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Maine Seed Potatoes 



XX Early Potatoes. 



Tlie lluiiltun, 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 con- 

 \'inccd that Maine-grown seed are 

 the best, and, in the long run, 

 cheapest. Why not take the same 

 care in selecting j^our seed potatoes 

 as you would your cabbage. Our 

 stocks have been grown for seed 

 purposes, and are carefully selected 

 : r yield and purity. Get our 

 prices before you buy. We advise 

 our trade to place their orders 

 early this season, as we feel con- 

 fident that the prices will advance 

 very much as the planting season 

 advances. Several have told us 

 that seed gotten from our house 

 yields from 20 to 25 per cent more 

 than seed saved themselves and 

 those which were bought elsewhere. 

 We pride ourselves on our potato 

 business, and want your trade. 



Irish Cobbler Potato. It is 

 one of the most reliable and is fast 

 becoming one of the most popular 

 f the early varieties. Of hand- 

 iine cre^m white color and of 

 ' xcellent quality, making it most 

 '(■sirable for the best trade. It is 

 t vigorous grower, ripens uni- 

 formly, and is a good keeper. In 

 short, the best of all early potatoes 

 on the market. 



Houlton Early Rose. This is 

 our most popular potato; very 

 early; fine quality, and very pro- 

 ductive; known by all. 



XX Early. This is a potato 

 that comes to us very highly recom- 

 mended — one of the finest; free 

 from blight; rose color; productive. 



Green Mountain. The best 

 Free from blight and rot. Keeps well, 



second early potato now on the market; fine yielder; fine flavor; fine appearance 

 and is'always ready for the table. 

 "" Rural Blu.^h. 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, 

 an(^in g^/'^d sc-a-on makes a fine table sort. 



'- White McCormlck Potatoes. This'seems to have been produced by selection from the old pink or red McCormick 

 Potatoes. It has all the good characteristics of its parent, with the addition of being superior in quality and appearance. 

 This is distinctly a late sort and should be planted only in June and July. 



Prices on all Potatoes at market rates. 



Sweet Potato Roots 



Caltare._ Don't wait for a rain or a "season" to set out sweet potato plants. Harrow your ground well before laying o£f, then throw up the 

 ridges higher than you want them, and if the soil is very dry allow two or three days for the moisture to rise; then knock off the top o£ the ridge just 

 ahead of planting: niake a n;ud 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 twenty, into this, so that a large quantity of the mud clings to them. 



Big Stem Sweet Potatoes. They are fine size, and the yield has astonished our most critical trade. They make 



only a ver.- few, and in sorr.e 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 and our trade has grown very large on them. 



Sweet Potato Plants. Rooted sUps ready in May. The young plants should be set in May and June. A light soil 

 and s-onny location are preferable. Per 100, 25c.; 1000, $2.00. Special prices on large lots. 



FREE BY MAIL. To our patrons we offer to deliver all Garden and Flower Seed by Parcel Post at catalogue 

 price, if order is accompanied with cash. This does not apply to Peas. Beans, Potatoes, Onion Sets and Corn, 

 which will have to be sent by Express or Freight, charges collect. COMPARE OUR PRICES. 



