WM. ELLIOTT & SONS 



SEEDSMEN, NEW YORK 



17 



Potatoes and Pumpkins 



POTATOES. 



PoMME DE Terre. Patatas. i^artoffcln. 



Ten bnshi'h cut tubers will plant an acre. 



Tlie Potato can be grown with varj-ing success on soils of all 

 kinds and in all conditions of fertility, but the soil best suited is 

 a sandy loam In breaking up good pasture land, the decajdng 

 sod answers sufficiently well for the first year in lieu of manure. 

 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 

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



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

 white flesh ; productive, and of the finest quality ; a first-class 

 early variety. Pk, 80 cts., bus. $2.25, bbl. $4.50. 



ISarly Norther. Several days earlier than Early Rose and 

 equally prolific ; resembles that variety in shape, but little 

 longer ; the eyes are few and shallow ; excellent table variety 

 and very popular. Pk. 80 cts., bus $2.25, bbl. $4.50. 



Queen. This variety closely resembles the Early Beauty of 

 Hebron in color, size and shape, but is earlier and a heavier 

 yielder. Pk. 80 cts., bus. $2.25, bbl. %\ 50. 



Crown Jeivel. The extreme earliness of this variety makes 

 it a most profitable Potato for the market and home garden ; the 

 skin is white and smooth, ej'es shallow, flesh white and floury, cooking 

 evenly throughout. Pk. 80 cts., bus. $2.25, bbl. $4.50. 



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

 heavy yielder, good keeper and fine quality. Pk. 80 cts., bus. $2.25, 

 bbl. $4.50. 



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

 ductive and of excellent quality. Pk. 80 cts., bus. $2.25, bbl. $4.50. 



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

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

 enormous yielder, handsome and uniformly large ; peculiarly white 

 skin and flesh ; perfect in quality and very dry. Pk. 80 cts., bus. $2.25, 

 bbl. $4.50. 



Crown Jewel Irotaw. 



Rural New Yorker No. 2. One of the best known standard 

 sorts. Medium-early; white; oblong, inclined to round, rather flat- 

 tened; almost every potato marketable; popular main-crop vaiiety. 

 Pk. 80 cts., bus. $2.25, bbl. $4.50. 



Clark's No. 1. Resembles Early Rose, but is more productive and 

 earlier. Pk. 80 cts., bus. $2.25, bbl. $4.50. 



Early Ohio. Very early ; seedling of Early Rose. Pk. 80 cts., 

 bus. $2.25, bbl. $4.50. 



White Elephant. Late, large, good c,uality and very productive. 

 Pk. 80 cts., bus. $2.25, bbl. $4-50. 



"White Star. Medium early, and large cropper; a good keeper. 

 Pk. 80 cts., bus. $2 25, bbl. $4-50. 



PUMPKIN. 



PoTiRON. Calabaza. ©roffe ^iirbiS. 



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 8 cents 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. sets., oz. 10 cts., 

 Klb. 25 cts., lb. 75 cts. 



^•^jarge Cheese. A very hardy and productive variety ; the best for cooking purposes. Pkt. 

 yets., 02. 10 cts., Jilb. 25 cts., lb. 75 cts. 



1,^'Mammoth Tours. " This variety grows to an immense size, often weighing 150 pounds. 

 Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 cts., Klb. 25 cts., lb 75 cts. 



Nantucket Sugar. The great pie Pumpkin of the eastern states. Pkt. sets., oz. 10 cts.. 

 Jflb/30cts., lb. $1. 



i/Early Sugar. This variety is smaller than the Large Field, but of finer grain, sweeter and 

 veryprolific. Pkt. 5 cts , oz. 10 cts., Klb. 20 cts , lb. 60 cts. 



jrWinter Ijuxiii-y. 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. 



5 cts., oz. 15 cts., Klb. 30 cts., lb. $1. 

 J/' Connecticut Field. The common va- 

 riety usually grown for feeding stock. Pkt. 5 cts 



wbite Elephant Potatoes. 



oz 10 cts., Vi\\>. 15 cts., lb. 40 cts. 



Larsre Cheese Fampbxn. 



RHUBARB. 



Rhubarbe. Rnibarbo. Wc)0.ha.xbtt . 



One ounce will produce i.ooo 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 3 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. 

 if^ Jjinnseus. Early, large and tender. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 20 cts., J<lb. 50 cts., lb. $1.50. 

 >■ Victoria. Very large; later than the Linnaeus. Pkt. 5c., oz. 20c., VtVo. 50c., lb. $1.50. 

 ■ ROOTS of the above varieties, 15 cts. each, $1.50 per doz. ; by mail, 50 cts. per doz. 

 extra for postage. 



