GARDEN MANUAL FOR THE SOUTHERN STATES. 



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Irish Cobbler. 



ZSISH COBBZiEB. — A comparatively new 

 and very early variety, extensively grown 

 for market and shipping- purposes. The 

 tubers are very handsome, almost uniform 

 In shape and size. Flesh white and excel- 

 lent, skin cream with buff and white net- 

 ting. It is a heavy cropper and has been 

 extensively planted in the East and West 

 and is goins: to be largely planted in 

 Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas. Wr? 

 recommend it hi^hlv. 



BBEEZE's fi:z:ri.i:ss ob boston*.— 



Several years ago this variety was intro- 

 duced, yet at present it is the leading- kind 



SEEBENB. 



for market as well as for family use. Skin 

 dull white, sometimes slightly russetcd; 

 eyes few and shallow, round, occasionally 

 oblong; grows to a large size; very pro- 

 ductive, and earlier than the Jackson 

 White. It is a general favorite in this 

 section. 



WEITX: STAB. — A very handsome and 

 productive variety of medium earlinese; 

 tubers oblong, large and uniform in size; 

 vines strong, of a dark green color, stocky 

 and vigorous; skin and flesh white and of 

 fine quality; an excellent table variety, and 

 keeps well. 



Vermont Barly Bose. 



VERMONT BABIiT ROSE. — This is 

 without doubt the best potato for the table. 

 It is oval, very shallow-eyed, pink skinned, 

 very dry and mealy when boiled. This va- 

 riety should not be planted too soon, from 

 the fact that they make small stalks, and 

 if cut down by frost they suffer more than 

 other varieties, but they want rich light 

 soil to grow to perfection. 



RURAl^ NEW YORKER No. 2. — This Po- 

 tato 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 quality. 



THE GEM SEED POTATO CUTTER. — Has all 



the essential features necessary to a first-class 

 tool. It will cut any size potato in pieces uni- 

 form in size, thereby insuring more accurate 

 planting when power planting is used. The 

 operator, to get the best results, will pick up the 

 tuber, look for the seed or blossom end, passing 

 it over the knife on upper side of pressure lever, 

 thus removing the cause of so many empty 

 potato hills in your potato patch. Weight 12 lbs. 

 packed. Price $2.50. 



FORMUI.A FOR SCALY POTATOES. — One 



pint of formaldehyde to 30 gallons of water, 

 soaking the seed potatoes in the solution two 

 hours before planting, allowing them to dry 

 thoroughly before cutting. As the formaldehyde 

 solution does not lose its strength, keep on using 

 the same solution as long as there are potatoes 

 to be planted. This is very effective. 



SWEET POTATOES. 



Por Price List Seed Red Pagfes in Back of Book. Slips 10c. per dozen; 30c. per 100; 



$2.50 per 1,000. 



Convolvulus Batatas. 



CUIiTURE. — The Sweet Potato is, next to corn, the most important food crop in 

 the South. They are a wholesome and nutritious diet, good for man and beast. Though 

 cultivated to a limited extent on the sandy lands of New Jersey and some of the Middle 

 States, it thrives best on the light ricli lands of the South, whicli bring their red and 

 golden fruits to greatest perfection under the benign rays of a Southern sun. Some 

 plant early in Spring the potato itself in the prepared ridges, and cut the vines from the 

 potato when large enough and plant them out; others start the potatoes in a bed prej*ared 



Steckler's Turnip Seeds Produce the Largest and Finest Formed Roots. 



