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F. LAGOMARSINO & SONS, SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA 
POTATOES 
600 pounds will plant an acre. 
It is best to cut the potatoes 
with two or three eyes to a 
piece, planting these in rows or 
hills about 3 feet apart and 
about 8 to 12 inches apart in 
the row. 
TUBER-INDEX—Method Used to Improve and Keep Seed Potatoes Pure. 
A Few Essential Factors to Be Considered in Growing More and Better Potatoes 
Have well drained, fertile soil. 
Prepare a deep seed bed. 
Plant seed free from disease. 
Plant seed improved by selection. 
Keep seed from sprouting until planted. 
Treat all seed for disease. 
Cultivate thoroughly. 
Spray for bugs and blight. 
Rotate crops with legumes. Don’t plant potatoes 
after potatoes. 
SEED POTATOES 
Prices on Seed Potatoes are f. o. b. Sacramento. 
AMERICAN WONDERS—One of the best vari¬ 
eties for this locality, always a good producer and 
matures early. For market purposes this is the best 
early white potato. 5 lbs. 40c; 10 lbs. 75c; 25 lbs. $1.25. 
BRITISH QUEEN—This variety is planted ex¬ 
tensively in most sections of California. It is oval 
in shape and has cream skin with white flesh. Can 
be planted as an early potato, and also for the 
main crop. 5 lbs. 40c; 10 lbs. 75c; 25 lbs. $1.25. 
CHILI GARNET—A round pink-skinned variety. 
This variety can be dug while the tubers are quite 
young, making fine early eating potatoes. 5 lbs. 40c; 
10 lbs. 75c; 25 lbs. $1.25. 
BLISS TRIUMPH—This early variety matures 
ten days earlier than the Early Rose and is 
more productive. Vines erect; foliage dark 
green. Tubers medium size, round, uniform in 
shape; eyes slightly depressed; skin light red, flesh 
fine grained. 5 lbs. 50c; 10 lbs. 80c; 25 lbs. $1.50. 
WHITE ROSE—This season we are in position 
to offer a fine stock of this popular variety. 5 lbs. 
40c; 10 lbs. 75c; 25 lbs. $1.25. 
FERTILIZE POTATOES 
Of all the crops grown, potatoes yield the great¬ 
est profits from the use of Fertilizers. For general 
purposes we recommend our Bearmor which is well 
balanced and will give good results. 25 lb. bag $1.50; 
50 lb. bag $2.50; 100 lb. bag $4.00, f. o. b. Sacramento. 
SWEET POTATO PLANTS 
In season we are able to offer plants of Sweet 
Potatoes. 20c per doz.; $1.00 per 100. Postpaid to 
fourth zone. 75c per 100 in 500 lots f. o. b. Sacra¬ 
mento. In larger quantities write for prices. 
SEMESAN—The premier disinfectant for Pota¬ 
toes. It controls diseases such as Scab, stimulates 
sprouting, produces healthier plants and larger crops 
and resists rotting or damping off during cold, wet 
weather. Write for booklets. 
EARLY ROSE — The well known and popular 
pink-skinned potato, tubers are medium sized, 
smooth and white-meated; an elegant cooker; ma¬ 
tures early. 5 lbs. 40c; 10 lbs. 75c; 25 lbs. $1.25. 
AMERICAN WONDER 
