MELON—continued. 
HALF-HARDY MELONS. 
Sutton’s Half-hardy Scarlet-fleshed. An excellent Melon, which in warm summers has 
been successfully ripened in this country without protection of any kind. In unfavourable 
seasons a hand-light may be necessary to mature the fruits. The plant has a hardy constitution, 
is a free setter, and the flavour is equal to that of some varieties grown under class. Award 
of Merit, Royal Horticultural Society ... as ve “ye ... per packet, 1s. and Is. 6d. 
Sutton’s Half-hardy Creen-fleshed. = The fruits grow to a larger size than those of the 
Scarlet-fleshed variety ; flavour admirable. The same treatment is suitable 
per packet, ls. and 1s. 6d. 
Sutton’s Paris Favourite Cantaloupe. Although not so choice in flavour as the English 
Melons, this variety affords a delightful addition to the luncheon or dinner menu. It can be 


grown in acool frame. (ll/lustrated) ... aa ber Ase ... ,per packet, 1s; andi lis. 6d. 
Cantaloupe Melon, mixed __... lee A) e: €! per packet, 6d. and 1s. 
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SUTTON’S MUSHROOM SPAWN. 
Outdoor Culture.—Mushrooms of the finest quality may be produced without the aid of glass or any other building, provided that the requisite 
quantities of manure and good soil are available. Although Mushrooms may be grown outdoors during many months of the year, the most 
favourable period for commencing the work in the open is about midsummer. The manure should be rich in the properties which encourage and 
support the development of Mushrooms, and the most suitable for the purpose is obtained from stables occupied by horses fed exclusively on hard 
food. A start may be made with three or four loads, which should be stored in a spot protected from rain. Make the manure into an oblong heap, 
well trodden down, and if the stuff be dry sprinkle water over every layer. Ina few days fermentation will make the heap hot all through, and then it 
must be taken to pieces and remade. Put all the outside portions into the interior, with the object of ensuring equal fermentation of the entire bulk, 
This process will have to be repeated three or four times, at intervals of a few days, until the manure has not only been fermented but sweetened. Make 
a long bed, having a base about four feet wide, and sides sloping to a ridge like the roof of a house, but rounded off at the top. Tread the manure down 
compactly and finish off neatly. During the first few days there will be a considerable rise in the temperature, which will gradually subside, and when 
the plunging thermometer registers about 80° the bed may be spawned. Break each cake of spawn into eight or ten pieces and insert regularly over the bed 
at intervals of six to nine inches, closing the manure over the spawn. Immediately the spawning is completed, a thick covering of straw or litter of some 
kind should be evenly laid over the bed. When the spawn shows signs of vitality, cover the bed with a layer of rather moist soil, pressed lightly but 
firmly on to the manure. At once restore the covering of litter. Moisture is of great consequence, for a dry Mushroom bed will soon be barren also ; 
but whenever water is given it must be applied tepid and from a fine rose. The covering of litter must be at once replaced. The Mushrooms should 
commence to show in about seven or eight weeks. Excellent Mushrooms may be obtained by inserting pieces of spawn during June and July two inches 
deep in any old well-stocked pasture. 7 
Indoor Culture.—Mushrooms may be grown almost anywhere, even in a cellar or on the wall of a warm stable, provided only that the mode of 
procedure is ina reasonable degree adapted to the requirements of the fungus. Ordinary pits and frames are also serviceable, and many gardeners obtain 
good crops in autumn by the simple process of inserting a few lumps of spawn in a Cucumber or Melon bed while the plants are still in bearing. Sheds 
and outhouses not only afford shelter and space for beds on the floor, but the walls can be fitted with shelves on which Mushrooms may be plentifully 
grown. In all cases the shelves should be two feet apart vertically, and each shelf should have a ledge nine inches deep. The details of cultivation are 
the same within doors as without. 
Sutton’s Twentieth Century Mushroom Spawn. 
Prepared in France expressly for us. (J/lustrated.) 
MUSHROOMS 
Sutton's Twentieth Century 
A PORTION OF ONE OF THE TRIAL SEDS IN 
The ‘pure culture’ process by which ‘spawn’ is now obtained direct from the 
tissue of the Mushroom itself, not only ensures a crop uniformly true. to type, but 
the Mushrooms which spring from this spawn In such wonderful numbers come to 
SUTTONS pale: GROUNDS. maturity much more quickly than from the best spawn manufactured on the old system. 
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We have made extensive trials in our Mushroom houses with the ‘ pure culture’ and 
several other kinds of ‘ spawn,’ and have no hesitation in saying that the “spawn” known 
as Sutton’s Twentieth Century Mushroom Spawn gives results superior to all others. 
It is impossible to offer this ‘pure culture’ spawn at the price usual for bricks 
manufactured by the older method, but as the former is so very fertile and so uniformly 
productive, a smaller quantity is sufficient to impregnate a bed 
per brick, 1s. 10d.; 6 bricks, 10s. 6d.; 12 bricks, 20s. 
‘My employer is highly delighted with the flavour of the Mushrooms from your Twentieth 
Century Spawn. He says he has never tasted better. The cropping powers of this Spawn 
are unequalled; one bed has kept us regularly supplied with Mushrooms since the autumn 
(Feb. 19)."—Mr. D. WHITE, Gardener to J. G. PELLY, Esq. 
Best English Mushroom Spawn. Fresh and excellent Spawn, which can 
be thoroughly depended on; manufactured specially for us 
per 6 bricks, 3s. ; 12 bricks, 5s. 6d.; 25 bricks, 9s. 6d.; 50 bricks, 17s. 6d. 

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