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F. W. BOLG1ANO & CO., INC., Washington, D. C. 



MAINE SEED POTATOES 



The HOULT ON (MAINE) SEED 

 POTATOES are universally acknowl- 

 edged 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 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 confident that the prices will ad- 

 vance very much as the planting season 

 advances. 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 

 weather, the tubers travel solely at purchaser's 

 Irish Cohbler. 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. This 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. 



cold 

 risk. 



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. Write for prices. 



Hills eight feet apart. 



CULTURE. May be planted mid- 

 dle of spring, among the Indian 

 corn or in the field or garden, in 

 hills 8 or 10 feet apart each way, 

 four seeds in a hill. In other re- 

 spects are cultivated in same man- 

 ner as melons and cucumbers. 

 Avoid planting them near other va- 

 rieties. 



Two pounds to the Acre. 



flavor : 



5 and 10 cts.; 



PUMPKIN 



C59. Small Sugar. A very handsome little pumpkin with deep 

 orange-colored skin and flesh of unusually fine, sugary 

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

 15 cts.; % lb. 35 cts-; lb. $1.25. 



126. Large Sweet Cheese. A most popular variety; 



fruit flattened; skin mottled light green and yellow, chang- 

 ing to rich cream color as it matures. Flesh 

 yellow, thick and tender. Prts. 5 and 10 

 cts.; oz. 15 cts.; y A lb. 30 cts.; lb. $1.00- 



75. 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-; l / A lb. 35 cts.; lb. $1.25. 



C36. Sweet Potato. The finest variety 

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

 cts.; y A lb. 30 cts.; lb. $1.00. 



158. Connecticut Field, or Large 

 Yellow. The common field variety. Ex- 

 cellent for feeding. Pkts. 5 and 10 cts.; oz. 

 Green Striped Cushaw and SmaU Sugar Pumpkin. 15 cts .; % lb. 30 cts.; lb. $1.00. 



C20. 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-; % lb. 35 cts.; lb. $1.25. 



