HIGH QUALITY VEGETABLE SEEDS. 



Ten bushels of Potatoes will 

 plant an acre. 



POTATOES 



Karloffeln, Ger. 



SELECT LIST OF STANDARD MAINE GROWN VARIETIES, TRUE TO NAME. 



CULTURE. — The soil best suited to the Potato is a ricii sandy loam, but it seems to tbirive in any soli 

 or climate. Tbe Potato, being a gross feeder, requires a liberal application of manure; if stable manure is to 

 be used, It should be well rotted, and not allowed to come in contact with the tubers. On no other crop are 

 the results from the use of phosphates so manifest as the Potato; almost invariably the tubers are smoother, 

 brighter and freer from rust and the destructive influenre of wire worms. For fertilizer I would recommend 

 Mapes Economical Potato Manure. This is highly balanced, and contains 10 per cent of sulphate of potash. 

 Plant as early in the spring as the ground can be thoroughly woriied, in rows of 3 feet apart and 1 foot in 

 the rows; covering in light, warm soil about 4 inches, and in cold, wet ground about 3 inches deep; draw the 

 earth to tlie plants as they advance in growth. 



A CHANGE OF STOCK SEED IS A GREAT BENEFIT. 



ALL OF THE EARLY SEED POTATOES I SELL ARE GROWN IN MAINE. 



Though Potato growing is one of the main industries of our country, many farmers think 

 that all that is necessary is to plant any seed on any soil, and harvest the crop, blaming the 

 season for poor yield. Some reasons for poor crops are want of good seed, care, cultivation 

 and fertilizing. Change of stock seed also is one of the requisites necessary to success; any 

 one variety of Potato loses both in quality and yield by growing from the same strain of 

 seed every year; so a change is desirable. A farmer should also be constantly experimenting 

 with new varieties, and find out which are best adapted to his needs and' soil. 



Prices variable. Write me for special prices in quantities. 



nniiMp X F;irlv ^^^^ earliest and 



UOUDIC A cany ^^^^ Potatoes grown. No 



other Potato has more friends nor a better 

 reputation than the Double X around Wash- 

 ington and vicinity. The tubers are oblong- 

 oval, round at the seed end, with eyes that 

 are almost even with the surface. An ex- 

 cellent keeper, very productive, of fine quality, 

 and has proved to be a most valuable addition 

 to my list of extra early varieties. 



Early Rose ^"""-'^ J^^^, °^ ^^is variety is 



very difficult to get. I am care- 

 ful in the stock which I handle of this and 

 promise customers as good a strain of this old 

 time variety as can be had anywhere. 



McCormick ^ very popular late sort; in fact, 

 too well known for me to de- 

 scribe. Plant along in June or July and you 

 will receive a yield that will surprise you. This 

 is its main feature. 



IricK rnKKI<>r This new variety is as early as 

 iribn V^ODDier the Double X. Tubers a beau- 

 tiful creamy white; eyes strong, well developed 

 and but slightly indented; flesh white and skin 

 often netted. Quality fine. It is so extremely 

 early that it will not yield with some of the 

 later varieties, but for early market and home 

 garden I advise all to give it a trial. 



Honcovc Rose ^ ^^^^^^ "'^"^ ^^fi^' 



J ties, an improvement over the 



old Early Rose, being larger and finer bred. It 

 does well on any soil, and will produce hand- 

 some Potatoes when other sorts are a failure. 

 A fine cooker and yielder. 



Green Mountain ^^^^f' handsome, white 



Potato, a prolific yielder, 

 fine eating quality, cooking dry and mealy; 

 a potato that has largely superseded other va- 

 rieties throughout this part of the country. 

 It is medium early and gives excellent re- 

 sults on all kinds of soil. The flesh is very 

 white with a flavor all of its* own. 



Piiral Rliich This Potato is so popular 

 KUPdl DIUSn among farmers that it hardly 

 needs an introduction. It yields first-class 

 having few under-sized potatoes in the hill, 

 all are practically salable. It cooks white and 

 mealy, and keeps throughout the winter. 



WFFT POTATO ROOT^ anH PI ANIT^ Stems and Jersey Roots ready about April ist. 

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