. Dreer's garden calendar : 1886. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs. Mountain Sweet. nioantain Sweet. Early, large, oblong, dark green, thin rind, flesh red, solid, rich and sweet. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 15 cts., lb. $ Noantain Sprout. A large, long striped variety, dark- green skin, red-fleshed, of good quality. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 15 cts., lb. $ Striped (>ipsy, or Rattlesnake, kn early variety; large, oblonsr, skin green, mottled and striped, rind thin, flesli crimson, sweet and fine flavored. One
. Dreer's garden calendar : 1886. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs. Mountain Sweet. nioantain Sweet. Early, large, oblong, dark green, thin rind, flesh red, solid, rich and sweet. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 15 cts., lb. $ Noantain Sprout. A large, long striped variety, dark- green skin, red-fleshed, of good quality. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 15 cts., lb. $ Striped (>ipsy, or Rattlesnake, kn early variety; large, oblonsr, skin green, mottled and striped, rind thin, flesli crimson, sweet and fine flavored. One of the best shipping sorts. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 15 cts., lb. $ Orange. Flesh red, tenderand sweet, separating from tlie rind like an orange. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 15 cts., lb. $ Citron. For preservingonly ; small, round, flesh whiteand solid, with red seeds. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 15 cts., lb. $ Mushrooms. MUSHROOMS. Chawpignonhrot, Ger. Chnmpignnn, Fr. Seta b HueviLS de IJonijos, Sp. Mushrooms can be grown in a dry cellar, under the benches of a greenhouse, or in sheds, where the tempera- ture can be kept from 50 to 60 degrees through the winter. Collect fresh horse-droppings without straw, turn them over three or four times to get rid of the heat, and then mix one-third of fresh soil from an old i)asture with the prepared manure. Dig out a foot deep of the space to con- tain the bed, lay some long manure at the bottom, and then the prepared manure and soil, a little at a time, evenly and well beaten down until it is a foot above the ground; put a layer of good light earth on this, 2 indies thick; after a few days, when the rank heat has passed off, say to 90 degrees, place the sjjawn in the bed in lumps about 2 inches square and G inches apart, covering with earth an inch thick ; beat it gently down all over. In about 6 to 8 weeks the Mushrooms should make their ap- pearance. Examine the bed often to see that it does not MUSHROOM S— Continued. get dry, and when wafer is
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