A HOTBED THERMOMETER 
tells the temperature of 
your Mushroom Bed; 
costs $4. 
Other kinds described in Imple- 
ment Section, page 109 


LEEK 
Mild-flavored onion- 
like plants, cooked and 
served like asparagus. 
Sow seed in early spring 
outdoors and thin to 6 
inches (or transplant 
them) in trenches 6 
inches deep, in rich soil, 
15 inches from trench 
to trench. Fill up the 
trenches as the plants 
grow, and Jater draw 
soil up to them. As a 
result you will have 
fine, large Leeks blanch 
a. half “foot long, 
which may be kept all 
winter if dug up with 
the roots on and stored 
i the sand in the cellar. 
One ounce will plant 
about 100 feet of drill 
or yield over 1000 seed- 
lings for transplanting. 
About 18 weeks from 
seeding to edible stage. 
S. & W. Co.’s Ex- 
hibition. Pre- 
ferred by promi- 
nent exhibitors in 
Pkt35 cts. 

American Flag Leek 
vegetable competition. 
3 pkts. $1. 
Large American Flag. A _ large-growing 
type. On account of its dependability and 
ease of culture, Is widely used for both 
family and market. Pkt. 20 cts., Moz. 
90 cts., oz. $1.75, MWIb. $5. 
Musselburgh. A very hardy variety of 
extra-large size. The leaves are fan-shaped, 
of a dark green color. The edible stem is 
6 to 8 inches long and 3 inches in diameter. 
Pkt. 20 cts., oz. 90 cts., oz. $1.75, Ib. $5. 
Here is the vitamin and mineral rating of 
these vegetables 
LEEK. Vitamin F, fair. Copper, outstanding; phos- 
phorus, good. 
MELON. Excellent source of vitamin C; good one 
of A and Bi; fair one of G. 
MUSTARD. Vitamins Bi, good; C and G, excellent. 
Calcium and iron, outstanding; phosphorus, 
excellent. 
MUSHROOMS 
Not particularly nutritious but are valuable pie 
their zestful flavor. Turn fresh manure every aay 
for four days; then build beds with it, 1 foot thic 
when tamped firmly. As the internal temperature 
falls to 85 degrees, plant the spawn, broken into 
walnut-size pieces. Cover with 3 inches of hay for 
a week; remove, and spread 1 inch of soil in its place. 
Keep building at 60 degrees, and moisten walls and 
floors daily. Because of this, cellar of average home 
is unsuitable. Gathering should begin in six weeks. 
May be plugged into the lawn, and a crop of 
Mushrooms looked for in the autumn. 
Bottle Spawn. Spores selected from speci- 
men Mushrooms and propagated in sterile 
bottles, the Spawn removed, dried, and 
packed in cartons. Excluded are spores of 
other fungous growths. One quart will 
spawn 35 square feet. Qt. $1.25, 6 qts. 
$6.50, 12 qts. $12. 
Nore, We have discontinued listing Brick Spawn. 



