Archive image from page 43 of Descriptive catalogue of high grade. Descriptive catalogue of high grade seeds fruit trees nursery stock and flowers . descriptivecatal1900otto Year: 1900 PERFECT WHITE VELVET OKEA. OKRA, or GUMBO. One ounce will plant 100 hills. Culture. In mild climate plant late in the spring, after the ground has become warm, in hills about two and a half feet apart, and thin to three plants in a hill. Price 5 cents per packet, 3 packets for 10c, oz. 10c, 2 oz. 15c, lb. 25, 1 lb. 65c; any va- riety. Perfection White Velvet. The grandest variety we have ever seen; always smoo
Archive image from page 43 of Descriptive catalogue of high grade. Descriptive catalogue of high grade seeds fruit trees nursery stock and flowers . descriptivecatal1900otto Year: 1900 PERFECT WHITE VELVET OKEA. OKRA, or GUMBO. One ounce will plant 100 hills. Culture. In mild climate plant late in the spring, after the ground has become warm, in hills about two and a half feet apart, and thin to three plants in a hill. Price 5 cents per packet, 3 packets for 10c, oz. 10c, 2 oz. 15c, lb. 25, 1 lb. 65c; any va- riety. Perfection White Velvet. The grandest variety we have ever seen; always smooth and tender and the finest bearer of all, yielding double as much as the ordinary stock of White Velvet; pure silver white, round pods Dwarf Green. Early; pods short and very numerous. White Velvet Pod. A beautiful, prolific, smooth, round pod Okra. It is exceedingly tender and well flavored. Tall, or Long Green. Pods long, slender. This, we tink, is the best variety for our climate. MUSHROOM SPAWN. Mushrooms may be grown in a warm cellar or shed in winter, or in the open air in summer. Take partially dry fresh horse manure and lay it in a heap to ferment; turn and mix it well every few days and when well and equally fermented, whir-h will be in from ten to fifteen days, it may be made into a bed four feet wide and about two feet deep, mixing it well to- gether and beating or treading it firmly As soon as the temperature of the bed falls from 75 to 50 degrees the spawn may be inserted in pieces about the size of a walnut, about two inches deep and six inches apart. Cover with loamy soil about two in. deep and beat it down evenly and firmly. Finish off with a covering of clean straw or hay about a foot thick. Water when necessary with lukewarm water, and ex- pect Mushrooms in from four to six weeks. English in Bricks, per pound, 25c; by mail add 10c per'pound. f Aii a ItIT ftftkftl While the bulk prices quoted in this list are very low for the quality, yet where « Sll lldl
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