J. M. Thorburn & Co.'s Catalogue of Skeds. 33 



Potato. 



Pomm2 de Terre. Patata. Slartoffel. 



Culture. — In order to have the best success ingrowing Potatoes, and to secure healthy, vigorous growth 



and a crop free from rot, 

 it is necessary to plant 

 as early as the ground 

 can be made ready. 

 Select a rich soil, and 

 plant in rows three feet 

 apart, and the sets one 

 foot in the rows. To 

 kill the young weeds, 

 run a light steel-tooth 

 harrow over the field 

 lengthwise of the rows. 

 This will allow the crop 

 to get the start of the 

 weeds, besides breaking 

 up all lumps and level- 

 ing the ground ready 

 fur the cultivator. If 

 wood-ashes and plaster 

 can be procured, sow 



a good dressing over the field after the Potatoes are up. If a very early crop is desired, it will be necessary to 

 tprout the Potatoes before planting. Cut the Potatoes into pieces of any size desirable, and place in a warm, 

 light room from four to six weeks before required for planting in the open ground. During this time shoots will 

 star^ out strong and vigorous, so that, as soon as planted, they will send out roots and grow much more rapidly 

 than those treated in the ordinary way. Another method is to place the sets in a hot-bed two weeks before they 

 are wanted, and then lift carefully and set out on fresh horse-dung, so that the heat will cause them to start at 

 ance. If the Colorado potato-beetle makes its appearance, the vines must be dusted with Paris green, mixed 

 with about eighty parts of plaster ; or, what is better, mix the Paris green in w r ater, one small tablespoonful to a 

 pail, and apply with a small brush or broom. Take care to stir the mixture often, or else the Paris green will 

 settle to the bottom. Two or three applications during the season will usually suffice to clea off all the beetles. 

 These are the prices ruling i:i January ; later on they may be higher. 





EARLY VARIETIES. 



Per 



Per 



Per 



Per 









pk. 



bus. 



bbl. 



134s 



Carman No. 1. Largest size, handsomest form, greatest yielder, finest table 













quality. For full description, see Novelties. Price, per barrel, £26 ; bushel, £10 ; 













half bushel, S5.50 ; peck, 63; half-peck, 62 ; 4 pounds for $1.50; 2 pounds by 













mail, postage paid, for %\ ; one pound by mail, postage paid, for 75 cts.; per 













pound, 50 cts. Not less than one pound sold. 











1349 



The Thorburn. Earliest and best of all productive sorts. A seedling of Beauty 















So 40 | 



to 60 



$1 7-5 



$4 00 



1350 



Beauty of Hebron. Slightly flesh-colored skin, with pure white flesh ; one cf 















40 



60 



1 75 



4 00 



1355 



Early Puritan. White skin and flesh ; moderately earlv 



40 



60 



1 75 



4 00 



1357 





40 



60 



1 75 



4 00 



1362 





40 



60 



1 75 



4 00 





INTERMEDIATE AND LATE VARIETIES. 











1366 



Rural New-Yorker No, 2. Very few and shallow eyes ; pure white skin and 













flesh ; unexcelled table quality ; immense yielder, and intermediate in ripening 



40 



60 



1 75 



4 CO 



1372 



New Queen. In shape and color resembling White Elephant ; fine quality . . . 



40 



60 



1 75 



4 00 



1382 



State of Maine. Very productive ; white skin and flesh ; free from rot, and of 













superior quality ; fine late variety 



40 



60 



1 75 



4 00 



1393 



Late Beauty of Hebron. Resembling White Elephant 



40 



6o 



1 75 



4 00 



*394 



Delaware. Large, and of fine quality ; in color white, and in shape a little flat- 















40 



60 



1 75 



4 00 



1396 



Bright Red. The well-known Bermuda Potato 



40 



60 



1 75 



4 00 



1401 



Morning Star. A seedling of Beauty cf Hebron ; pure white, of first-rate quality, 















40 



60 



» 75 



4 or; 



