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



POTATO. 



Grown expressly for Seed. 



Pomme de Terre. , Patatas. £artoffel. 

 Culture.— In order to have the best success in growing Potatoes, it is necessary to plant as early as the 



ground can be made 

 ready. Select a rich 

 soil, and plant in rows 



3 feet apart, and the sets 

 1 foot in the rows. 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 for 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 80 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. 



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



1349 



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 1362 



1363 

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 1365 



1367 

 1368 



1369 

 1370 



1382 

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EARLY VARIETIES. 



Per^pk. Pk. Bus. Bbl. 

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

 earliest of all productive sorts, and the best in quality. It is a seedling of Beauty 



of Hebron, and resembles that fine variety in appearance $0 40 $0 60 $1 75 $3 25 



Beauty of Hebron. Slightly flesh-colored skin, with pure white flesh 35 



Early Sunrise. The true type of Early Rose ; very early and productive ... 35 



Clark No. 1. Extra early and very productive ; fine quality 35 



Sunlit Star. Skin clouded with rose color ; quality good 35 



True Early Rose. Very early, fine quality ; very productive 35 



Early Ohio. Round tubers ; very early ; fine quality • 35 



Early Maine. Smooth ; extra early ; very productive 40 



INTERMEDIATE AND LATE VARIETIES. 



THORBURN NEW WHITE PEACH-BLOW. (For description, see Novel 

 ties, page 10.) 2 lbs. by mail for 60 cts. . 



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

 enormous yielder, handsome and uniformly large, ; peculiarly white skin and 

 flesh; perfect in quality and very dry 



Carman No. 3. By far the best late Potato ; the greatest yielder ever intro- 

 duced ; largest and handsomest tubers ; finest quality. Best of all for field culture 



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 ; superior quality . . . 



White Elephant. Very productive ; large size and good quality 



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



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



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