1895 



liLEANlM(iW IN HEE CULTURE. 



789 



vances. Wliile we had a t'airlj' g'ood stock when the 

 advancing' market stt in, we were not as well pro- 

 vided for as we now wish we were. As we have now 

 to buy at the liigher price, we are obliged to ad- 

 vance our catalog prices, and append a new table 

 of prices wliicli go into effect from this date till 

 further notice. Since we have adopted the prac- 

 tice of including nails with every thing we ship 

 where needed, we have used a good many more 

 nails, but have not been selling separately nearly so 

 many as formerly. This great advance in nails, of 

 course. Increases the cost to us of all articles we 

 ship with wliich nails are included : but we do not 

 propose making any advances in the price of these 

 articles to compensate for this increased cost. 



PRICE LIST OF FINE FLAT-HEAD WIRE NAILS. 



Cemeitt-cot(tcd, err ept first four. 



SEED POTATOES FOR FALL SHIPMENT. 



During the past few days there has been consider- 

 able uncertainty and quite a little anxiety among 

 potato-growers in regard to prices. In fact, for a 

 time it was feared, and perhaps with some cause, 

 that our high-pressure gardeners who had been so 

 lucky as to get 300 bushels per acre were not going 

 to be able to dispose of them at aoy price. Just 

 now buyers have appeared, however, and potatoes 

 are moving off rapidly here and there to supply 

 destitute localities, or localities where they are not 

 so plentiful. While they were low we boue-lit quite 

 heavily; and until this stock is exhausted we aie 

 going to make you some offers below any thing we 

 ever saw before in i)rint. 



First, we will furnish good nice large State of 

 Maine potatoes for only 25 cts. per bushel; but at 

 this very low figure, however, you must pay for the 

 package. It may be a flve-cent bag, or it mav be a 

 ten-cent slatted potato-box; or if you want a barrel 

 or more, and prefer to have them shipped in barrels, 

 the price will be 25 cts. for the barrel contHining 11 

 pecks. Now, please do not imagine that the State 

 of Maine is not as good as some others because it is 

 offered so low. I believe it is generally recognized 

 as one of the standard first-class potatoes of the 

 present time. On our own table they are dry and 

 mealy, and equal to any, unless it is the Freeman 

 and New Queen. 



For 35 cts. per bushel we can furnish you the well- 

 known Beauty of Hebron, nice large smooth pota- 

 toes, good size, and free from scab. For 40 cts. ner 

 bushel we will furnish Rural New-Yorker No. 2 or 

 Monroe Seedling. The latter are those raised by 

 Wilbur Fen n, Tallniadge, Ohio — the late-planted I 

 have descriljed. These are in many re8i)ects like 

 the second crop of potatoes for seed so much adver- 

 tised in the papers. Our customers who have pur- 



cha.sed friend Fenn's potatoes heretofore will know 

 what tliey are like. :M 



Cliarges for the package to ship in, the same as 

 above. The above varieiies, at the low prices we 

 otter them, are all medium size. We have no second 

 sizes. Prices of other varieiies will be as follows: 



Early Ohio, Early Puritan, Lee's Favorite, will be: 

 Peck, 20 cts.; bushel, 60 cts ; 2-bushel bag, $1.00; 

 bari'el, of 11 pecks, $1.50, package included. 



The prices of New Queen, Freemans, Burpee's 

 Extra Early, Livingston's Banner Stale, 1 lb. by 

 mail, postpaid. 15 cts.; 3 lbs. 35 cts.; peck, by freight 

 or express, 35 cts.; bushel, $1.00; two-bushel bag, 

 $1.75; barrel of 11 pecks. $2..50. 



All of the above, except the four varieties first 

 mentioned, will be furnished at half price for sec- 

 ond size— that is, when we have second size in stock. 

 Of course, this half price does not refer to potatoes 

 by mail, because the principal expense for tliese is 

 the postage. Those who want extra-large potatoes 

 CBu have them by pnylng a half more; and this 

 year we have extra large ones of almost all the va- 

 rieties, and I tell you they are beauties. 



