ter, or where manure has been ploughed m, and where a fertilizer as rich as 
the Potato Manure is not required. The plant food it contains is in the best 
form for potatoes, and will give them a good start early in the season. 
Bowker's Grape Belt and Fruit Special 
with Potash* 
A Fertilizer Prepared Especially for Grapes and Small Fruits. 
Experience has shown that all sorts of fruit trees and plants must be 
better manured to produce good results. The grape, while a pulpy fruit, is 
full of seed ; and the seed is the exhaustive part. It requires a great deal of 
rich nourishment to produce the seed, whether it be of grain, grass, or fruits. 
The whole strength of the plant is turned towards reproducing itself ; and if 
the fruit which it produces is one particularly full of seeds, then the ground 
must be made rich. 
Mineral elements are also particularly essential in the production of 
grapes, especially potash and phosphate of lime. The grape probably re- 
quires more potash than almost any other plant, because in it is found a 
combination of tartaric acid and potash. In fact, as is well known, the bitar- 
trate of potash or " cream of tartar," which is used in baking powders, is 
extracted from the juice of grapes and grape skins; and this shows conclu- 
sively that the grape must absorb a great deal of potash in order to develop 
this form of potash in its juice and skin. This must come from the soil 
through the sap taken in at the roots. Therefore, as it is a part of nature to 
elaborate not only the seed, but also "cream of tartar " in the grape out of 
the soil ingredients, it is necessary that the manure which is applied should 
be rich in those elements which go to form healthy roots and wood, tender 
pulp, vigorous seed, and finally, sweet juices which makes the fruit so 
appetizing and healthful. In Bowker's Grape and Fruit Special we have 
what we think is a very happy combination of ammonia, dissolved bone, and 
potash. There is probably no grape fertilizer on the market so rich in 
potash and in that form which is particularly adapted to the growth of 
grapes. 
Bowker^s Tobacco Starter. 
For use alone or with stable manure. 
This is made especially to be used on tobacco beds for securing early 
vigorous plants, and it can also be used in the drill to secure quicker growth 
and an earlier maturity. In the starting of tobacco, something should be 
used to give a vigorous growth, especially with the Havana varieties, and 
also to promote a steady strong growth during the season. Bowker's 
Tobacco Starter is made from the best materials obtainable, which are com- 
bined in the right forms and associations to secure early growth and rapid 
maturity. 
Where dry seed is sown, a larger quantity can be used on the bed than 
where sprouted seed is used. 
For application in the hill or drill in the field, apply 400 to 800 pounds 
per acre, depending upon whether the soil is light or heavy : light soil will 
require less for starting a crop than a heavy soil. Sow it along the drill, 
drawing a brush afterwards to mix it with the dirt, or ridge back lightly 
leaving a low ridge. 
This Starter can be used in connection with our Bowker-Stockbridge 
Double Strength Tobacco Manure, or with our Bowker's Tobacco Grower, 
or with stable manure or home compost. 
Bowker^s Tobacco Grower. 
This is a high-grade complete fertilizer for tobacco, but containing 
much less potash and ammonia than the Stockbridge Tobacco Manure, for 
lands where these ingredients are not required in so large quantities ; for 
instance, in the West where cropping has not been so long continued as in 
the Connecticut Valley. 
