M O LEFU ME Kills Moles. It is described on pages 124--125. Box of 6 cartridges 90 ers. 


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, m rich soil, 
15 inches from trench 
to trench. Fill up the 
trenches as the plants 
grow, and later draw 
soil up to them. As a 
result you will have 
fine, large blanched 
Leeks a half foot long, 
which may be kept all 
winter if dug up with 
the roots on and stored 
in 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. Preferred 
by exhibitors in 
vegetable competi- 
tion. Pkt. 35 cts., 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. 15 cts., Voz. 
70 cts., oz. $1.25, Wb. $3.50. 
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., 440z. 90 cts., oz. $1.75, 4Ib. $4. 
MUSHROOMS 
Not particularly nutritious but are valuable for 
their zestful flavor. Turn fresh manure every da 
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. 

American Flag Leek 


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. 
Norte. We have discontinued listing Brick Spawn. 
FORCING MELONS 
For raising in a heated greenhouse or hot- 
bed. Not easy; of mterest mostly to the 
expert. When skilfully grown, they are large; 
flavor is exquisite. 
Golden Wedding. 
3 pkts. $2.75. 
Orange flesh. Pkt. $1, 



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 long) and cu- 
cumber beetles (quarter inch, yellow, three black 
stripes). For borers, slit stem longitudinally, 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 
Iroquois. A new Melon, developed at Cor- 
nell Agricultural College. Very similar to 
Bender’s Surprise, but it is not quite so 
early; nor Is It as large, and its shape Is 
more oval. But the flesh is thicker, a 
deeper and richer color and of the best 
flavor possible, with a delightful aroma. 
Pkt. 25 cts., 5 pkts. $1. 
Bender’s Surprise. An almost round melon 
of medium size, with very thick, sweet, 
pink flesh of luscious, melting quality. The 
dark green, heavily netted skin ripens to 
an attractive gold. Pkt. 15 cts., oz. 45 cts., 
Ib. $1.25, Ib. $3.50. 
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., 4 Ib. $1, Ib. $3.50. 
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., 
Yb. $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., 
Wylb. $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., 4Ib. $1.25, Ib. $3. 
Green-fleshed 
Honey Gold. A new, early, and very hand- 
some commercial sort; 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 sweet flavor. Pkt. 25 cts.,:14oz. 
$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. $3. 
10/25 Saimer 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., 
Ib. $1, Ib. $3. 
Early Hackensack. An early strain of the 
one-time famous Hackensack variety. Pkt. 
10 cts., oz. 40 cts., 4b. $1, Ib. $2.75. 
Cassaba. They are true winter melons. Pkt. 
15 cts., oz. 50 cts., 14Ib. $1.35, Ib. $3.50. 
Cranshaw (Ciesabal: Popular variety, 
often poe on the N. Y. market. Pkt. 
257 cts > pktsmole 
Honeydew (Cassaba). Very sweet variety. 
The flesh 1s green and very thick. Pkt. 
15 cts., oz. 45 cts., Yb. $1.25, Ib. $3. 50. 

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Bender’s Surprise Muskmelon 
MUSTARD 
Sow in spring, in drills 12 mches apart; thin to 6 
inches. The first two varieties are used for healthful 
boiled ‘‘greens,’’ and are, possibly, the quickest 
garden crop; gather leaves when they are young, and 
discard the stems. Seedlings of White London are 
used for sandwich material. 
Fordhook Fancy. Crested and cut leaves 
give it a feathered appearance. The flavor 
is Inviting. Pkt. 10 cts., oz. 30 cts., 4b. 
75 cts., Ib. $1.65. 
Giant Southern Curled. The broad, suc- 
culent leaves are frilled. 3 ft. Pkt. 10 cts. 
oz. 30 cts., 4b. 75 cts., Ib. $1.65. 
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., 4Ib. $1, Ib. $2.75. 
Mustard Spinach (Tendergreen). See 
description on page 20. Pkt. 10 cts., oz. 
30 cts., 4Ib. 90 cts., Ib. $2.25. 
Here is the vitamin and mineral rating of 
these vegetables 
LEEK. Vitamin F, fair. Copper, outstanding; phos- 
phorus, good. 
MELON. Excellent ponres of vitamin C; good one 
of A and Bj; fair one of : 
MUSTARD. Vitamins B, good C, G and phos- 
phorus, excellent. Calcium and iron, outstanding. 


Tendergreen Mustard Spinach 

14 Vegetable Seeds 
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 
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