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MAINE SEED POTATOES 



THE HOULTON. 

 MAINE. SEED 

 POTATOES a r c 

 universally acknowl- 

 edged to be the 

 best; grown in the 

 cold North, where 

 Nature conspires 

 against all but the 

 strongest, we get our 

 best seed. For earli- 

 ness and productive- 



Irish Cobbler Potatoes 



XX Early Potatoes 



ness we are convinced that JMaine-grown seed are the 

 best, and, in the long run, cheapest. Why not take 

 the same care in selecting your seed potatoes as you 

 would your cabbage? Our stocks have been grown for 

 seed purposes, and are carefully selected for yield and 

 purity. Get our prices before you buy. We advise 

 our trade to place their orders early this season, as we 

 feel confident that the prices will advance very much 

 as the planting season advances. Several have told 

 us that seed gotten from our house yields from 20 to 

 25 per cent more than seed saved themselves and those 

 which were bought elsewhere. We pride ourselves on 

 our potato business, and want your 

 trade. 



IRISH COBBLER POTATO. Tt 

 is one of the most reliable and is 

 fast becoming one of the most pop- 

 ular of the early varieties. Of 

 handsome cream white color and 

 of excellent quality, making it 

 most desirable for the best trade. 

 It is a vigorous grower, ripens uni- 

 formly) and is a good keeper. Tn 

 .>liort, tile best of all early potatoes 

 on the market. 



HOULTON EARLY ROSE. 

 This is our most popular potato; 

 very early; fine quality, and very 

 productive; known by all. 



BOVEE. Acknowledged to be 

 extra early and of fine quality; 

 pleased our trade very much the 

 past season. 



XX EARLY. This is a potato 

 that comes to us very highly recom- 

 mended — one of the finest; free 

 from blight; rose color; productive. 

 EARLY NORTHERS. Extra 

 early; very prolific; shape and color 

 of Early Rose. We recommend 

 this potato. 



NEW QUEEN. Extra early 

 white potato; fine cropper and 

 makes verv few small potatoes. 



HONEOYR ROSE. Fine, large 

 tubers; handsome color; good table 

 \ariety; suits poor soil. 



GREEN MOUNTAIN. The best 

 second early potato now on the 

 market; fine yielder; fine flavor; 

 Tine appearance. Free from blight 

 .iiid rot. Keeps well, and is always 

 ready for the table. 



RURAL BLUSH. A second-crop 

 potato; heavy cropper; does well 

 where fjlher sorts fail. 



Mccormick, or German 



PEACH BLOW. Sliould be plant- 

 ed in July and early August. It is 

 one of the heaviest yielders, and in 

 good season makes a fine table sort. 



SWEET POTATO ROOTS 



How to Plant Sweet Potatoes in a Dry Time. 



CULTURE. — Don't wait for a rain or a "season" to set out sweet potato plants. Harrow your ground well before lay- 

 ing off, then throw up the ridges higher than you want them, and if the soil is very dry allow two or three days for the 

 moisture to rise; then knock ofif the top of the ridge just ahead of planting; make a mud batter with water and clay loam, 

 or better, with the addition of fresh cow dung, about as thick as cream; dip the plants, in hands of about twenty, into this so 

 that a large quality of the mud clings to them. 



BIG STEM sweet POTATOES. Have come to be recognized as the best for market gardeners. They are fine 

 size, and the yield has astonished our most critical trade. They make only a very few, and in some cases no small roots. 

 The quality is first-class. We handle these only on orders, and an order must be placed at least four days before the seed 

 are wanted. 



JERSEY SWEET POTATOES. Are too well known to require any description. We get these from reliable growers 

 in New Jersey, and our trade has grown very large on them. Orders must be placed at least one week ahead of the time 

 when expected to lay the roots, as we cannot keep them on hand. 



