Dreer’s Reliable 
Health Value of 
Fresh Potatoes 
Calories per lb. 385 
Vitamins A, B, C 
Certified Seed 
Potatoes 
Pomme de Terre, FR. 
Patata, ITAu. 
Patatas, Sp. 
Kartoffel, GER. 
Proteins 2.2% 
Carbohydrates 18.4% 
Fats .1% 
Tren .00091% 
One peck will plant 100 hills; 8 to 10 bushels an acre. 
NOTE-—Potatoes are ready for shipment about March 1st 
and are forwarded by Express or Freight as may be directed, at 
customer's expense. They are shipped at purchaser's risk, our 
responsibility ceasing after delivery to transportation company 
in good order. We decline shipping them C. O. D. 
Early Rose. A fine early Potato. Long and of good size with 
pink skin. It cooks pure white and mealy, and is of good flavor. 
Green Mountain. A late variety which is suitable for planting 
in various soils, producing fair crops even in soils which are not 
of high fertility. Of attractive appearance and keeps well. 
State of Maine. A very reliable standard variety with tubers 
of large size, round, and flattened. Medium-early, splendid 
flavor, cooks dry, is a good keeper, and very productive. 
Irish Cobbler. One of the first extra-early Potatoes. The 
skin is creamy white, sometimes netted, which is an indication 
of good quality. Round smooth tubers with strong and well 
developed eyes. A heavy cropper in all sections. 
Russet Rural. A well-known standard late variety. Excep- 
tionally heavy cropper with large, solid tubers which cook dry 
and mealy. It also is quite disease resistant. 
At the time of going to press with the Dreer Garden Book, 
Potato prices were too unsettled to quote. Please write 
stating kind and quantity wanted, and we shall quote by 
letter. 
Rhubarbe, FR. 
Rhubarb 20Fr 
One ounce of seed Ruibarbo, Se. 
to 125 feet of drill. Rhabarber, GER. 
Culture —Good plants are easily grown in any good soil. Sow 
seed thinly in shallow drills 1 foot apart, thin to 4 or 5 inches. 
Pick out the strongest 
and best plants, and in 
the following fall or 
spring transplant to the 
permanent bed, 4 feet 
apart each way, in deep, 
warm, rich soil. The 
more manure the better 
the stalks. 
Health Value of 
Fresh Rhubarb 
Calories per lb. 105 
Vitamin C 
Proteins .6% 
Carbohydrates 6.6% 
Fats .7% 
Calcium .044% 
Iron .00056% 
For Rhubarb Roots, 
see page 184. 
Victoria Rhubarb 
830 Linnaeus. A good early Rhubarb of very large size and 
a strong grower. Stalks mostly deep green, round, and of good 
quality. Pkt. 10c; oz. 25c; 3 Jb. 75c. 
832 Victoria. A splendid early sort. The thick red stalks 
are very large. They cook very tender and are most delicious. 
Pkt. 10c; 0z. 25c; 3 Ib. 75c. 
VEGETABLE SEEDS 
Potiron, FR. 
Zucca, ITAL. 
Calabaza, Sp. 
Grosser-Kuerbis, GER. 
Pumpkin 
One ounce for 25 hills. 
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 asthe corn. Pumpkin 
varieties if planted together will 
mix. There is not much danger 
of their mixing with Squashes or 
other vines. 
Health Value of 
Fresh Pumpkin 
Calories per lb. 117 
Vitamins A, B, C 
Proteins 1.0% 
Carbohydrates 6.2% 
Fats .1% 
Calcium .023% 
Iron .00093% 
750 Large Cheese or Kentucky Field. A very hardy, 
late, large, round-flattened variety with pale yellow skin. 
Very thick, sweet, yellow flesh of excellent quality. An ex- 
cellent canner. Pkt. 10c; 0z. 15c; } lb. 40c; lb. $1.00. 
752 Large Yellow Field or Big Tom. The well-known 
cornfield Pumpkin, mostly grown for feeding stock. Rather 
oblong fruits with flattened ends. Smooth, tough, dark orange 
rind and dry, sweet flesh. Often used for canning. Pkt. 10c; 
oz. 15c; } lb. 40c; Ib. $1.00. 
756 Large Yellow Mammoth Potiron (King of the Mam- 
moths, Jumbo). Largely grown for fairs and exhibitions. 
Specimens have been grown weighing over 100 pounds. Rich 
salmon-orange skin and light yellow, sweet, but somewhat 
coarse flesh. Pkt. 10c; oz. 20c; } Ib. 60c; lb. $2.00. 
754 Mammoth Golden Cashaw. A very prolific Crook- 
neck type of a golden orange color. Thick, solid flesh of good 
quality. Pkt. 10c; oz. 20c; } Ib. 50c; Ib. $1.50. 
760 Sugar or New England Pie. For pies this cannot be 
excelled. Small round fruits with deep yellow, plainly ribbed 
skin. Fine grained, sweet flesh of a deep orange-yellow color. 
Pkt. 10c; oz. 20c; 3 Ib. 50c; lb. $1.50. 
764 Winter Luxury. A very good keeper and a splendid pie 
Pumpkin. Round fruits with finely netted, russet-yellow skin 
like a Muskmelon. Thick, deep yellow flesh of excellent quality. 
Pkt. 10c; oz. 20c; } Ib. 50c; Ib. $1.50. 
Philadelphia Bush 
758 Philadelphia Bush Pumpkin 
A Quality Pumpkin of True Bush Habit 
This new introduction should be of the greatest interest to 
all those who have vegetable gardens of limited size. Being 
of bush form it is well suited for the smaller garden where it 
requires not more room than a good sized Tomato plant. 
Dark green fruits turning deep orange-yellow when fully 
mature. Beautiful deep yellow flesh of sweet dry flavor. 
Excellent for pies. Pkt. 15c; oz. 65c; } lb. $2.00. 
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