PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND ono Vegetable Seeds 7 
Mushroom Spawn 
Snow White. The whitest of all, one brick plants 12 sq. ft. Bricks 40c., 5 bricks 
$1.75, 25 bricks $7.50, 100 bricks $25.00. With complete instructions. 
Oo to 80 
Mustard 07crnrati 
Sow in shallow ‘drills a foot apart, covering the seeds about a half inch deep. 
For succession sow every few weeks. The young leaves are used for salad or are 
cut and boiled like Spinach and the seeds are used for flavoring. 
Southern Curled. Large crumpled and Tendergreen. A mild-flavored mustard, 
frilled leaves. Plants strong and up- leaves long, broad and fairly smooth. 
right. Pkt. 10c., oz. 20c., 14 lb. 50c. Pkt. 10c., oz. 20c., 14 Ih. 50c. 
oO nce to 80 hills; 2to 3 d 
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Prepare hills 4 to 5 feet apart each way; mix well with the soil in each hill a couple 
of shovelfuls of thoroughly rotted manure. When the weather has become warm, 
plant from 12 to 15 seeds in each hill; afterward thin out, leaving four good plants. 
Delicious. New and early strain of Bender’s Surprise, slightly smaller and two 
weeks earlier. Pkt. 10c., oz. 30c., 14 Ib. $1.00. 
Bender’s Surprise. Vigorous growth, disease-resisting. Melons nearly round 
flesh rich orange color and remarkably spicy fllavor, Pkt. 10c., oz. 30c. 
14 Ib. $1.00. 
Hearts of Gold. A medium-sized round Melon with well-netted skin and thick 
orange flesh of excellent quality. Pkt. 10c., oz. 30c., 14 Ib. $1.00. 
Emerald Gem. Early. Small, flesh deep orange, very sweet, the best and most 
popular sort for this section. Pkt. 10c., oz. 30c., 14 Ib. $1.00. 
Hale’s Best. Fruits oval and heavily netted. Thick, solid, deep salmon flesh, 
Pkt. 10c., oz. 30c., 14 lb. $1.00. 
Lake Champlain. Probably the earliest of the salmon flesh Melons. Very sweet 
and tempting, medium size. Pkt. 10c., oz. 30c., 14 Ib. $1.00. 
Miller’s Cream. Skin very thin, dark green; flesh salmon and excellent flavor. 
Pkt. 10c., oz. 30c., 14 Ib. $1.00. 
Rocky Ford. Medium-early variety. Fruit oval, covered with a fine netting 
flesh green, very sweet, highly flavored. Pkt. 10c., oz. 30c., 14 lb. $1.00 
Honey Dew. Oval in shape, of good size, with a smooth lemon-tinted skin 
and keeps well. The thick, green-tinted cream flesh has a delicious sweetness 
allits own. Pkt. 10c., oz. 30c., 14 Ib. $1.00. 
One ounce to 30 hills; 
Wate rmelon 4 to 5 pounds per acre 
_Plant in hills as for Muskmelons, treat in all respects the same except that the 
hillsshould be about 8 ft. apart. Price all varieties, pkt. 10c., oz. 25c., 14 Ib. 65e. 
Cole’s Early. Medium size, flesh bright red, excellent. 
Kleckley’s Sweet. Vines vigorous, productive; flesh bright red, exceedingly 
sweet. 
pee Queen. A fine melon for this section. Fruits round with scarlet 
flesh. : 
Stone Mountain. A large Melon, nearly round, dark green rind. Sweet scar- 
let flesh with few seeds. 
Citron. For preserves only. 
One ounce 
Okra, or Gumbo ‘eisini: 
Sow eariy in May in drills 2 in. deep, setting the plants from 2 to 3 ft. apart- 
ais a : Perkins’ Mammoth Long-podded. About 3 ft. high; very early and pro- 
Okra ductive. Pkt. 10c., oz. 15c., 14 Ib. 40c. i 
White Velvet. About 34 ft. high, early and productive. Pkt. 10c., oz. 15ce., 
4 Ib. 40e. 
Onions 
One ounce will sow 100 feet of drill; 6lbs. per acre 

Muskmelon, Benders Surprise 

A rather, strong, deep, rich, loamy soil is considered most suitable 
for Onion culture. Prepare ground the previous Autumn by plowing 
or spading deeply and applying a heavy coat of well rotted barnyard 
manure. Sow seed early in Spring in shallow drills 1 foot apart, cov- 
ering with fine soil, and press down by the use of a light roller or the 
back of aspade. Thin plants to 4inches and keep free from weeds. 
Yellow Globe Danvers. Standard sort, deep, globe-shape, large size, 
mild flavor and a good keeper. Pkt. 10c., 14 oz. 40c., oz. 75c., 
\% Ib. $2.50. 
Large Red Wethersfield. One of the most productive and longest 
keeping sorts. Large size, flat, purplish red color. Pkt. 10c., 4 oz. 
40c., oz. 75ce., 14 lb. $2.50. 
Southport White Globe. Large, globe-shape, mild flavor and firm; 
a good keeper. Always commands a high price in market. Pkt. 10c., 
4 oz. 40c., oze 75c., 14 lb. $2.50. 
Prizetaker. Globe-shape, very large size, extremely mild flavored; 
is most satisfactory when sown early in hotbed and transplanted. 
Pkt. 10c., 14 oz. 40¢e., oz. 75c., 14 Ib. $2.50. 
Sweet Spanish. An immense ball-shaped, light yellow variety. Mild 
flavor. Pkt. 15c., 14 oz. 40c., oz. 75c., 14 Ib. $2.50. 

Onion Prizetaker 
Hardy White Bunching. A profitable bunching Onion, produces 4 to Onion Sets 
6 shoots from a single seed. Pkt. 15c., 14 oz. 45c., oz. 80c. ; 
Yellow Bermuda. An early flat Onion, straw color. Flesh white and We will have ample stock of the follow- 
mild. Pkt. 10c., 44 oz. 35c., oz. 60c. ing: White, Red, Yellow and Shallots. 
