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bright red pods so thickly set as to give 

 it the appearance of a bouquet of corals. 

 As a potted plant for florists it has 

 proved a most rapid selling article. 



Green Mountain. 

 Rural New Yorker No. 

 Early Ohio. 

 Burbanks, 

 Jackson White. 

 Carman No. 1. 

 White Star. 



Chili. A small variety, from three- 

 fourths to an inch long. It is strong and 

 used for pepper sauce; very prolific. 



Coral Gem Bouquet. One of the finest 

 of the small sized varieties. Beautiful 



POTATOES. 



For Price List see. Red Pages in Back of Book. 



Pomme de Terre (Fr.), Kartoffel (Ger.) 



Bliss Early Triumph or Improved 



Bermuda. 

 Vermont Early Rose. 

 Breeze's Peerless or Boston. 

 Extra Early Vermont. 

 Beauty of Hebron. 

 White Elephant. 



CULTURE. — The above varieties were tried on the grounds of the Louisiana 

 • Experiment Station at Calhoun, La., and Audubon Park, New Orleans, among 150 

 different kinds tested they gave about the best results, both in yield and quality. 

 Potatoes thrive and produce best in a light, dry but rich soil. Well decomposed 

 stable manure is the best, but if not to be had, cotton seed meal, raw bone meal or 

 any other fertilizer should be used to make the ground rich enough. If the ground 

 was planted the fall previous with Cow Peas, which were plowed under, it will be 

 in good condition for potatoes. Good sized tubers should be selected for planting, 

 which can be cut in pieces not too small, each piece ought to contain at least three 

 eyes. Plant in drills from two to three feet apart, according to the space and 

 how to be cultivated afterwards. Field culture, two and a half to three feet apart; 

 for garden, two feet will answer. \A'e plant potatoes here from end of December 

 to end of March, but the surest time is about the first of February. If planted 

 earlier they should be planted deeper than if planted late and hilled up as they 

 grow. If potatoes are planted shallow and not hilled up soon, they will suffer more, 

 if caught by late frost, than if planted deep and not hilled up well. Early potatoes 

 have not the same value here as in the North, as the time of planting is so long, 

 and very often the first planting gets cut down by a frost, and a late planting, 

 which may be just peeping through the ground, will escape and produce in advance 

 of the first planted. A fair crop of potatoes can be raised here if planted in 

 August; if the autumn is not too dry, they will bring nice tubers by the end of 

 November. They should not be cut if planted at this time of the year, but planted 

 whole. They should be put in a moist place before planting, so they may sprout. 

 The early varieties are preferable for this time of planting. Most people are not 

 careful enough in selecting their seeds. Some of the potatoes sold in this market 

 for seed are not fit for planting. 



Vermont Early Rose. This is, without 

 any doubt, the best potato for the table. 

 It is oval, very shallow-eyed, pink 

 skinned, very dry and mealy when boiled. 

 This variety should not be planted too 

 soon, from the fact that they make small 

 stalks, and if cut down by frost they 

 suffer more than otner varieties; but 

 they want rich light soil to grow to per- 

 fection. 



Beauty of Hebron. We have tried this 

 variety thoroughly and found it in every 

 particular as has been represented. It is 

 earlier and more mealy than the Vermont 

 Early Rose, which resembles it very 

 much, being a little lighter and more 

 russeted in color. It is productive and 

 of excellent table quality. 



White Elephant. A fine late variety of 

 excellent quality, fine flavor, wonderfully- 



productive, of great beauty and a fine- 

 keeper. Tubers large and 3olid, growing 

 clo.-^ely together in the hills. 



Rural New Yorker No. 2. This potato 

 is the nearest to perfection of any yet 

 introduced, and exceeds all others in 

 yield. It is of large size, very smooth 

 skin; few eyes, distinct and shallow. 

 Flesh very white, of excellent table qual- 

 ity. 



Vermont Early Rose. 



Seed Potatoes a Specialty, Eastern and Tennessee Grown. 



