BALDERSON COMPANY, Inc. 
626 Indiana Ave., N. W. 
617 “C” Street, N. W. 
Washington, D. C. 
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IWSH POTATOES 
Irish Cohhler. 
Selected Seed Irish Potatoes is one of our specialties. Our Maine Grown Seed are grown under personal supervision of the most reliable and 
experienced growers in Maine and great care is exercised from the selecting and planting of the stock to the harvesting, grading and shipping of 
the crop. Customers should keep in mind that our Potatoes are Seed stock, grown for planting and should not be confused with ordinary com¬ 
mercial Potatoes so often offered as seed stock. 
PRICES SUBJECT TO MARKET CHANGE 
CULTURE—Irish Potatoes should be planted in the spring as early 
as the ground can be prepared. In rich soil, rows 3 feet apart, placing 
cut tubers 15 inches apart in the row. A well balanced Potato Ferti¬ 
lizer should be used, rather than stable manure, which has a tendency 
to make the Potatoes grow rough with scab. 
For late crop, plant from June to August. We recommend sprink¬ 
ling Powdered Sulphur on Potatoes when they are cut for planting, 
which is a preventive of blight and scab and also prevents bleeding, 
which weakens the vitality of the Potato and is in other ways injurious. 
Many of our largest Potato planters always use Sulphur with the best 
results—1 pound is sufficient for 1 bushel of Potatoes. For price of 
Sulphur, see page 33 Potatoes should always be cut several days 
before planting, as the cut should heal somewhat before putting them 
In the ground. In the Potato growing sections of Maine, the most 
successful growers always cut their Potatoes 4 to 6 weeks before planting. 
IRISH COBBLER—This well-known Potato is more generally 
grown for early crop than any other variety. It is an extra-early large 
white Potato, having very few small potatoes in a hill; hardy and 
vigorous grower; is also largely grown for home use as well as for market. 
HOULTON EARLY ROSE—The old reliable, well-known and 
popular variety. Our stock of this Potato is absolutely true to name, 
and should not be compared with the cheap Western-grown stock so 
generally offered. 
GREEN MOUNTAIN—A large, handsome, pure white Potato, for 
main or late crop; a prolific yielder and invaribly of fine table quality. 
cooking dry and mealy. It has largely superseded other varieties 
for late planting; is also one of the best varieties for main crop, matur¬ 
ing about 2 weeks later than the Irish Cobbler. 
Green Mountain Potatoes. 
SWEET POTATOES 
Sweet Potatoes. 
CULTURE.—These should be planted in hotbeds in April and kept well watered. 
As soon as the plants are ready and danger of frost is past in May or June they should 
be transplanted to rows 3 feet apart, setting the plants 16 inches apart in the row. 
Prices fluctuate very much, frequently from day to day. Write us for prices in 
season when ready to plant. 
Seed Sweet Potatoes are very perishable, and will not keep very long after being 
taken out of storage, especially in damp or rainy weather. For this reason we cannot 
carry them in stock for any length of time, but get them in fresh from day to day. 
We ship only good, fresh, sound Potatoes, in firm condition, but we cannot guarantee 
safe arrival of anything so perishable, though we are very careful in packing and ship¬ 
ping them while fresh, but under no circumstances will we be responsible for Potatoes 
which may be in bad condition when received, and only under these conditions will 
orders for Sweet Potatoes be accepted by us. 
PORTO RICO, or CUBAN YAM.—This Potato has been grown extensively in 
the South for many years, and was introduced by us into this section some years ago. 
It has golden yellow flesh with pinkish skin, and is the largest yielding potato we know 
of. It is also by far the best keeping Potato known. The longer it is kept the sweeter 
it gets. Write for price in season. 
WHITE YAM, or HAYMANS.—This is the well-known White Sweet Potato. 
It grows to a larger size than the Yellow Potato and keeps better. Write for price in 
season. 
PUMPKIN YAM, or NANCY HALL.—Has flesh of golden yellow color, hence its 
name Pumpkin Yam. It cooks soft, juicy and sweet. Prices on request. 
AI>Ia PBICES IN THIS CATALOG SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE. 
