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Pommc de Terre, Fr. 



POTATOES 



Falatas, Sp. 

 Kartofd, Ger. 



CULTURE -Any good well drained fibrous loam will produce Potatoes under right climatic conditions. For early Potatoes, which 

 mature in 8 to 10 weeks from planting, the soil must be particularly rich. A rich clover sod, manured and broken the year before and 

 planted to corn, beans, peas, oats, etc., is in best shape for giving a good yield of nice clean Potatoes. Stable manure had better be applied 

 to the land the' year before, while some good complete fertilizer, at the rate up to 1000 pounds per acre, if applied broadcast, or 400 to 

 600 pounds if applied mostly in the rows, may be used directly for the potato crop. Avoid the use of Wood Ashes for this crop. Open 

 furrows 3 feet apart end 3 to 4 inches deep. Apply the fertilizer, and run the furrower or small plow again in the furrow to mix the fertil- 

 izer with the soil ai.d leave a mellow seedbed. Then plant good-sized pieces, each one containing not less than 2 or 3 eyes, 15 inches 

 apart in the furrows for early potatoes, and 18 inches apart for late ones. In some potato-growing sections they always plant in check 

 rows 3 feet apart each way. Cover with small plow or other suitable tool. Cultivate often. Spray with Bordeaux Arsenate of Lead 

 Mixture as a protection from flea beetle, potato beetle and blight. 8 to 10 bushels will plant an acre. 



The following recognized standards of value are listed in order of their reaching full size and maturity and will be supplied at the 

 following price subject to change. Peck (15 lbs.), $1.00; bushel (60 lbs.\ $3.50; sack (165 lbs.), $8.00. 



Bovee. Earlier tlian the Early Rose, and much more productive. 

 The vine is ^.warf and of stocky growth, skin pink, and the 

 quality is all that ^ould be desired. It grows ver>' uniform in 

 shape and ke^ps well for an early variety. 



Early Rose. Very reliable. Shape long and good size with pink 

 skin. It cooks pure white and mealy and is of good flavor. 



Irish Cobbler. One of the first varieties of Potatoes to be 

 ready for use. The skin is creamy white, sometimes netted, 

 which is an indication of good quality, round smooth tubers with 

 eyes strong and well developed. It produces large crops and is a 

 reliable variety. 



State of Maine. A very reliable standard variety, round and 

 flattened. Medium early, splendid flavor, cooks drj', is a good 

 keeper and very productive. 



SWEET POTATO PLANTS, See page 212. 



Green Mountain. A well known late variety which is suitable 

 for planting in various soils, even producing fair crops on soils 

 which are not of high fertility. Yields good crops and keeps well. 



Sir Walter Raleigh. A heavy cropping, main crop variety, of 

 excellent cooking quality. 



Rural New Yorker No. 2. A well known and reliable late 

 variety that makes strong healthy growth in all kinds of soil. 

 Exceptionally heavy cropper of large, solid dean-skinned tubers, 

 which cook dry and mealy. It is also practically disease re- 

 si r4ant. 



SEED POTATO BUYERS PLEASE NOTE 



Potatoes are ready for shipment about March 1st and 

 are forwarded by Express or Freight as may be directed, 

 at customer's expense, and are shipped at purchaser's risk, 

 our responsibility ceasing after delivery to transportation 

 company in good order. 



Poliron, Fr. 



PUMPKIN 



Caabaza. Sp. 

 Grossc-Kurbis, GeR. 



CULTURE — Sow in good soil in May, when the ground has become warm, in hills 10 feet apart each way, or in fields of corn about 

 every fourth hill; plant at the same time with the corn. Pumpkin varieties if planted together wiU mix. There is not much danger of 

 their mixing with squashes or other vines. One ounce for 25 hills, 3 pounds for an acre. 



Sugar, or New England Pie. For making pies this variety 

 cannot be e.xcelled. The Pumpkins are round and small, but 

 very sweet, fine grained and of the best quality. Pkt., 10 cts.; 

 oz., 20 cts.; -1 lb., 50 cts.; lb., $1.50. 



Winter Luxury Pumpkin. A very good keeper and a splendid 

 pie Pumpkin; shajx; round, skin finely netted, and beautiful 

 russet-yellow color; flesh deep yellow, thick and easily the 

 highest quality in flavor of any variety we offer. Pkt., 10 cts.; 

 oz., 20cts.; i lb., 50 cts.; lb., $1.75. 



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Winter Luxury Pumpkin 



Mammoth Golden Cashaw. A crookneck type, 

 being an improvement on the old light-colored 

 Cashaw, the skin being a golden-orange color. Flesh 

 thick, soli(f and good quality. Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 

 20 cts.; lib., 50 cts.; lb., $1.75. 



Quaker Pie Pumpkin. A fine-grained, oval- 

 shaped sort of rich flavored creamy white flesh. 

 Keeps well if stored in a dry place. Pkt., 10 cts.; 

 oz., 20 cts.; i lb., 50 cts.; lb., $1.75. 



Tennessee Sweet Potato. Pear-shaped with cream 

 white skin and flesh. Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 20 cts.; 

 1 lb., 60 cts.; lb., $2.00. 



Large Yellow Mammoth Potiron [King of the 

 Mammollts, Jumbo). This is the variety so largely 

 grown for fairs and exhibition. Specimens have been 

 grown weighing over 100 pounds. Skin rich dark 

 yellow, flesh lighter shade. Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 25 cts.; 

 ; lb , 70 cts.; lb., S2.25 



Large Cheese or Kentucky Field. A large round 

 flattened variety with orange skin, flesh yellow and 

 sweet, an excellent canner. Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 15 

 cts.; lib., 40 cts.; lb., $1.25. 



Large Yellow Field. The well known cornfield 

 Pumpkin, for feeding stock. Oz., 15 cts.; i lb., 40 

 rts.; lb., $1.25. By express, 10 lbs., $10.00. 



