Archive image from page 28 of Currie's farm and garden annual. Currie's farm and garden annual : spring 1925 50th year curriesfarmgarde19curr_8 Year: 1925 ( FLORENCE FENNEL OR FINOCCHIO. Tills is a delicious Italian salad vegetable worthy of much more extensiv use in this country. The thickened bases of The leaf-stalks overlap each other so as to form a 'head,' and this is usually eaten raw like celery or head-lettuce, although it makes a delightfully palatable dish when boiled. The flavor is somewhat like celery but with an aromatic sweetness peculiarly its own. Seed may be sown from early s
Archive image from page 28 of Currie's farm and garden annual. Currie's farm and garden annual : spring 1925 50th year curriesfarmgarde19curr_8 Year: 1925 ( FLORENCE FENNEL OR FINOCCHIO. Tills is a delicious Italian salad vegetable worthy of much more extensiv use in this country. The thickened bases of The leaf-stalks overlap each other so as to form a 'head,' and this is usually eaten raw like celery or head-lettuce, although it makes a delightfully palatable dish when boiled. The flavor is somewhat like celery but with an aromatic sweetness peculiarly its own. Seed may be sown from early spring until midsummer. Thin out to 5 or 6 inches apart in the row (rows about 15 inches apart), and when the 'heads' are about hen's egg size draw the soil half way up over them. Cutting may begin in about ten days. Pkt. 10c; oz. 25c; lb. 70c. Florence Fennel. MUSHROOM SPAWN Contrary to a rather common belief there is nothing mys- terious in the cultivation of the Mushroom and they may be easily grown by following directions given in our pamphlet on 'How to Grow Mushrooms,' which we furnisli free with all orders for Spawn. Sample copies by mail, 5c. 1 brick to e>ery square yard. PURE CULTURE B1USHR003I SPAWK. Prepared in America from selected Mushrooms grown un- der cultivation. The Spawn is perfectly fresh and its growth is therefore quicker and more vigorous than that of imported Spawn. As Pure Culture Spawn is inoculated from pure spore cultures of selected varieties it is true to type, free from for- eign moulds and parasitic diseases and of maximum strength and proliflcness. Prices of Pure Culture Bricks, by express or freight, pur- chaser paying charges. 1 brick, 30c; by mail 40c 10 bricks or over, express or freight each 25c 25 bricks or over, express or freight each 23c HOO bricks or over, express or freight each 20c These bricks weigh about 1 lbs. each. 'Mushrooms, Ho« postpaid. to Grow Them'—Falconer. Price MuMbnomtt
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