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



MAINE SEED POTATOES 



The HOULTON (MAINE) SEED POTATOES 

 are universally acknowledged 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. "Why not take 

 the same care in selecting your seed potatoes as 

 you would your cabbage? Our stocks have been 

 grown for seed purposes, and are carefully se- 

 lected for yield and purity. Get our prices be- 

 fore you buy. Several have told ns that seec i 

 gotten from our house yields from 20% to 259. 

 more than seed saved b.v themselves. 



If shipments are requested during severe cold 

 weather, the tubers travel solely at ])urchaser's 

 risk. 



Trust Buster (Bolgiano's new exlra early 

 seed potato). The great success of tjiis new 

 potato is assured from the wonderful reports we 

 have received the last few years. 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 peals readily and they cook dry and mealy. 

 Peck, $1.00; bushel, $3.40; barrel, $8.50. 



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. Peck, $1.00; 

 bushel, $3.25; barrel, $8.00. 



Houlton Early Rose. This is a popular po- 

 tato ; very early ; fine quality, and very produc- 

 tive. Peck, $1.00; bushel, $3.25; barrel, $8.00. 



XX Early, or Early Ohio. This is a potato 

 that comes to us very highly recommended — one 

 of the finest, practically free from blight ; rose color 

 ductive. Peck, $1.00; bushel, $3.25; barrel, $8.00. 



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. Peck, $1.00; bushel, $3.25 ; barrel, $8.00. 



"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 rufiied or netted. Peck, 

 $1.00;' bushel, $3.40; barrel, $8.50. 



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. Peck, $1.00; bushel, $3.25; 

 barrel, $8.00. 



Spaldmg. Earliest Rose White in the world : good crop- 

 per; fine appearance. Peck, $1.00; bushel, $3.25; bbl. $8. 



Americ£in Giants. One of the most popular of the new 

 heavy yielding potatoes. Pk. $1; bus. $3.25; bbl. $8. 



Burbank Seeding. An old standard, popular on account 

 of its fine eating quality. Pk. $1; bus. $3.25; bbl. $8. 



Early Round Six Weeks. Ready for table in six weeks. 

 Peck, $1.00; bushel, $3.25 ; barrel, $8.00, 



Ensign Bagley, or White Rose. An exceUent cropper, 

 smooth, not susceptible to disease. Peck, $1.00; bushel, 

 $3.25; barrel, $8.00. 



ALL PRICES SUBJECT 



Plucky Baltimore. Snowy white, about the size and 

 shape of the Houlton Early Rose. They are enormously pro- 

 ductive, yielding as much as 250 to 350 bushels per acre of 

 most attractive, marketable potatoes. Peck, $1,00; bushel, 

 $3.40; barrel, $8.50. 



Gray's Mortgage Lif4:er. it is an early variety, pure 

 white, large handsome size, distinctive in shape, being long, 

 well filled and tapering at both ends. Eyes are strong and 

 well set, not too deeply, however. It certainly is a beauty. 

 Peck, $1.00; bushel, $3.40; barrel, $8.50. 



McCormick. Should be planted in July and early in 

 August, It is one of the heaviest yielders. Peck, 85 cts.; 

 bushel, $3.00; barrel, $7.00. 



SWEET POTATO ROOTS 



CTTIiTUBZ:. 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 to 3 days for the moisture to rise; 

 then knock off the top of the ridg-e just ahead of planting; make 

 a mud batter with water and clay loam, or, better, with the ad- 

 dition 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. 



Big Stem 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. 



Jersey Sweet Potatoes. 



any description. We get 

 New Jersey. 



Sweet Potato Plants. 



Ai-e too well known to require 

 these from reliable growers in 



Rooted slips ready in May. The 



young plants should be set in May and June. 

 TO MARKET CHANGES 