Mushrooms Grown from Bottle Spawn 
14 Vegetable Seeds 


MUSKMELON Cex taloxpe) 
Not difficult to grow these delicious |fruits. Sow 
the seed in April under Hotkaps, and in the open 
air in May in hills or groups the size of a dinner plate 
and 5 feet apart each way. Use in each group from 
8 to 10 seeds. When the plants have produced their 
rough leaves, thin out to 3 plants per hill. As soon 
as the plants make their appearance above ground 
keep them dusted with Hortex or similar material 
to kill squash bugs (brown, half-inch Jong) and cu- 
cumber beetles (quarter inch, yellow, three black 
stripes). For borers, slit stem Jongitudinally, take 
out worm, cover section of stem with spadeful of soil. 
One ounce will plant about 80 hills. Each hill 
should produce 6 or more perfect melons. Yield in 
from 12 to 16 weeks. 
Golden or Orange-fleshed 
Hale’s Best. Most superior melon of the 
Rocky Ford type; oval shape. Quick to 
produce its fruits; the flesh is salmon- 
orange, sweet, and of fine quality. Pkt. 
10 cts., oz. 40 cts., Ib. $1, Ib. $2.75. 
Bender’s Surprise. An almost round melon 
of medium size, with very thick, sweet, 
pink flesh of Iuscious, melting quality. The 
dark green, heavily netted skin ripens to 
an attractive gold. Pkt. 15 cts., oz. 45 cts., 
Yylb. $1.25, Ib. $3. 
Selected Emerald Gem. The skin is a rich 
deep green, and smooth; flesh salmon color 
and of delicious flavor. A very early and 
prolific variety. Pkt. 15 cts., oz. 45 cts., 
YyIb. $1.25, Ib. $3. 
Hearts of Gold or Improved Hoodoo. 
Ideal shipping melon of the finest quality. 
Flesh very thick, firm, of fine texture and 
delicious flavor. Pkt. 10 cts., oz. 40 cts., 
Yb. $1, Ib. $2.75. 
Golden Delicious. Golden! Delicious! Its 
remarkable speed from seeding to yield is 
also one of its qualities. Pkt. 15 cts., oz. 
45 cts., gIb. $1.25, Ib. $3. 
Green-fleshed 
Honey Gold. A new, early, and very 
handsome sort for market work and ship- 
ping; good, also, for the home-garden,. 
The grapefruit-like melons are medium in 
size and very fleshy, because the seed- 
cavity Is small and the rind very thin. 
Fine flavor; very sweet, like a Honey Dew 
melon. Pkt. 25 cts. S Voz. $1.50, oz. $2.50. 
Rocky Ford. The fruits weigh from 114 to 
114 pounds each. Thick meat, green in 
color, fine in flavor, with thin ‘rind; skin 
light green, ribbed’ and heavily netted, 
ripening to a golden yellow. Pkt. 10 cts., 
oz. 40 cts., 4b. $1, Ib. $2.75. 
$*10/25”’ Salmon Tint. The fruit is heavily 
and evenly netted, very uniform in size, 
rust-resisting, and early; the flesh is a rich 
gold in the center, shading out to emerald- 
green near therind. Pkt. 10 cts., oz. 40 cts., 
lyIb. $1, Ib. $2.75. 
Honeydew. Well-known very sweet va- 
riety. The flesh is green, very thick, and, 
unlike some melons, it ripens uniformly to 
the rmd. Pkt. 15 cts., oz. 45 cts., M4Ib. 
$1.25, Ib. $3.25. 
Early Hackensack. An early strain of the 
one-time famous Hackensack variety. Pkt. 
10 cts., oz. 40 cts., 4b. $1, Ib. $2.50. 
Cassaba. They are true winter melons. Pkt. 
15 cts., oz. 50 cts., 4Ib. $1.35, Ib. $3.50. 
Forcing Melon 
For skilled gardeners only, possessing proper hot- 
house facilities. 
Blenheim Castle. Fine new oval sort with 
orange-pink flesh; heavily netted. Excel- 
Tent. Pkt. 75 cts. 
You may be surprised at the ease with which Melons are grown. Mix 3 teacup- 
fuls of General Garden Fertilizer with the soil under each hill before sowing 


Muskmelon, Bender’s Surprise 
MUSTARD 
Sow frequently through the spring, m drills 
12 inches apart; thin to 6 inches. The first three 
varieties are used for healthful boiled ‘‘greens,” and 
are, possibly, the quickest garden crop; gather leaves 
when they are young, and discard the stems, which 
may be stringy. Seedlings of White London are 
used for sandwich material. 
One ounce will plant 100 feet of drill. 
Fordhook Fancy. A variety with crested 
and cut Jeaves, and having a feathered ap- 
pearance. The flavor is inviting, while the 
plant possesses tonic properties. Pkt. 
10 cts., oz. 30 cts., 4b. 85 cts., Ib. $2. 
Giant Southern Curled. Grows 3 feet tall, 
and the broad, succulent Jeaves are frilled. 
Pkt. 10 cts., oz. 30 cts., 4Ib. 85 cts., Ib. $2. 
White London. Often raised indoors; broad- 
cast seed on fine soil and press in lightly— 
don’t cover. May also be grown on cloth 
kept moist. Ready in about ten days. 
Pkt. 10 cts., oz. 40 cts., 14Ib. $1, Ib. $2.75. 
Mustard Spinach iL endergreen). A new 
boiling vegetable, healthful and palatable. 
Has a pleasant flavor, and many who do 
not like true spinach’ will relish it. Cut 
within a month of sowing seed. Pkt. 10 
cts., oz. 30 cts., Ib. 90 cts., Ib. $2.50, 

Tendergreen Mustard Spinach 
STUMPP & WALTER CO. 
