NB 18 WM. ELLIOTT & SONS, RELIABLE VEGETABLE SEEDS _ MB 
POTATOES 
Pomme de Terre. Patatas. Startoffeln. 
Ten bushels cut tubers will plant an acre. 
IMPORTANT.—Prices of Pogatoes 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. $5.50. 
Beauty of Hebron. Slightly flesh-colored skin, with pure white 
flesh; productive, and of the finest quality. A first-class early 
variety. Pk. 75c., bus. $2.25, bbl. $5.50. 
Early Norther. Several days earlier than Early Rose and equally 
prolific. Resembles that variety in shape, but little longer. Ex- 
cellent table variety. Pk. 75c., bus. $2.25, bbl. $5.50. 
Queen. This variety closely resembles the Early Beauty of Heb- 
ron in color, size and shape, but is earlier and a heavier yielder. 
Pk. 75c., bus. $2.25, bbl. $5.50. 
Irish Cobbler. An excellent extra-early variety maturing good- PotatouGreent Mountain 
sized tubers seven weeks from the time of planting. Flesh pure 
white, of fine flavor, always cooking dry and mealy. Pk. 75c., ; 
bus. $2.00, bbl. $5.00. Carman No. 1. This most valuable Potato was introduced in 
Bovee. For an extra-early this is one of the best. An exceedingly 1894, and is now recognized as a high-class standard sort the world 
= 2 over. Enormous yielder, handsome and uniformly large. Pe- 



eee ey Keeper and fine quality. Pk. 75c., bus. culiar white skin and flesh. Pk. 75c., bus. $2.25, bbl. $5.00 
25; . $5.50. ; wee Rural New Yorker No. 2. Medium-early ; white; oblong, in- 
Early Rose. One of the leading standard varieties.’ Early, pro- clined to round, rather flattened. Almost every potato market- 
ductive and of excellent quality. Pk. 75c., bus. $2.25, bbl. $5.50, able. Popular main-crop variety. Pk. 75c., bus. $2.25, bbl. $5.00. 
Clark’s No. 1. Resembles Early Rose, but is more productive and earlier. Pk. 
75c., bus. $2.25, bbl. $5.50. 
Early Ohio. Very early; good producer. Pk. 75c., bus. $2.25, bbl. $5.50. 
Uncle Sam. Handsome shape; medium size; excellent quality. Pk. 75c., bus. 
$2.25, bbl. $5.50. 
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. 75c., bus. $2.25, bbl. $5.00. 
White Elephant. Late; large; good quality and very productive. Pk. 75c., bus. 
~—s PUMPKIN 
Potiron. Calabaza. Grofje Riirbis. 
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 hi 
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. 
5e., oz. 10c., 14 Ib: 25c., lb. 75e: 
Large Cheese. A very hardy and productive variety; the best for cooking 
purposes. Pkt. 5c., oz. 10c., 14 Ib. 20c., Ib. 60c. 
Mammoth King. This variety grows to an immense size, often weighing 150 
pounds. Pkt. 5c., oz. 15c., 44 Ib. 40c., Ib. $1.25. 
Nantucket Sugar. The great pie Pumpkin of the Eastern States. Pkt. 5c., oz. 
10c., 14 Ib. 30c., Ib. $1.00. 
Early Sugar. This variety is smaller than the Large Cheese, but of finer grain, 
sweeter and very prolific. Pkt. 5c., oz. 10c., 14 Ib. 20c., Ib. 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., 14 lb. 25c., Ib. 80c. 
Connecticut Field. The common variety usually grown for feeding stock. 
Pumpkin, Nantucket Sugar Pkt. 5c., oz. 10c., 144 lb. 15c., Ib 40c. 


