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POTATOES. 
A good, sandy loam produces the best potatoes, but they can be grown on all kinds of soil. 
finest crop. Make furrows of good depth, 3 feet apart. 
inches apart in the rows. 
about the plants. A change of seed is the best antidote for disease. 
Cover with about 2 inches of soil, and begin to cultivate when the plants are well up. 
L 0 New or pasture land, with the turf freshly turned, produces the 
Scatter a liberal dressing of phosphate or decayed stable manure along the drill, and set the seed about 10 
At each successive hoeing, bring additional soil 
Four barrels are sufficient to plant one acre tn drills. 
On account of unsettled market conditions this season, we are unable to quote prices of Potatoes at the time of printing 
this catalogue. 
EARLY VARIETIES. 
Early White Albino. This valuable new early variety is a good 
cropper. Theskin and flesh are extremely white, of exceptionally 
good cooking quality and very prolific fully as early as the Early 
Rose in maturing, and of good keeping quality. 
Irish Cobbler. A fine extra early sort, producing plump, hand- 
some tubers of good size and excellent quality. The tubers are 
a beautiful creamy white with strong well-developed eyes slightly 
indented. A popular variety. : 
Early Rose. The popular standard early variety. Skin red and 
white, uniform in size and very productive. 
MEDIUM EARLY VARIETIES. 
Delaware. This Potato is of handsome shape, a vigorous grower, 
and ripens uniformly; a good keeper and one of the most popular 
varieties. ‘The flesh is white, and of fine eating quality. 
New Queen. A grand Potato, resembling Beauty of Hebron in 
color, size and shape, but much earlier and more prolific, with 
few small tubers. The quality is excellent, the flesh being pure 
white and of the dry, mealy texture, so much desired in a table 
Potato. 
Beauty of Hebron. An early and popular variety, extensively 
grown for Winter use. The tubers are smooth, white, slightly 
tinged with pink, and of superb flavor. 
PUMPKIN. 
Mammoth. Saved from specimens weighing over 100 pounds. 
Pkt., 10 cts.; 0z., 25 cts.; 4 lb., 75 cts.; lb., $2.50 
Connecticut Field. Excellent for stock. 
Pkt., 10 ets.; oz., 15 cts.; + Ib., 50 cts.; Ib., $1.50 
Sugar, or Sweet. Fine grained; sweet and prolific; excellent for 
pies Seng Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 15 cts.; + lb., 50 ets.; Ib., $1.50 
Prevailing prices will be quoted on application. 
MEDIUM EARLY VARIETIES.—Continued. 
Clyde. This variety resembles the Green Mountain, having the 
same heavy vine of a dark green color. The tubers are white, 
oval in shape, and set closely in the hills, the quality being un- 
excelled. 
LATE VARIETIES. 
Norcross. A valuable late variety, growing a thrifty upright top 
with large leaves and is above the average to withstand blight 
The tubers are large, oval, perfect in shape, and of excellent 
table quality. 
Vermont Gold Coin. Splendid late variety of vigorous growth 
and very productive. The tubers are of good size with smal] 
eyes and thin skin. The flesh is white and of fine flavor. 
Green Mountain. This is unsurpassed for main crop. The 
tubers are white, of flat oval shape, smooth, handsome, and of 
excellent quality. It is a heavy cropper, small tubers being 
seldom present. 
SWEET POTATOES. 
Rooted slips ready in May. The young plants should be set 
in May in hills about 4 feet apart and 5 inches above the ground 
level. A light soil and sunny location is preferable. 
Yellow Nansemond. Early; productive; the best for genera) 
culture ae ee Per 100, 75 cts.; by mail, 90 cts 
C. alabaza, (Sp.) 
Cheese. Flat; one of the best for family use. 
Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 25 cts.; % Ib., 75 cts.; Ib., $2.50 
Winter Luxury. A round Pumpkin with smooth yellow skin 
finely netted; flesh very thick and of excellent flavor. 
Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 25 cts.; + lb., 75 ets.; Ib., $2.25 
