PETER HENDERSON & CO.'S CATALOGUE OF SEEDS. 



POTATO. 



German, Kartofftl. — French, Pomme de Terre. 



The Potato, like all robust-growing vegetables, can be grown with varying success 

 on soils of all kinds, and in fill conditions of fertility, but the soil best suited to it is a 

 sandy loam. In all heavy soils it is more subject to disease, and tbe flavor is also much 

 inferior. In breaking up good pasture land, tne decaying sod answers sufficiently well 

 for the first year in lieu of manure. Manure is applied either in rows or hills, or broad- 

 cast over the hills, and plowed in, the latter in most cases being preferable. If the soil 

 is good, but little manure is required. In highly enriched soil, the plants are more 

 liable to disease than when grown in soil that is naturally good. The be^t fertilizers 

 are those of a dry or absorbent nature, as plaster, lime, super-phosphate of lime, and 

 bone dust. For wet soils, these are particularly beneficial as they not only promote 

 growth, but prevent disease. Plant as early in spring as the ground can be had in fair- 

 working order, in hills or ridges, about three feet apart ; covering, in light warm soils, 

 about four inches deep, but in cold, wet situations, two and a half or three inches will 

 be sufficient. 



Prices subject to variation. 



Per Peck. Bush. Bbl. 



Early Hose. A universal favorite, one of the very best yet 



introduced $0 75 $2 00 $5 00 



Early Goodrich. An early and productive varietv of good 



quality 75 2 00 5 00 



King" of the Earlies. A very early variety, productive and of 



excellent quality .1 00 3 00 6 00 



Jackson White. An excellent flavored variety, extensively 



grown for second crop 75 2 00 5 00 



Peachblow, (Jersey.) Extensively grown for market, and a 

 favorite shipping variety, verv productive, and of superior 



quality I 75 2 00 5 00 



"White Peachblow. Flesh white, floury, of most excellent quality ; 

 cannot be too strongly recommended; a first rate market 



variety 75 2 00 5 00 



Peerless. Grows to a largo size, often weighing from one-and-a- 

 half to two pounds, and enormously productive 75 2 00 5 00 



Late Rose. Ripens two or three weeks later than the Early Rose. 

 It is more productive, hardier, and a better keeper than 

 that variety, retaining its good quality till new potatoes 

 comeiu . 75 2 00 5 00 



New Varieties of Potatoes. 



Eureka. This seedling resulted from a seed-ball grown on an Excelsior potato- 

 vine blossom fertilized with pollen from the White Peachblow ; vines of strong and 

 vigorous growth; tubers of a good medium and uniform size ; shape, elongated oval, 

 somewhat flattened, very symmetrical and uniformly handsome in appearance; eyes 

 few, exceedingly small, and very nearly level and flat; skin white and fair ; season 

 second early, medium, or between very early and medium late. Its flesh is exceedingly 

 fine-grained, white, and when boiled or baked, mealy and of excellent flavor, cooking 

 through uniformly without any fault at the centre. Certainly an acquisition among 

 the white varieties, well worthy of further trial in different sections. 



Price. — Per pound, $1 ; three pounds to one address, $2, by mail, prepaid; by ex- 

 press or freight, charges paid by purchaser, -£ peck, $3; 1 peck, $5 ; £ bushel, $8 ; 1 

 bushel, $15; 1 barrel, $35. 



The Snowflake. This new variety has been thoroughly tested, both in this coun- 

 try and in Europe, the past season, and we have yet to learn of the first instance where 

 it has failed to give entire satisfaction. It is one of the earliest varieties, ripening 

 about the same time as the Early Rose. The tubers are of a good medium and uniform 

 size. Its flesh is of exceedingly fine grain, snow-white when boiled, and of a lightness 

 and porosity almost approaching a snowflake. In quality, we do not hesitate to say 

 nothing can surpass this new variety ; its mealiness, its pure, delicate flavor, and the 

 evenness with which it cooks through, have never been eclipsed by any Potato. The 

 tubers are compactly clustered around the base of the stalks— an important consideration 

 in digging the crop. The variety has been tested on widely varying soils — sand, gravel, 

 loam, as well as heavy clay — and has, in every case, given the same favorable results, 

 and produced a yield of from 300 to 400 bushels per acre. In every case it has proved 

 healthy and hardy, while other varieties alongside of it failed to give satisfactory 

 results. 



Price. — Per pound, $1 ; 3 pounds to one address, $2, by mail, prepaid. By express 

 or freight, charges paid by the purchaser, I peck, $3; 1 peck, $5; -J- bushel, $8; 1 bush- 

 el, $15 ; 1 barrel, $35. 



