WM. ELLIOTT & SONS, NEW YORK | 
POMME DE TERRE. 
P OTATOES Patatas. S«artoffeln. 
Ten bushels cut tubers will plant an acre. 
IMPORTANT.—Prices of Potatoes are subject to market 
changes. 
The Potato can be grown with varying success on soils of 
all kinds and in all conditions of fertility, but the soil best 
suited is a sandy loam. Manure is applied either in rows or 
hills, or broadcast over the hills and plowed in, the latter in 
most cases being preferable. Plant as early in the spring as 
the ground can be had in fair working order, in hills or ridges, 
about 3 feet apart, and the sets one foot apart in the rows, 
covering about four inches deep. 
Elliott’s Havly Puritan, Valuable early variety, skin 
and flesh white, superb quality, dry and floury. Pk. 86 cts., 
bus. $2.50, bbl. $6.00. 
Beauty of Hebron. Slightly flesh-colored skin, with 
pure white flesh; productive, and of the finest quality. A first- 
class early variety. Pk. 85 ets., bus. $2.50, bbl. $6.00. 
Early Norther. Several dayssearlier than Early Rose 
and equally prolific. Resembles that variety in shape, but 
little longer. Excellent table variety. Pk. 85 cts., bus. $2.50, 
bbl. $6.00. 
Queen. This variety closely resembles the Early Beauty 
of Hebron in color, size and shape, but is earlier and a heavier 
yielder. Pk. 85 cts., bus. $2.50, bbl. $6.00. 
_ IrishCobbler. An excellent extra early variety matur- 
ing good-sized tubers seven weeks from the time of planting. 
Flesh pure white, of fine flavor, always cooking dry and 
mealy. Pk. 85 cts., bus. $2.50, bbl. $6.00. 
Bovee. For an extra-early this is one of the best. An 
exceedingly heavy yielder, good keeper and fine quality. Pk. 
85 cts., bus. $2.50, bbl. $6.00. é 
_ Early Rose. One of the leading standard varieties. Early, produc- 
tive and of excellent quality. Pk. 85 cts., bus. $2.50, bbl. $6.00. 
Carman No. 1. This most valuable Potato was introduced in 1894, 
and is now recognized a high-class Standard sort the world over. Enor- 
mous y'elder, handsome and uniformly large. Peculiar white skin and 
flesh. Pk. 85 cts., bus. $2.50, bbl. $6.00. 
Rural New Yorker No. 2. Medium-early; white; oblong, inclined 
to round, rather flattened. Almost every potato marketable. Popular 
main-crop variety. Pk. 85 cts., bus. $2.50, bbl. $6.00. 
Clark's No. 1. Resembles Early Rose, but is more productive and 
earlier. Pk. 85 cts., bus. $2.50, bbl. $6.00. 
PUMPKIN 
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POTIRON. 
Potatoes and Pumpkins 
Extra Early Puritan 
Early Ohio. Very eariy. Good producer. Pk. 85 ets., bus. $2.50, 
bbl. $6.00. 
Uncle Sam. Handsome shape; 
Pk. 85 cts., bus. $2.50, bbl. $6.00. 
Green Mountain, A late variety that does well on poor soils and 
resists drought better than most kinds. Tubers large and of attractive 
appearance; a good keeper. Pk. 85 cts. bus. $2.50, bbl. $6.00. 
White Elephant. Late, large, good quality and very productive. 
Pk. 85 cts., bus. $2.50, bbl. $6.00. 
Calabaza. Grofje Kirbts. 
One ounce will plant 50 hills. 
medium size; excellent quality. 
The common practice is to drop tw? or three seeds in every second or third hill in the cornfield, but if cultivated on a large seale the seed may be 
sown in hills eight feet apart each way, four plants to each hill, and otherw:se treated in the same manner as melons or cucumbers. 
' If to be forwarded by mail, add at the rate of 8 cents per pound for-postage. 
Calhoun. Medium size, very heavy and solid; productive, and of excellent quality. 
salmon-yellow. Pkt. 5 cts., 0z. 15 cts., 14 lb. 30 ets., lb. 90 ets. 
Large Cheese. A very hardy and productive variety; the best for cooking purposes. 
Mammoth King. 
Ib. $1.50. 
Pampkin, Mammoth King 
This variety grows to an immense size, often weighing 150 pounds. 
Nantucket Sugar. 
oz. 10 cts., 24 Ib. 30 cts., lb. $1.00. 
Early Sugar. This variety is smaller than the Large Field, but of finer grain, 
sweeter and very prolific. 
Winter Luxury. This is recommended as one of the best pie Pumpkins. An 
excellent keeper and enormously productive. 
golden russet. 
Connecticut Field. 
Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 cts., 14 Ib. 15 ets., lb. 40 cts. 
The outside is cream color; flesh very thick, fine-grained, 
Pkt. 5 ets., oz. 10 cts., 44 Ib. 25 cts., lb. 75 ets. 
Pkt. 5 ets., oz. 10 ets., 14 1b. 30 ets., lb. $1.00. 
The great pie Pumpkin of the Eastern States. Pkt. 5 cts., 
Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10e., 44 lb. 20 ets., lb. 50 ets. 
It is very finely netted, and in colora 
Pkt. 5 ets., oz. 10 ets., 14 Ib. 25 ets., Ib. 75 ets. 
The common variety usually grown for feeding stock. 
RHUBARB 
RHUBARBE. Ruibarbo. Nhabarber. 
One ounce will produce 1,000 plants. 
Sow in April, in drills a foot apart, thinning out to about the same distance apart in 
rows when a few inches high. The following spring transplant into deep, rich soil, 
about three feet apart each way. If propagated by dividing the roots, it may be done 
either in the fall or spring, planting it at the same distance apart as given above. The 
soil cannot be too rich. 
Linnezeus. 
Victoria. Very large; later than the Linnezus. 
Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 20 cts., 14 Ib. 50 ets., lb., $1.50. 
Early, large and tender. 
Pkt. 5c., oz. 20 ets.. 44 Ib. 50 ets., 
ROOTS of the above varieties, 15 cts. each, $1.50 per doz.; by mail, 50 cts. per doz. 
extra for postage. 
