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WM. ELLIOTT & SONS, RELIABLE VEGETABLE SEEDS 



POTATOES 



Pomme de Terre. Patatas. i^avtoffeln. 



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 

 Bandy loam. Manure is applied either in rows or hUls, or broad- 

 cast over the hills and plowed in, the latter in most cases being pref- 

 erable. Plant as early in the Spring as the ground can be had in 

 fair working order, in hiUs or ridges, about 3 feet apart, and the sets 

 1 foot apart in the rows, covering about 4 inches deep. 

 Elliott's Early Puritan. Valuable early variety; skin and flesh 

 white, superb qualitv, dr\^ and flourj\ Pk. 75c., bus. $2.25. 

 bbl. S5.00. 

 Beauty of Hebron. Shghtly flesh-colored skin, with pure white 

 flesh; productive, and of the finest qualitv. A first-class earlj' 

 variety. Pk. 65c., bus. S2.00, bbl. S4.50. " 

 Early Norther. Several days earher than Earlj' Rose and equally 

 prolific. Resembles that variety in shape, but httle longer. Ex- 

 cellent table vai-iety. Pk. 65c., bus. S2.00, bbl. S4.50. 

 Queen. This variety closelj' resembles the Early Beauty of Heb- 

 ron in color, size and shape, but is earher and a heavier vielder. 

 Pk. 65c., bus. S2.00, bbl. S4.50. 

 Irish Cobbler. An excellent extra-early varietj' maturing good- 

 sized tubers seven weeks from the time of planting. Flesh pure 

 white, of fine flavor, always cooking dry and mealy. Pk. 65c., 

 bus. $2.00, bbl. §4.75. 

 Bovee. For an extra-early this is one of the best. An exceedingly 

 hea\y vielder, good keeper and fine quality- Pk. 65c., bus. 

 S2.00, bbl. S4.75. 

 Early Rose. One of the leading standard varieties. Early, pro- 

 ductive and of excellent quahty. Pk. 65c., bus. S2.00, bbl S4.50. 



Clark's No. 1 



Potato, Irish Cobbler 



Carman No. 1. This most valuable Potato was introduced in 

 1894, and is now recognized as a high-class standard sort the world 

 over. Enormous yielder, handsome and unifoiinly large. Pe- 

 cuUar white skin and flesh. Pk. 65c., bus. S2.00, bbl. S4.50. 

 Rural New Yorker No. 2. Medium-early; white; oblong, in- 

 chned to round, rather flattened. Almost every potato market- 

 able. Popular main-crop variety. Pk. 65c., bus. -$2.00, bbl. §4.50. 

 Resembles Early Rose, but is more productive and earUer. Pk. 

 65c., bus. S2.00, bbl. S4.50. 

 Early Ohio. Verj^ early; good producer. Pk. 75c., bus. $2.25, bbl. $5.00. 

 Uncle Sam. Handsome shape; medium size; excellent quahty. Pk. 65c., bus. 



$2.00, bbl. S4.75. 

 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. 65c., bus. .$2.00, bbl. $4.50. 

 White Elephant. Late; large; good quahty and very productive. Pk. 65c., bus. 

 $2.00 bbl. .$4.50. 



PUMPKIN 



Pumpkin, Nantucket Sugar 



Potiron. Calabaza. ©rcffe .SturtnS. 

 One ounce will plant 50 hills. 



The common practice is to drop 2 or 3 seeds in every second or third hill 

 in the cornfield, but if cultivated on a large scale the seed may be sown in hiUs 

 8 feet apart each way, 4 plants to each hill, and otherwise treated in the same 

 manner as Melons or Cucumbers. 



If to be forwarded by mail, add at the rate of 6c. per pound for postage. 



Calhoun. IMedium size, very heavj^ and solid ; productive, and of excellent quality. 



The outside is cream color; flesh verj^ thick, fine-grained, saknon-yeUow. Pkt. 



5c., oz. 10c. , ^ lb. 25c., lb. 75c. 

 Large Cheese. A verv hardy and productive varietv; the best for cooking 



purposes. Pkt. 5c.. oz. l-Oc, M Ih. 20c., lb. 60c. 

 Mammoth King. This variety grows to an immense size, often weighing 150 



pounds. Pkt. 5c., oz. 15c., U lb. 40c., lb. $1.25. 

 Nantucket Sugar. The great pie Pumpkin of the Eastern States. Pkt. 5c., oz. 



lOc, li lb. 30c., lb. SI. 00. 

 Early Sugar. This variety is smaller than the Large Cheese, but of finer grain, 



sweeter and very prohfic. Pkt. 5c., oz. lOc, 14 lb- 20c., lb. 60c. 

 Winter Luxury. This is recommended as one of the best pie Pumpkins. An 



excellent keeper and enormously productive. It is very finely netted , and in 



color a golden russet. Pkt. 5c., oz. 10c. , 34 lb. 25c., lb. 80c. 

 Connecticut Field. The common variety usually grown for feeding stock. 



Pkt. 5c., oz. lOc, M lb. 15c., lb 40c. 



