Bolgiano's Selected Seed Potatoes. 



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MAINE SEED POTATOES 



The HOULTON (MAINE) SEED 

 POTATOES are universally acknowl- 

 edged to 1>« the best ; grown in the cold 

 North, where Nature conspires against 

 all but the strongest, we get our best seed. 

 For carlincss and productiveness we are 

 convinced that Maine-grown seed are the 

 best. and. in ihe long run. cheapest. Why 

 not take the same care in selecting your 

 seed potatoes as you would your cab- 

 bage? Our stocks have been grown for 

 seed purposes, and are carefully selected 

 for yield and purity. Get our prices be- 

 fore you buy. We advise our trade to 

 place their orders early this season, as 

 we feel condert that the prices will ad- 

 vance very much as the planting season 

 advances. Scvcnil have told us thnt seed 

 gotten from our house yields from 2(T~r to 

 2S^c more than seed saved by themselves. 



If shipments are requested during severe cold 

 weather, the tubers travel solely at purchaser's risk. 

 Irish Cobbler. It is one of the most reliable and 

 is fast becoming the most popular of the early va- 

 rieties. Of handsome cream white color and of ex- 

 cellent quality, making it most desirable for the best 

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

 and is a good keeper. 



Houlton Early Rose. This is a popular potato; 

 very early; fine quality, and very productive. 

 XX Early, or Early Ohio. Tlrs is a potato 

 that comes to us very highly recommended — one of 

 the finest ; practically free from blight ; rose color ; 

 productive. 

 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. 

 McCormick. Should be planted in July and early 

 August. It is one of the heaviest yielders. 



Green Mountain Potatoes. 



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 to 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. 



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. Are too well known to 



require any description. We get these from reliable 

 growers in New Jersey. 



Sweet Potato Plants. Rooted slips ready in May. 

 The young plants should be set in May and June. 



Prices on all Potatoes at market rates. 



Hills eight feet apart. 



CULTURE. May be planted mid- 

 dle of spring, among ihc 1"H an 

 corn or in the field or garden, in 

 hills 8 or 10 feet apart each way, 

 four seeds in a hill. In oilier re- 

 spects are cultivated in same man- 

 ner as melons and cucumbers. 

 Avoid planting them near other 

 rieties. 



PUMPKIN 



Write for prices. 



Two pounds to the Acre. 



ireen striped Cushaw and Small Sugar Pumpldn. 



Small Sugar. A very handsome little pumpkin with deep 

 orange-colored skin and flesh of unusually fine, sugary 

 flavor ; fine-grained, very productive, and keeps well. Pkts. 

 5 and 10 cts.; oz. 15 cts.; 54 lb. 35 cts.; lb. $1.00. 



Large Sweet Cheese. A most popular variety ; fruit flat- 

 tened ; skin mottled light green and yellow, changing to rich 

 cream color as it matures. Flesh yellow, 

 thick and tender. Pkts. 5 and 10 cts.; 

 oz. 15 cts.; 54 lb. 35 cts.; lb. $1.00. 



Yellow Winter Crookneck. Fruits are 

 about 2 feet long, with solid, meaty, curvy 

 neck. Seed located in bulb-like end ; color 

 solid yellow. Pkts. 5 and 10 cts.; oz. 15 

 cts.; J4 lb. 35 cts.; lb. $1.25. 



Sweet Potato. The finest variety for 

 table use. Pkts. 5 and 10 cts.; oz. 15 cts.; 

 '4 lb. 35 cts.; lb. $1.00. 



Connecticut Field, or Large Yellow. 

 r he common field variety. Excellent for 

 ceding. Pkts. 5 and 10 cts.; oz. 15 cts.; 

 54 lb. 35 cts.; lb. $1.00. 



Green Striped Cushaw. Fruits very large, with crooked neck. Color creamy white, irregularly striped 

 or traced with green. Flesh light yellow, very thick, rather coarse but sweet. This sort is very productive 

 and popular in some sections. Pkts. 5 and 10 cts.; oz. 15 cts.; 54 lb. 35 cts.; lb. $1.25. 



