WM. ELLIOTT & SONS, NEW YORK 
POTATOES 
POMME DE TERRE. Patatas. RKartoffeln. 
Ten bushels cut tubers will plant an acre. 
The Potato can be grown with varying success on soils of 
all kinds and in all conditions of fertility, but the soil best 
suited isa sandy loam. Manureis 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 ean 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 Early Puritan. Valuable early variety, skin 
and flesh white, superb quality, dry and floury. Pk. 85 cts., 
bus. $2.50, bbl. $5.00. 
Beauty of Hebron. Slightly flesh-cclored skin, with 
pure white flesh; productive, and of the finest quality. A 
first-class early variety. Pk. 80 ets., bus, $2.25, bbl. $4.75. 
Early Norther. Several days earlier than Early Rose 
and equally prolific. Resembles that variety in shape, but 
little longer. Excellent table variety. Pk. 80 cts., bus. $2.25, 
bbl. $4.75. 
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. $4.75. 
Irish Cobbler. An excellent extra early variety matur- 
ing good-sized tubers seven weeks from the t me of planting. 
Flesh pure white, of fine flavor, always cooking dry and 
mealy. Pk. 80 cts., bus. $2.25, bbl. $4.75. 
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. $4.75. 
Early Rose. One of the leadirg standard varieties. Ear'y, 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. 
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Potatoes and Pumpkins 

Extra Early Puritan 
Early Ohio. 
bbl. $4.75. 
Uncle Sam. Handsome shape; medium size; excellent quality. 
Very early. Good producer. Pk. 80 cts., bus. $2.25, 
Enormous yielder, handsome and uniformly large, Peculiarly white 
skin and flesh. Pk. 80 cts., bus. $2.25, bbl. $4.50. 
Rural New Yorker No. 2. Medium-early; white; oblong 
inclined to round, rather flattened. Almost every Potato marketable. 
Popular main-crop variety. Pk. 80 ets., bus. $2.25, bbl. $4.50. 
Clark’s No. 1. Resembles Early Rose, but igs more productive and 
earlier. Pk. 80 cts., bus, $2.25, bbl. $4.50, 
PUMPKIN 
The common practice is to drop two or three seeds in every second or third hill in the cornfield, but if cultivated on a large scale the seed may be 
sown in hills eight feet apart each way, four 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. 5 cts., oz. 15 cts., 14 lb. 30 ets , Ib. 90 ets. 
Large Cheese. A very hardy and productive variety; the best for cooking purposes. 
Mammoth Tours. This variety grows to an immense size, often weighing 150 pounds. 
Nantucket Sugar. Thegreat pie Pumpkin of the Eastern States. 
oz. 10 cts., 44 Ib. 30 ets., lb. $1.00. 
Early Sugar. This variety is smaller than the Large Field, but of finer grain, 
sweeter and very prolific. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10c., 14 Ib. 25e., lb. 75e. 
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 colora 
golden russet. Pkt. 5 ects., oz. 10 cts., 44 Ib. 25 ets., lb. 75 cts. 
Connecticut Field. The common variety usually grown for feeding stock. 
Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 cts., 44 Ib. 15 ets., lb. 40 cts. 
RHUBARB 
RHUBARBE. Ruibarbo. Nhabarber. 
One ounce will produce 1,000 plants. 
Pk. 85 ets., bus. $2.50, bbl. $5.00. 
Green Mountain. A late variety that does well on poor soils and 
resists drought better than most kinds. Tubers large and of attractive 
apearance; a good keeper. Pk. 80 cts., bus. $2.25, bbl. $4.50. 
White Elephant. Late, large, good quality and very productive, 
Pk. 80 cts., bus. $2.25, bbl. $4.75. 
POTIRON. Calabaza. Grojje Ktivbis. 
One ounce will plant 50 hills. 
Pkt. 5 ets., oz. 10 ets., 14 lb. 25 ets., lb. 75 ets. 
Pkt. 5 ets., oz. 10 cts., 44 lb. 25 cts., lb. 75 ets. 
Pkt. 5 ets., 

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. Early, large and tender. 
Victoria. Very large; later than the Linnezus. 
Ib. $1.50. 
ROOTS of the above varieties, 15 cts. each, $1.50 per doz.; by mail, 50 cts. per doz, 
extra for postage. 













Pkt. 5 ets., oz. 20 cts., 14 lb. 50 ets., lb., $1.50. 
Pkt. 5e., oz. 20 cts.. 14 lb. 50 ets., 














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