R. & J. FARQUHAR & CO.'S SEED CATALOGUE. 



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POTATOES. 



PRICES SUBJECT TO VARIATIONS OF THE MARKET. 



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A good, sandy loam pro- 

 duces the best potatoes, but 

 they can be grown on all 

 kinds of soil. New or pas- 

 ture land, with the turf 

 freshly turned, produces the 

 finest crop. Make furrows 

 of good depth, three feet 

 apart. Scatter a liberal 

 dressing of phosphate or de- 

 cayed stable manure along 

 the drill, and set the seed 

 about ten inches apart in the 

 rows. Cover with about two 

 inches of soil, and begin to 

 cultivate when the plants are 

 well up. At each successive 

 hoeing, bring additional soil 

 about the plants. A change 

 of seed is the best antidote 

 for disease. Four barrels 

 are sufficient to plant one acre 

 in drills. 



Early Rose. 



Peck. Bush. Bbl. 

 .60 $1.75 $4.00 



.60 I.75 4.OO 



.75 2.00 4.75 



.60 I.75 4.OO 



EARLY. 



Early Rose. The standard variety for earliness, productiveness, and good quality . . . . . 

 Beauty of Hebron. Early potato of excellent quality and handsome appearance. It can safely 



be classified with the heaviest yielders. Its keeping qualities for an early kind are unexcelled. 

 Bovee. It is of the Early Hebron type. Vine growth dwarf and stocky. Potatoes have a pink 



skin, are smooth, handsome, fine quality and yield heavily ........... 



New Queen. Seedling from the old Beauty of Hebron, which it closely resembles m color and 



form; a vigorous grower, producing large crops with but few small potatoes; earlier than the 



Rose, and a good general cropper 



MEDIUM EARLY. 



Improved Green Mountain. One of the best yielders, free from blight and rot, keeps well in 



cellars; color white; form round or oval; smooth skinned, shallow eye, a grand field cropper. .50 $1.75 $4-25 



LATE. 



Carman No. 3. The handsomest large round potato ever produced; every potato perfect in 



form. It ranks with the best for yield and table use. It has no dark spots, or hollow hearts, .60 $1.75 $4.00 

 Rural New Yorker No. 2. Always produces a large crop of good potatoes; pure white skin and 



flesh. Eyes few and shallow. Heavy yielder 60 1.75 4- 2 5 



Sir Walter Raleigh. 

 Too much cannot be 

 said in its favor; it yields 

 practically no small po- 

 tatoes. Few eyes; flesh 

 white, fine grained, ex- 

 ceeding in quality many 

 of the early varieties, 



Peck. Bush. Bbl. 

 .60 $1.75 $4-25 



SWEET 

 POTATOES. 



ROOTED SLIPS READY 

 IN MAY. 



The young plants should 

 be set in May in hills 

 about four feet apart, and 

 five inches above the ground 

 level. A light soil and sunny 

 location is preferable. 

 Yellow Nansemond. 



Early ; productive ; the 



best for general culture. 



Price per 100, 75 cents. 



By mail, $1.00. 



Rural New Yorker No. 2. 



