. ties: Bee et Nees Sweet Marjoram .............. 10c 
MAT ae tes oe ett SO Pepper, Minti+ vb eas 10¢ 
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Sweet Fennel .................... 10c ABI ata eae teen Aue vas ge ae byes BL 25¢ 
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$1.00 HERB COLLECTION 
Something interesting as well as beneficial. Plant a few 
varieties of herbs in your garden. Any thirteen (13) full size 
packages of the above for only $1.00, postpaid. 

PUMPKIN 
4 oz. to 100 ft., 3 to 4 Ibs. per acre. 
Pumpkins are typically American, and pumpkin pie is one 
of our truly American dishes. They are less sensitive to un- 
favorable conditions of soil and weather than melons or cu- 
cumbers, but they are cultivated in about the same way. 
Pkt. 5c; 1 oz. 15; %4 Ib. 40c. 
Large Yellow or Connecticut Field. This sort is grown largely 
in the corn field for stock, but the flesh is moderately fine 
grained, highly flavored, and very good for pies. The fruits 
weigh about 20 pounds and are a rich, deep orange yellow. 
Sugar or New Engiand Pie. The earliest and best variety for 
pies. Fruits commonly 6 inches long and 8 to 9 inches in 
diameter; flattened, furrowed. Skin smooth, of a rich, reddish- 
orange color; rind hard. Flesh is thick and orange-yellow. 
Striped Cushaw. For stock feed. Crook-necked, 11 pounds, 
white and green striped, thick, coarse yellow meat. 112 days. 
King of the Mammoth. Largest of all pumpkins. Valuable for 
stock feeding and exhibition purposes. Fruits globular, slightly 
ribbed, flattened, weigh 60 to 90 pounds. Flesh solid, yellow- 
orange, coarse, but of good quality. 120 days. 1 oz. 20c. 

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RADISH 
1 oz. to 100 ft., 10 to 12 Ibs. per acre. : 
Sow seed in the open, in rows 1 foot apart. Pkt. 5¢; 1 
Early Scarlet Globe. The earliest of all forcing radishes 
for market. Globular, uniform size, bright scarlet, whit 
crisp and tender. %4 Ib. 40c. se 
Early Scarlet Turnip—White Tip. This variety grows 
quickly and is ready for picking in 25 to 30 days. S he 
color, turnip shaped, very crisp and of excellent fla 
of the best varieties for the home gardener. zh 
Crimson Giant. A favorite with home gardeners. La 
ular root, 1 to 11%4 inches in diameter, deep crimson, 1 
French Breakfast. A splendid variety for home use; 
bright scarlet, white tip. Grows about 14% inches long 
inch thick. tisk ue 
Long White Icicle. Long slender roots which remain 
and crisp until grown. Matures early; has small top 
permits close planting. * 
Glowing Ball. Perfectly round, fiery scarlet early rad 
Spicy flavor. 24 days. Fs 
Long Scarlet, Short Top. Smooth, 5 to 6 inch ro 
scarlet. Small tops. 27 days. : 
WINTER VARIETIES t 
Black Spanish Long or Round. A hardy, large, rather pt 
variety for winter use. Keeps unusually well; is 8 to 9. 
long and 2 inches thick, slightly tapered. The skin is 
and the flesh white and crisp. Round, about 4 in. in diamete 
Chinese White Winter (Celestial). Clear white and smoc 
about 8 inches long, 2% to 3 inches in diameter. Square 
der and blunt bottom. Flesh white, firm, and crisp; mild 
as pungent as most winter varieties. ; 
Scarlet China Winter (Chinese Rose Winter). A large r 
colored variety from the Orient. Hardy and rather mild. 
flesh is white, and very crisp. This variety is broadest a 
base and is 4 to 5 inches long. oe 
RHUBARB or PIE PLANT 
A rich, sandy soil, wet but well drained, is best for r 
It is cheaper to grow from seed and discard untrue 
The popular method is to use young plants propagated 
the crown. The best stems are produced the second yea 
it continues to produce for several years. When the blo 
stalk appears, it should be cut back well into the 
Set the crowns of the plants so that they are two 
under the surface of the soil. This is important. Choos 
where the soil will be moist at all times. One ounce | 
from 400 to 500 plants. Pkt. 5e; 1 oz. 25ce. ay 
Victoria, The most popular variety. Stalks thick, iene al 
Rhubarb Roots. From December to March. : 
Victoria Roots, 20c each, $2.00 doz., postpaid. 
ots, ¢ 
This plant, coming from Queensland, Australia, 
wherever cotton grows, and with much the same culti 
It blossoms in October and November and after the b 
ing a seed pod forms with fleshy red leaves around it. — 
this while soft, put in a kettle with just enough water to 
and boil, strain, add one cup sugar and one-half ¢ 
juice to each pint of juice and boil until it jellies. 
delicious flavor between the currant and quince. It 
be made into jams, pies, puddings, ete. ; , 
It is easily grown from seed, which should not be pl 
until the ground becomes warm; if given plenty of W 
will require eight by eight feet. It will not mature 
the colder climates, but in the favored Gulf Coast ¢ 
it matures seed. Price 15¢ per pkt.; oz. 75e. ie 
