F. W. BOLGIANO & CO., INC., Washington, D. C. 



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MAINE SEED POTATOES 



See Inclosed Pink Sheet for Latest Prices on Seed Potatoes 



The H U L- 

 TON (MAINE) 

 SEED POTA- 

 TOES are uni- 

 versally acknowl- 

 edged to be the 

 best ; grown in the 

 cold North, where 

 Nature conspires 

 against all but 

 the strongest, we 

 get our best seed. 

 For earliness and 

 productiveness we 

 are convinced 

 that Maine- 

 grown seed are 

 the best, and, in 

 the long run, 

 cheapest. W h y 

 not take the same 

 care in selecting 

 your seed pota- 

 toes as you would 

 your cabbage? 



Trust Buster. 



(Bolgiano's extra 

 early seed potato). It is 

 not only early, but it is a 

 heavy producer of potatoes 

 of the very finest texture 

 and quality. These pota- 

 toes are uniform in size, 

 color, and fine flavor. They 

 are quickly prepared for cooking, 

 as the skin peels readily and they 

 cook dry and mealy. 



Irish Cobbler. The most 

 popular of the early varieties. Of 

 handsome cream white color and 

 of excellent quality, making it most desirable for the best 

 trade. It is a vigorous grower, ripens uniformly, and is a 

 good keeper. 



prosperity (the best second early and main crop 

 potato). Yields great crops of even, fine, smooth, large pota- 

 toes, even under the most unfavorable circumstances, and 

 can be relied upon to bring in good money. The flesh is as 

 white as snow, and cooks dry and mealy. The eyes are 

 even with the surface, the skin white, with rich, yellowish- 

 creamy cast, and considerably ruffled or netted. 



Green Mountain, or State of Maine. The best main 

 crop potato now on the market; fine yielder; fine flavor; fine 

 appearance. Free from blight and rot. Keeps well, and is 

 always ready for the table. 



Red Bliss Triumph, or Improved Red Bermuda. 



One of the earliest varieties grown; its great productiveness, 

 handsome color and resistance to disease make it most pop- 

 ular. 



Spalding Early Rose. This is a popular potato; very 

 early; fine quality, and very productive. 



Our stocks 

 have been grown 

 for seed pur- 

 poses, and are 

 carefully selected 

 for yield and 

 purity. Get our 

 prices before you 

 buy. Several 

 have told us that 

 seed gotten from 

 our house yields 

 from 20% to 

 25% more than 

 seed saved by 

 themselves. 



If shipments 

 are requested 

 during severe 

 cold weather, the 

 tubers travel 

 solely at pur- 

 chaser's risk. 



Sweet Potato Roots 



CULTURE. Don't wait for a 



rain or a 'season' to set out sweet 



potato plants. Harrow your 



ground well before laying it off. 



then throw up the ridges higher 



than you want them, and if the 



soil is very dry, allow 2 or 3 days 



for the moisture to rise ; then 



knock off the top of the ridge just 



ahead of planting ; make a mud 



batter with water and clay loam, 



or, better, with the addition of fresh cow 



dung, about as thick as cream ; dip the 



plants, in hands of about 20, into this, so 



that a large quantity of the mud clings 



to them. 



Irish Cobblers 



Potatoes for June and July Planting 



We carry in cold stoi-age all the leading varieties so 

 as to have them in sound, vigorous and unsprouted con- 

 dition. Write for prices. 



Big Stem Jersey Sweet 

 Potatoes. They are of fine size, 

 and the yield has astonished our most critical trade. They 

 make only a very few, and in some cases no small roots. 

 The quality is first class. 



Nancy Hall Sweet Potatoes. Are too well known to 

 require any description. 



Sweet Potato Plants. Rooted slips ready in May. The 

 young plants should be set in May and June. 



GOLD TAG FERTILIZERS 



For best crops use Gold Tag 4 — 8 — 5. This formulae 

 contains all the elements that are essential for growing 

 high quality potatoes. 



Treat Seed Potatoes With Semesan Bel 



Semesan Bel is the new instantaneous disinfectant 

 for treating both white and sweet potatoes. In addi- 

 tion to controlling the common potato diseases, such 

 as scab, rhizoctonia, black rot, scurf, black leg, etc., 

 Semesan Bel is harmless to cut, whole or sprouted seed 

 pieces; actually preserves the seed piece against soil- 

 borne organism; promotes earlier and more profuse 

 sprouting; improves the quality of the produce and in- 

 creases the yield by much larger percentages as to 

 make the cost of treatment a very profitable invest- 

 ment. Price, 1 ozs. 45 cts.; 1 lb. $1.50; ."> lbs. St). 75. 



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