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[February. 



THE MAPES COMPLETE MANURES, 



For Early Potatoes, Vegetables and General Crops. 



TOBACCO AND FRUITS. 



Messrs. (J. H. & J. H. HALE, Proprietors of the " Elm Fruit Farm." South Glastonbury. Conn., write, November 7, 1881 : " Have tested almost every manure used in 



the Connecticut Valley for tol wen-growing, and if next spring we were to plant twenty a. -res of tol.ao very acre ot it would be manured with Ibe Mapes Tobacco Manure 



(Connecticut Brand). Any one opposed to the use of commercial fertilizer* is cordially invited to visit our fruit-farm of liftv acres, on which nothing else has been used for 

 five years, anil v e think none will be, so long as we can get as good results as at present." 



TOBACCO AND CORN. 



J. E. WIGHT & SON, North Hatfield, Mass., write, November 11, 1881 : " We have used the Mapes Tobacco Fertilizer for the past three years on one acre of poor land, 

 and can say that I .lion lbs. per acre has produced better tobacco than where we have used eight cords of stable manure to the acre. We sw eat our tobacco and sell to the man- 

 ufacturers', anil have always been able to obtain « binb, r price for the ferliliyd tobacco than for the manured tobacco. We also used the Mapes Corn Fertilizer, forty dollars' 

 worth on four acres, and harvested Slid bushels of ears of sound corn -soil light, anil has been cropped w ith corn and rye for the past twenty years, and lias received no 

 manure for ten years." 



POTATOES AND CORN. 



Messrs. E. & J. C. AVII.E1AMS, Proprietors of the Chestnut Hill Nurseries, Montclair, N. J., December 27, 1881, writes : " We have kept no record that will show in 

 figures the comparative ri'sults from the use of the Mipes Complete Manures. For several years, how ever, our potato and corn crops have been grown bv the use of the 

 Mapes Complete Manures alone, and the yields have invariably been more than satisfactory. We have found it i mjiossi/./e /„ obtain smooth /»./«/<«•* our soil by 'using barn-yard 

 manure, but since we have been using the Maj.es potato Manure we have experienced no further trouble. The fact that we continue to use an increased quantity of the Mapes 

 Manures each year, is good evidence that w e think well of them, and w e unhesitatingly recommend th»m to farmers." 



SWEET CORN, POTATOES, CABBAGES AND GREEN PEAS. 



K. F. SCHWAKZ, Analomink, Monroe Co., Penn., October 28, 1881, reports : " Sweet Corn.— 600 lbs. per acre of the Mapes Corn Manure. Yield was 27,000 good ears 

 on one and a half acres. From five tons of wood ashes (tannery ashes) per acre, yield « as m,l one-Dura 1 as many marketable ears. Yield from natural soil was only aim good 

 ears mi on, --fourth acre. Potatoes, sail lbs. per a. 're of (be Mapes Potato Manure. Yield n,n bushels per acre Yield from natural soil M bushels per acre. Cabbages. 

 —1.000 lbs. per acre of the Mapes Complete Manure. Out of s.iiuii plants there , r , r, „„/ .'nil plants ili.il 'lot „„i loo, I. Tin- beads were larger and the yield much better than where 

 stable manure (2(1 tons per acre > was used alongside. Green Feas.— SOU lbs. per acre of the Mapes " a " Brand. Yield w as I'd bushels of green peas on one and three- 

 fourths acres. -The extraordinary drought of the past season has prevented the Mapes Manures from giving the best effect, particularly on late crops." 



Extract from the AMERICAN AGRICUI.TIRIST, February, 1882. 



" Among the makers of fertilizers ' The Mapes Formula and Peruvian Guano Company ' early took the ground that the proper w ay to build up a reputation was to court 

 analyses of their fertilizers. We have recently been shown the ret urns ot some Tin irrv analyses, made at different experiment stations. Tie- samples were in part sent 

 by farmers and in part were taken by representatives of the stations from stock on sale. In No Cask did the Pek<'i-:xt.\(;hx ok Tin-; Viluakle Constituents Fall 

 SHORT of the Amount Claimed. The valuation at the stations, as calculated from t In- analysis, averaged fur the w hole $1.15 per Ton 11 101 1 El: than THE SELLING 

 PRICE. Some samples were worth rather more, and some a little less, but the average is as above stated. It is but proper to add that the results obtained by the tobacco 



growers in Com tieut, the grow ers of asparagus, cauliflowers and other ' truck ' on Long Island, and the potato and wheat farmers of New Jersey, all show that the plants 



lind in the fertilizers the value indicated by the chemists." 



SEND POSTAL FOR NJEW PAMPHLET (Issued in February). 



THE MAPES FORMULA & PERUVIAN GUANO COMPANY, 



Agricultural Chemists, 158 Front Street, New York. 



New stock of No. 1 Peruvian Guano, " Standard," " Lotos," and " Guaranteed." Send for prices. 



