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



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MAINE SEED POTATOES 



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The H O U L- 



TON (MAINE) 

 SEED POTA- 

 TOES are uni- 

 versally acknowl- 

 edged to be the 

 best; grown in the 

 cold Noi'th, 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 pota- 

 toes as you would 

 your cabbage? 



Trust Buster. 



(Bolgiano's extra 

 early seed potato) 



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. 



Irish Cobblers 



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. 



POTATO FERTILIZER 

 We Recommend 4-8-5 



Contains those elements e.'^sea- 

 tial to grow quality potatoes. 

 See page 80. 



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 mois- 

 ture 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 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. 



Early Long Six Weeks. 



weeks. 



Ready for the table in six 



Red Bliss Triumph, or Improved Red Bermuda. 



One of the earliest varieties grown; its great productiveness, 

 handsome C"lor and re.=istance to disease make it most popu- 

 lar. 



Spalding Early Rose. This is a popular potato; very 

 early; fine quality, and very productive. 



Potatoes for June and July Planting 



We carry in cold storage all the leading varieties so 

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

 dition. Write for prices. 



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 presen-es 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, 4 ozs. 50 cts.; 1 lb. $1.75; 5 lbs. $8.00; 2.") 

 lbs. $31.25. Full directions for using Semesan Bel, as 

 well as a summary of the results obtained by promi- 

 nent potato growers and Agricultural Experiment Sta- 

 tions will be found in the Semesan Bel Potato Booklet 

 which we will mail free to your address on request. <% 



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