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WM. ELLIOTT & SONS, RELIABLE VEGETABLE SEEDS 
POTATOES 
Porame de Terre. Patatas. Aiartoffeln. 
Ten bushels cut tubers will plant an acre. 
IMPOR I ANT. Prices of Potatoes are subject to market changes. 
The Potato can be grown with varying success on soils of all 
kinds and in all conditions of fertility, but the soil best suited is a 
sandy loam. Manure is applied eit her in rows or hills, or broad¬ 
cast over the hills and plowed in, the latter in most cases being pref¬ 
erable. Plant as early in the Spring as the ground can be had in 
fair working order, in hills or ridges, about 3 feet apart, and the sets 
1 foot apart in the rows, covering about 4 inches deep. 
Elliott’s Early Puritan. Valuable early variety; skin and flesh 
white, superb quality, dry and floury. Pk. 75c., bus. $2 25 
bbl. $5.00. 
Beauty of Hebron. Slightly flesh-colored skin, with pure white 
flesh; productive, and of the finest quality. A first-class early 
variety. Pk. 65c., bus. $2.00, bbl. $4.50. 
Early Norther. Several days earlier than Early Rose and equally 
prolific. Resembles that variety in shape, but little longer. Ex¬ 
cellent table variety. Pk. 65c., bus. $2.00, bbl. $4.50. 
Queen, 'lids variety closely resembles the Early Beauty of Heb¬ 
ron in color, size and shape, but is earlier and a heavier yielder. 
Pk. 65c., bus. $2.00, bbl. $4.50. 
Irish Cobbler. An excellent extra-early variety maturing good- 
sized tubers seven weeks from the time of planting. Flesh pure 
white, of fine flavor, always cooking dry and mealy. Pk. 65c., 
bus. $2.00, bbl. $4.75. 
Bovee. For an extra-early this is one of the best. An exceedingly 
heavy yielder, good keeper and fine quality. Pk. 65c., bus. 
$2.00, bbl. $4.75. 
Early Rose. One of the leading standard varieties. Early, pro¬ 
ductive and of excellent quality. Pk. 65c., bus. $2.00, bbl $4.50. 
Clark’s No. 1. 
Potato, Irish Cobbler 
Carman No. 1. This most valuable Potato was introduced in 
1894, and is now recognized as a high-class standard soil the world 
over. Enormous yielder, handsome and uniformly large. Pe¬ 
culiar white skin and flesh. Pk. 65c., bus. $2.00, bbl. $4.50. 
Rural New Yorker No. 2. Medium-early; white; oblong, in¬ 
clined to round, rather flattened. Almost every potato market¬ 
able. Popular main-crop variety. Pk. 65c., bus. $2.00, bbl. $4.50. 
Resembles Early Rose, but is more productive and earlier. Pk. 
65c., bus. $2.00, bbl. $4.50. 
Early Ohio. Very early; good producer. Pk. 75c., bus. $2.25, bbl. $5.00. 
Uncle Sam. Handsome shape; medium size; excellent qualitv. Pk. 65c., bus. 
$2.00, bbl. $4.75. 
Green Mountain. A late variety that does well on poor soils and resists drought 
better than most kinds. Tubers large and of attractive appearance; a good 
keeper. Pk. 65c., bus. $2.00, bbl. $4.50. 
White Elephant. Late; large; good quality and very productive. Pk. 65c., bus. 
$2.00 bbl. $4.50. 
PUMPKIN 
Pumpkin, Nantucket Sugar 
Potiron. Ccilabaza. ©roffc JlurH3. 
One ounce will plant 50 hills. 
The common practice is to drop 2 or 3 seeds in every second or third hill 
in the cornfield, but if cultivated on a large scale the seed may be sown in hills 
8 feet apart each way, 4 plants to each hill, and otherwise treated in the same 
manner as Melons or Cucumbers. 
If to be forwarded by mail, add at the rate of 6c. per pound for postage. 
Calhoun. Medium size, very heavy and solid; productive, and of excellent quality. 
The outside is cream color; flesh very thick, line-grained, salmon-yellow. Pkt. 
5c., oz. 10c., lb. 25c., lb. 75c. 
Large Cheese. A very hardy and productive variety; the best for cooking 
purposes. Pkt. 5c.,^ oz. 10c.,' l A lb. 20c., lb. 60c. 
Mammoth King. This variety grows to an immense size, often weighing 15G 
pounds. Pkt. 5c., oz. 15c., lb. 40c., lb. $1.25. 
Nantucket Sugar. The great pie Pumpkin of the Eastern States. Pkt. 5c., oz. 
10c., ]4 lb. 30c., lb. $1.00. 
Early Sugar. This variety is smaller than the Large Cheese, but of finer grain, 
sweeter and very prolific. Pkt. 5c., oz. 10c., H lb. 20c., lb. 60c. 
Winter Luxury. This is recommended as one of the best pie Pumpkins. An 
excellent keeper and enormously productive. It is very finely netted , and in 
color a golden russet. Pkt. 5c., oz. 10c., lb. 25c., lb. 80c. 
Connecticut Field. The common variety usually grown for feeding stock. 
Pkt. 5c., oz. 10c., ]4, lb. 15c., lb 40c. 