PRINCE'S FOUNTAIN GOLD PEN 



Holds Ink for Fifteen 

 Honrs' Writing. 



Dear Sir, : I have used ; 

 every pju of this description 

 after a person lias once used 



TESTIMONIAL.- 



for about ten years an 

 ne result : the new pen 

 r be satisfied with any 



restored to fa 



It lias given Universal Sat- 

 isfaction for the past 

 Twenty-five Years. 



OFFICE OF AMI I.D \\ GARDEN, 

 made. During this period I have tested nearlv 

 T. There is this obje "" 



Also the EVER READY FOUNTAIN GOLD FEIST. 



d by experts to he the best Fountain Pen made. 



JOHN S. PURDY, 165 Fulton Street, New York. 



The Earliest Potato Known. 



A very early variety for farm and garden culture, also 

 for forcing under glass; tit for the table ten or fifteen 

 clays before the Early Rose. ( it medium size, clear white 

 with the slightest tinge of red about the eyes ; flesh very 

 white, line grained, dry and of excellent flavor; quality 

 of the highest excellence. A first-class certificate was 

 awarded by the Royal Horticultural Society of London, 

 in |s7l. A silver medal was also awarded bv the Massa- 

 chusetts Horticultural Society. We can recommend this 

 with the greatest confidence as the very best early 

 variety in cultivation. 

 Per pound, all cents : three pounds to one address, *l--'">. 



°" ' freight, charges paid bv 



■1, $:i.OO ; barrel, $7.00. 



B. K. liLISS & SONS, 



34 Barclay St., New York. 



RELIABLE ONION SEEDS. 



bulbs, and carefully tested 

 with the greatest confidence 

 in this or any other market. 



St.;:, 



Extra Early Red, 

 Earlv Red, 



Wetherslield Large Ked 

 Danvers Yellow, 

 Yellow Dutch. 

 "White Portugal. 

 Red Globe, 

 "White Globe, 



In lots of 5 lbs. and over, 50 cents per lb. may be de 



ucted. Special p: " 



Postage must be 

 when ordered by mail 

 B. K. BLISS & SONS, 34 Barclay St., New York 



The Earliest and Best Dwarf Wrinkled Pea, 



THE MOST DESIRABLE 



PEA EVER INTRODUCED. 



. WON D E P. 



Extra Early, 



Requires No Bushing. Exquisite Flavor. 



The hest variety for forcing under glass, and the 



best for early sowing in the garden. 

 Jt^" On account of its exceedingly dwarf habit.it can be 

 grown in Hot-Beds, like cucumbers or lettuce. 



This new and fine-flavored variety is a seedling, the result 

 of across between the favorite varieties, Champion of Eng- 

 land and Little Gem, raised by Mr. Charles Arnold, the well- 

 known Canadian agriculturist. It combines all the good 

 qualities of both of its parents, with the additional ones of 

 superiority in flavor to the Champion and of greater product- 

 iveness than the Little Gem, besides being earlier than any 

 other of the wrinkled varieties. Peas planted June 5th were 

 ready for the table in thirty-three, days from date of planting. 

 On good soil, each vine will average twelve pods, and each 

 pod six peas. Twenty-seven to forty-one pods have been 

 counted on some vines, and nine large peas in some of the 

 pods, and every pod is well filled. The vine grows from 

 eight to ten inches high, according to the soil and season. 

 Having full confidence in the superiority of this variety, we 

 bought the entire stock of the originator, and first offered 

 them in the spring of lsys, since which they have been tested 

 in various parts of the world, and have met with the unqual- 

 ified approval of all who have given them a trial, For the 

 past three years the demand has been far greater than the 

 supply, and we have been unable to fill our orders. 



CAUTION.— As there is another pea in the market called 

 " American "Wonder," be sure and call for " Bliss's Ameri- 

 can Wonder," and receive no other. 



J8L— Your peas are wonderful, none others so good. I do not 

 other year any others, early or late. They beat the Alpha in earliness, and out of sight in flavor. 

 From Hon. Marshall P. AVilder, Pres. American Pomological Society, Ex-Pres. U. S. Agricultural Society, 

 June 30, 1881.-MY American Wonder is a wonder, equal in sweetness and richness to the Champion of England, 

 which is all that could be desired. 



One of our growers writes, August 25, 1881 : Twenty-seven and one-sixth bushels of American Wonder Peas 

 were grown from one bushel of the seed you sent, upon a trifle over an acre of ground. 



PRiCES.-One-third pint package, 20 cents ; pint, 55 cents ; quart, $1.00 ; by mail, post-paid. When delivered at 

 our store, or sent by express at the expense of the purchaser : one pint, 40 cents ; one quart, 75 cents ; half peck, 

 $2.75 ; one peck, $5.25. 



B. K. BLISS & SONS, 34 Barclay Street, New York. 



From Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, July 14 



mean to plant ant 



