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J. M. Thorburn & Co., 15 John- St., New York. 



POTATO. 



Pomme de Terre. Patatas. ftartoffel. 



Culture.— In order to have the best success in growing 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 

 for 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 sprout 

 the Potatoes before 

 planting. Cut the Po- 

 tatoes 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 start 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 hotbed 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 once. 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 water, 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 clean off all the beetles. 



£2£f These are the prices ruling in January ; later on they may be higher. 



CARMAN NO. I POTATO. 



1349 



1350 



1352 

 1355 



I3S7 



1362 



1363 

 1364 

 1365 



1368 



1369 



1370 



1382 



1393 

 139; 



1402 



1403 



■ EARLY VARIETIES. 



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The Thorburn. We recommend it as positively the best for first crop. Earliest 

 and best of all productive sorts. A seedling of Beauty of Hebron, which it 

 resembles ; quality is unsurpassed $ 



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

 most popular early varieties in cultivation 



New Queen. Productive and of fine quality 



Early Puritan. White skin and flesh ; moderately early 



Early Sunrise. The true type of Early Rose 



Sunlit Star. Skin clouded with rose color ; quality good 



True Early Rose 



Early Ohio. Round tubers ; very early ; fine quality 



Early Maine. Smooth ; extra early ; very productive 



INTERMEDIATE AND LATE VARIETIES. 



Carman No. 1. In every respect the finest second early Potato ever offered. 



Per 

 P k. 



Per 

 pk. 



Per 

 bus. 



Per 

 bbl. 



Carman No. 3. By far the best late Potato grown ; enormous yielder ; largest 

 and handsomest tubers ; finest quality. (For description, see Novelties.) One 

 pound by mail, postage paid, 25 cts 



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

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



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

 superior quality ; fine late variety 



Late Beauty of Hebron. Productive and of first quality 



Delaware. Large, and of fine quality ; in color white ; immense yielder .... 



Empire State. Very productive ; flesh white and floury ; skin white and smooth 



Irish Daisy. Very productive ; good shape ; late 



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