Since the frost, to fill occasionnl orders we have 

 commenced digging our Craig potatoes. The yield 

 is going to be very large, and the putatoes are going- 

 to be very large. After digging .30 or 40 hills we 

 found one weighing 2>i lbs. Many others came 

 pretty near that figure. In fact, the potatoes in 

 about one bushel in every five as we dig them will 

 weigh over a pound apiece. These we are going to 

 put by themselves as "extra large." All below 

 that will be "medium " until we get down to about 

 one ounce; all below one ounce will be called "sec- 

 ond size;" and a few, say from the size of a hickory- 

 nut down to that of a bean, will be called "tliird 

 size." Extra large will be a half more than the list 

 prices. Secotid size will be a half less than list prices. 

 The third size will be '4 of list prices. As the Craig 

 potato seems to run naturally rather too large, if 

 any thing, for table use, we need not be so much 

 afraid to plant the second and third sizes. Another 

 thing, in order to discourage so many large potatoes 

 it will be really better to plant th^m pretty close 

 together— say have the rows only 30 or 33 inches 

 apart; cut to one eye, and plant the eyes in the fur- 

 row, not more tlian a foot apart. In this way the 

 yield will be enormous, and the potatoes will be full 

 size. Although the ground on which we have 

 planted them was cropped to potatoes last year, and 

 In spite of the fact also, that we have been much 

 troubled with scabby potatoes on our heavily ma- 

 nured ground, t: e new Ci-aigs are almost entirely 

 free from scab. 



Our whole stock of the New Queen and Freeman 

 was raised by T. B. Terry— medium, extra-large, 

 and second size— and they are about as fine a lot of 

 potatoes as I ever saw. T. B. Terry's second-size 

 Freeman potatoes have always been sold out long 

 before spring; therefore if you want them you had 

 better put in your orders early. 



We can furnish new Craigs, medium size, second 

 size, or extra large; in fact, the biggest part of 

 them run extra large. Prices as follows: Single 

 pound, by mail, postpaid, 30 cts.; 3 lbs., .50 cts.; 'o 

 peck, by" freight, .50 cts.; peck. 90 cts ; Vt bushel, 

 $1.50; 1 'bushel. $2..50; two-bushel bag, f4.50; 1 barrel 

 of 11 pecks. J'6 (10. Package is included with all of 

 the Craigs. If y( u want to see the potatoes and try 

 their cooking q'jalities before purchasing, we would 

 advise you to order a pound or so by mail, to test 

 them. 



AU of the ahltve prices are subject to an adcauce by 

 our iie'rt issue. If tiou ivish to avail yourself of these 

 e.rcirdiiiiily Imr (lifos. jidii must make your aider at 

 once as siKiti lis jidii nri ire tliis 



Here is what T. B. Terry says aboutj the New 

 Queen and Freeman . 



KttTKN'D Root:— Tlie New Queeni a sale stamlaid earlv pota- 

 to loi- the iiia-ses. I liave advise'l Iniiidri'ils of |iei>|ili' t.y letter 

 to j;et tlieiM, (iui'ing the last live rears, and liave iievei lieard a 

 woril of eoiiiplaint. I am afiaid lo ailvise evei v one to j^el the 

 Freeman, as tliev reiinire a Letter eiiiture. To tho-i' uiio are 

 still jfi-owinH' tlie old Earl\ Hose ot- Hebron, ot' some inixtiiie 

 of them, or some other old early potato, the (.^neen will he of 

 eoiisideiahle value. Mv see I traised in MuimMc.-I nn- ov ei- $."> 

 per liarrel (here), and is strictly i>iire. witli the heiielit of the 

 elianKe from Maine. We are eating them every day; and a 

 whiter, nieer potato, with as mncdi starcdi in. 1 do mil know of, 

 except the F^-eenian. 1 mv-elf <-Hn make the Freeman ontyieUl 



them; lint with n ut cd icn il would in-obably be the other 



way. I will send \ on some to c.il. so \ on can see and (jiarticu- 

 larly) taste, for \ oiii^clf, .Ml Idlers for the Freeman will l)e 

 sent to von from now on; .■md ;ill ..i-ders or inqniries for some 

 H-ood earlv potato will also l.c sent yo\i. I must art rid of the 

 worry of answering letters and tillint,'- orders if possible. Bi'au- 

 tifid rains now. How 1 wish mv potatoes were still LTiowiny:! 



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