. Beckert's descriptive illustrated seed catalogue : vegetable, flower and field seeds. Commercial catalogs Seeds; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Garden tools Catalogs. ^Montreal flarket. A highly esteemed variety, nearly round in form, deeply ribbed and large in size, skin densely netted and green in color, flesh thick and of delicious flavor. ..^ Bird Cantaloupe. Very large. The introducer writes that he has grown specimens thirty-eight inches in length, and weighing twenty-two pounds, flavor fair, and melons ripen in advance of Bay View. Delmonico.
. Beckert's descriptive illustrated seed catalogue : vegetable, flower and field seeds. Commercial catalogs Seeds; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Garden tools Catalogs. ^Montreal flarket. A highly esteemed variety, nearly round in form, deeply ribbed and large in size, skin densely netted and green in color, flesh thick and of delicious flavor. ..^ Bird Cantaloupe. Very large. The introducer writes that he has grown specimens thirty-eight inches in length, and weighing twenty-two pounds, flavor fair, and melons ripen in advance of Bay View. Delmonico. Large sized oval and deeply netted, flesk orange pink in color and of the same fine quality as Emerald Gem. Si New Giant. The largest musk melon in existence, very productive and early. Nearly round in shape, with a smootb light green skin, turning to a delicate straw color as it ripens^ Flesh very deep and of a rich salmon color, sweet and lus- cious. Seeds are as large as those of a summer squash. Pkt» 5c, oz. 15c, lb. 50c. -»«New Winter Husk flelon. See back page. MUSHROOM SPAWN. (Champignonbrut.) Any dark room, cellar or pit where the temperature can be kept from 50° to 60° will do for the culture of mushrooms^ one bushel of soil from some old pasture, and add tO' it two bushels of fresh horse manure. Previous to mixing, the manure should be tiu-ned a number of times, to get rid of the heat. Dig out a bed to the depth of one foot, and at the bottom spread a layer of coarse ma- nure, then lay down success- ive layers of the mixture until the bed is filled. Pound the laj^ers down hard as you put them in. In a few days the bed will b e - come quite hot. Let the temper- ature recede until it reaches about 90°, then make holes in the bed at a distance of one foot or tciree pieces of the spawn the size of a walnut. Cover the holes, pressing the soil solid. At the expiration of tea days cover the whole with two inches of fresh loam. In eight weeks or less the mushroo
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