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Certified Seed 



Potatoes 



Pomme de Terre, Fr. 

 Patata, Ital. 

 Patatas, Sp. 

 Kartoffel, Ger. 



Health Value of 

 Fresh Potatoes 



Calories per lb. 385 



Vitamins A, B, C 



Proteins 2.2% 



Carbohydrates 18.4% 



Fats .1% 



Iron. 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. 



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. Yields good crops 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 practically disease resistant. 



At the time of going to press with the Dreer Garden Book, 

 Potato prices were too unsettled to quote. Please write 

 staling kind and quantity wanted, and we shall quote by 

 letter. 



Rhubarb 



Rhubarbe, Fr. 

 Rabarbaro, Ital. 

 Ruibarbo, Sp. 

 Rhabarber, Ger. 



One ounce of seed 

 to 125 feet of drill. 



Culture — Good plants are easily grown in any good soil. Sow 

 seed tliinly in shallow drills 1 foot apart, thin to 4 or 5 inches. 

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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. 



830 



832 



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, 



Victoria Rhubarb See page 202. 



Linnaeus. A good early, very large, and a strong grower. 

 Stalks mostly deep green, round, and of good quality. 

 Pkt. 10c; 0Z.25C; \ lb. 75c. 



Victoria. A splendid early sort. Stalks are large, very 

 thick, of rich red color, and tender quality. Pkt. 10c; 

 (iz. 25c; \ lb. 75c. 



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 as the corn. Pumpkin 

 varieties if planted together will 

 mix. There is not much danger 

 of their mixing with Squashes or 

 other vines. 



Potiron, Fr. 

 Zucca, Ital. 

 Calabaza, Sp. 

 Grosser-Kuerbis, Ger. 



Health Value of 

 Fresh Pumpkin- 

 Calories per lb. 117 

 Vitamins A, B, C 

 Proteins 1.0% 

 Carbohydrates 5.2%) 

 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. An excellent canner. 

 Pkt. 10c; oz. ISc; i lb. 40c; lb. $1.00. 



752 Large Yellow Field or Big Tom. The well-known 

 cornfield Pumpkin, mostly grown for feeding stock. Round 

 flattened sort with smooth, tough, dark orange rind and 

 dry, sweet flesh. Often used for canning. Pkt. 10c; 

 oz. 15c; i lb. 40c; lb. $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 dark yellow skin and light yellow, sweet, but some- 

 what coarse flesh. Pkt. 10c; oz. 20c; \ lb. 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; \ lb, 50c; lb. SI. 50. 



Sugar or New England Pie Pumpkins 



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. Pkt. 10c; oz. 20c; 

 i lb. 50c; lb. $1.50. 



764 Winter Luxury. A very good keeper and a splendid pie 

 Pumpkin. Round fruits with finely netted, russet- 

 yellow skin. Thick, deep yellow flesh. Pkt. 10c; oz. 20c; 

 I lb. 50c; lb. $1.50. 



Re-Cleaned Bird Seeds (Prepaid Prices) 



Lb. 



5 lbs 



10 lbs. 



Mixed Bird 



Canary, Plain 



Rape, Sweet 



Hemp 



Millet 



Wild Bird Mixture 



Sunflower 



Lettuce. ()/.. 5c . . . 



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Drear's Celebrated Lawn Crass mixtures are offered on pages 5, 6 and 7 



