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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 



,-e>t. we get • H ami productiveness we are convinced that Blaine 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 ca 1 locks have been grown for seed purposes, and are carefully selected for yield and 



purity. Our sales have each year increased until last year we sold over 10,000 bushels of Seed Potatoes. Get our 

 prices before you buy. We advise our trade to place their orders early this season, as we feel confident that the 

 prices will advance very much as the planting season advances. We are much gratified with the reports that are 

 coming in from last season's crop. Several have told us that seed gotten from our house have yielded from 20 to 

 25 per cent more thin seed save! themselves and those which were bought elsewhere. We pride ourselves on 

 our potato business, and want your trade. 



Iloiilton llarlx II<>M'.— This isour most popular 

 potato : very early : fine quality and very productive ; 

 known by all. 



I :<>\ ee.— Acknowledged to be extra early and of 

 fine quality ; pleased our trade very much the past 

 season. 



\ \ Early. — This is a potato that comes to us very 

 highly recommended— one of the finest ; free from 

 blight, rose color, productive. Some people are go- 

 ing to plant their crop of this kind this season after 

 trial the past season. Stock limited. 



i;.nl\ Northers. Extra early: very prolific: 

 shape and color of Early Rose. We recommend this 

 potato. 



Ni\\ Queen. — Extra early white potato; fine 

 cropper, and makes very few small potatoes. 



(.1.111 Mountains. —The best second early 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. 



Honeoye Rose.— Fine large tubers; handsome 

 color ; good table variety ; suits poor soil. 



Carman No. • *• The most productive late pota- 

 toes ; very large tubers ; handsome form and few and 

 shallow eyes. 



Sir Walter Raleigh.— New variety, producing 

 fine, large potatoes, in fact, all of a market size ; 

 white and mealy. 



Crown -Jewels.— Are the second crop potatoes 

 and are recommended for their large yield. 



Rural Blush. — A second crop potato; heavy 

 cropper ; does well where other sorts fail. 



McCormick, or German Peach Blow.— 

 Should be planted in July and early August. It is one 

 of the heaviest yielders, and in good season makes a 

 fine table sort. 



The Seed Potatoes I bought of you turned out at least forty per cent more than seed I saved myself. 



Robert H. Miller, Maryland 



RHUBARB. 



Rhubarb.) 



Very familiarly known as the Pie Plant. The foot stalk is the portion that is used, and is the first vegetable 

 of the season from the garden ; cultivated to a great extent, and is indepensable wherever it is known. Sow the 

 seed early in the spring, in rows 1 foot apart, on rich ground ; the second year after planting they can be removed, 

 in autumn, to the permanent spot allotted to them ; plant the roots 2 feet apart each way, in ground that is well en- 

 riched, at least two feet deep. Packet, 10 cents. Ounce, 20 cents. One quarter of a pound, 50 cents. Pound, 

 J1.50. Roots, 75 cents per dozen ; $4.00 per hundred. 



