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WM. ELLIOTT & SONS, RELIABLE VEGETABLE SEEDS 



POTATOES 



Pomme de Terre. Patatas. Sartoffeln. 



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 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 hills 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 quality, dry and floury. Pk. 75c, bus. $2.25. 

 bbl. $5.00. 

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

 flesh; productive, and of the finest quality. A first-class early 

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

 Early Norther. Several days earlier than Early Rose and equally 

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

 cellent table variety. Pk. 65c, bus. $2.00, bbl. $4.50. 

 Queen. This variety closely resembles the Early Beauty of Heb- 

 ron in color, size and shape, but is earlier and a heavier yielder. 

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

 Irish Cobbler. An excellent extra-early variety 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 

 heavy vielder, good keeper and fine quality. Pk. 65c, bus. 

 $2.00, bbl. $4.75. 

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

 ductive and of excellent quality. Pk. 65c, bus. $2.00, bbl $4.50. 



Clark's No 



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 uniformly large. Pe- 

 culiar white skin and flesh. Pk. 65c, bus. $2.00, bbl. $4.50. 

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

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

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

 1. Resembles Early Rose, but is more productive and earlier. Pk. 

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

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

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



$2.00, bbl. $4.75. 

 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 quality and very productive. Pk. 65c, bus. 

 $2.00, bbl. $4.50. 



PUMPKIN 



Pumpkin, Nantucket Sugar 



Potiron. Calabaza. ©roffe Sitr&tg. 

 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 hills 

 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 8c. per pound for postage. 



Calhoun. Medium size, very heavy and solid; productive, and of excellent quality. 



The outside is cream color; flesh very thick, fine-grained, salmon-yellow. Pkt. 



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

 Large Cheese. A very hardy and productive variety; the best for cooking 



purposes. Pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, \i lb. 20c, lb. 60c. 

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



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

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



10c, M lb. 30c, lb. $1.00. 

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



sweeter and very prolific. Pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, x /i 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, \i lb. 25c, lb. 80c 

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



Pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, M lb. 15c, lb 40c 



