B. S J. FARQUHAR & CO., BOSTON. VEGETABLE SEEDS. 



POTATOES. 



Yellow Nansemond. 



culture 



Early; productive; the best for general 

 '. per 100, .75; by mail, .90 



Irish Cobbler. 



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Prices Subject to Vapiations of the Market. 



\ good sandy loam produces the best potatoes, but they can be grown on all kinds of .soil. New or pa.sture land, with the turf 

 freshly turned produces the finest crop. .Make furrows of good depth, 3 feet apart. Scatter a liberal dressmg ot phosphate or decayed 

 stable manure'along the driU, and set the seed about 10 inches apart in the rows. Cover with about 2 mches ot soil, and begin to culti- 

 vate when the plants are weU up. At each successive hoeing, bring additional soil about the plants. A change of seed is the best anti- 

 dote for disease. Four barrels are sufficient to plant one acre in drills. 



EARLY VARIETIES. 

 NOPOton Beauty. A productive first early variety. The tubers 

 are almost round, the eyes shallow and the skin flaked with 

 crimson. The cooking quahties are unsurpassed, 



Bbl., 7.00; bush., 3.50; pk., 1.25 



Bovee. One of the best very early sorts, maturing before the 

 Early Rose and much more productive than that favorite sort. 

 The plants are compact and admit of close planting. The 

 tubers are smooth, pinkish in color, and of uniform medium 

 size. A most desirable early sort, 



Bbl., 4.50; bush., 2.00; pk., .60 



iPish CobbleP. A fine extra early sort, producing plump, hand- 

 some tubers of good size and excellent quahty. The tubers 

 are a beautiful creamy white with strong well-developed eyes 

 slightly indented. A popular variety, 



Bbl., 4.50; bush., 2.00; pk., .GO 



Early Rose. The popular standard early variety. Skin red and 

 white, uniform in size and very productive, 



Bbl., 4.50; bush., 2.00; pk., .60 



Early NortheP. This standard early variety originated in 

 Aroostook County, Maine. It is a seedling from the Eariy 

 Rose, which it closely resembles in shape and color, but is still 

 earlier and verj' much more prolific. It has strong, vigorous 

 habits of growth, and is of fine eating quahty, cooking dry 

 and mealy, whether baked or boiled. It is highly esteemed 

 by large growers for the early market trade, 



Bbl., 4.50; bash., 2.00; pk., .60 



New Queen. A grand potato, resembhng Beauty of Hebron in 

 color, size, and shape, but much earlier and more prolific, 

 with few small tubers. The quaUty is excellent, the flesh being 

 pure white and of the dry, mealy texture so much desired in 

 a table potato Bbl., 4 50; bush., 2.00; pk., .60 



Beauty of Hebron. .\n early and popular variety extensively 

 grown for winter ase. The tubers are smooth, white slightly 

 tinged with pink, and of superb flavor, 



Bbl., 4.50; bush., 2.00; pk., .60 



MAIN CROP AND LATE VARIETIES. 



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. It ripens earher than Beauty of Hebron and 

 keeps almost as long, while in appearance it is vastly superior. 



Bbl., 4.50; bush., 2.00; pk., .60 



Carmen III. One of the best late varieties, enormously prolific, 

 skin and flesh pure white and of exceptionally fine quality, 



Bbl., 4.,50; bush., 2.00; pk., 60 



Carmen I. An intermediate variety, yielding a heavy crop of 

 smooth white tubers of medium size and superior quality. 

 Excellent keeper Bbl., 4.50; bu.sh., 2.00; pk., .60 



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. 



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New Queen. 



Carmen No. 3. 



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