This card brings us "chestnut" - and chestnut mushrooms are the same as white mushrooms, apart from the colour, which has a brownish tinge. However they are getting more and more popular with growers as they do not need such a high temperature - and that not only saves on fuel bills but means that as our winters continue to get warmer they could extend our growing and consuming season. They are also more highly flavoured, and contain slightly more Vitamin D than other mushrooms, though all contain some.
Now if you look in our original British Trade Index under "Ty-Phoo Tea" you will be redirected, to "See Sumner`s Typhoo Tea". Once there, the entry begins :
SUMNER`S TYPHOO TEA
Cards issued about 1910-40, many bearing printer`s number and date indicating order of issue. Includes cards inscribed "Typhoo Tea" without Sumner`s name.
1. The "Long Cards" - size about 112 x 36 m/m.
- TREES OF THE COUNTRYSIDE. Back inscribed "1164/737". Nd. (25). Multi-backed, each with 2 or 3 advertisements. See C.C.N. Vol.16, page 8 ... SUM-18
As for the updated British Trade Index, that lists this set as :
TY-PHOO TEA, Birmingham.
Previously listed as "Sumner`s Ty-Phoo Tea". Issued 1910-1976. For convenience, all issues up to 1971 listed in this volume. Later issues in the post 1970 volume. Also on backs of cards issued by Spar Grocers.
- TREES OF THE COUNTRYSIDE. 1938. 102 x 36. Nd. (25). Multi-backed, each with 2 or 3 different wordings. See HT-127 ... TYP-640
As for the HT-127 reference, that directs us to the handbook to the updated British Trade Index. However then it gets a bit confusing as that entry is for Ty-Phoo`s "Important Industries of the British Empire", but what has been done is to use that as the listing for two other sets, which are similar - our set, and "Interesting Events in British History". So that is why this took a while to type in, as I had to figure our set out. So that newly worked out listing is :
- `Ty-phoo` Tea consists mainly of the delicate edges of the leaf - 3, 8, 18, 23.
- `TY-PHOO` TEA does not cause Indigestion - 4, 9, 14, 19, 24
- `TY-PHOO` TEA is grown upon the mountains of Ceylon - 3, 13, 18, 23
- `Ty-Phoo` Tea is highly recommended for the Nursing profession - 2, 12, 17, 22
- `Ty-Phoo` Tea is so different ! Note its mildness, its perfect blandness - 4, 9, 19, 24
- `Ty-Phoo` Tea is so pure, it cannot harm the weakest nerves -- 5, 15, 20, 25
- `Ty-Phoo` Tea is so rich in natural juices that it goes `just half as far again` - 4, 14, 19, 24
- `Ty-Phoo` Tea is the safe tea for invalids. Doctors recommend it ! - 1, 6, 11, 16, 21)
- `Ty-Phoo` Tea is the Tea that doctors recommend for weak digestions - 5, 10, 15, 25
- `Ty-Phoo` Tea may cost a little more, but it goes much further - 1, 6, 11, 16, 21
- `Ty-Phoo` Tea. One quality, THE BEST, and one price only - 2, 7, 12, 17, 22
- `Ty-Phoo` Tea saves you money and pleases you, too - 3, 8, 13, 18, 23
- `Ty-Phoo` Tea. There is real economy in the richness of its brew - 2, 7, 17, 22