TEST YOUR SOIL and find out 
exactly what plant-foods it needs. 
WITH THE HORTICULTURAL KIT 

SEED POTATOES 

_ Currure. The best soil is a well-drained fibrous loam. Before planting, work in Sawco General Fertil- 
izer at the rate of 1000 pounds to the acre if applied broadcast, or 500 pounds if applied in the rows. 
Plant good-sized pieces, each containing not less than two eyes, 114 feet from piece to piece in 3-foot rows. 
About 10 bushels or 4 sacks will plant an acre. A sack contains 214 bushels (150 pounds). 
Use Semesan Bel. Dusted on your seed potatoes at pases time, it controls disease and prose 
increased yields of healthy plants and tubers. 4Ib. wil 
5 Ibs. $6.50, 25 Ibs. $30. 
Purchaser pays transportation on Seed 
Potatoes beyond 50 miles of New York. 

Katahdin Potatoes 
i 
Standard Early Potatoes 
Mature in 9 to 11 weeks 
Early White Albino. A good cropper. The 
skin and flesh are pure white, of good cook- 
Ing quality, and very prolific. One of the 
best early varieties to withstand blight and 
disease. Keeps well. pk. 85 cts., pk. 
$1.25, bus. $2.15, bus. $4, sack $9. 
Irish Cobbler. Does well on a wide range of 
soils; very productive. The skin Is creamy 
white, sometimes netted; eyes are strong, 
well developed, and but slightly indented. 
The flesh is white and of fine quality. 
Yépk. 75 cts., pk. $1.15, bus. $2, bus. 
$3.75, sack $8. 
Early Rose. (Selected.) A pink-skinned va- 
riety which is grown extensively in some 
sections. A Potato of good size and fine 
quality. MWpk. 85 cts., pk. $1.25, Lébus. 
$2.15, bus. $4, sack $9. 
Best Main-Crop Potatoes 
Mature in 12 to 14 weeks 
Russet. The haulm is dark green; very 
resistant to blight. The tubers are round 
to oblong, very large, and from 6 to 10 are 
ordinarily obtained from a hill; the flesh is 
pure white, and the skin has a roughened 
russet appearance. pk. 65 cts., pk. $1, 
Vébus. $1.75, bus. $3.25, sack $7. 
Gold Coin. A variety of remarkable pro- 
ductiveness and fine table quality; slightly 
oblong form; light golden skin; flesh pure 
white, fine-grained; cooks very dry. M4pk. 
75 cts., pk. $1.15, W4bus. $2, bus. $3.75, 
sack $8. 
Green Mountain. A late, heavy cropper 
of excellent quality; skin smooth and 
white; shape roundish flat; eyes few and 
shallow; a good keeper. pk. 75 cts., pk. 
$1.15, 44bus. $2, bus. $3.75, sack $8. 
Sweet Potato Plants 
Ready in June 
Yellow Jersey. 
Big Stem. Yellow. 
Each variety, $1 per 100, $7.50 per 1000 
We do not ship Sweet Potatoes 
beyond 50 miles 


treat up to 15 bushels. 4 ozs. 50 cts., $1.50, 
A Fine Inter= 
mediate Potato 
Katahdin. Matures 
about a week later 
than Irish Cobbler. 
White skin and white 
flesh, with a very 
shallow eye. Hand- 
some oval _ shape. 
Excellent cooking 
quality, and the pre- 
ferred variety for 
Potato chips. W%4pk. 
85 cts., pk. $1.25, 
$2.15, bus. 

SALSIFY 
Vegetable Oyster 
One ounce will sow about 50 feet of drill 
Cutture. Sow early in spring, m drills 12 inches 
apart and 1 inch deep, thinning out the young 
plants to 6 inches. The roots will be ready in 
October, when a supply should be taken up and 
stored like carrots. 
Mammoth Sandwich Island. Tender and 
delicious. Superior to all other sorts. Pkt. 
10 cts., oz. 35 cts., 4b. 95 cts., Ib. $2.50. 
SCORZONERA 
Black Salsify 
One ounce will sow about 50 feet of drill 
CuttureE. Cultivate the same as salsify. The 
roots should be washed, boiled tender, then peeled. 
Improved. Pkt. 15 cts., oz. 50 cts., M4lb. 
$1.75, Ib. $5. 

Produce Your Own Salads 
They are easy to raise in almost 
any garden 
Grow the following kinds. Serve them 
uncooked and garden-fresh, so that their 
vitamins reach you unimpaired. They are 
healthful and full of minerals. 
Cabbage Mustard 
Celeriac Onion 
Chervil Parsley 
Chinese Cabbage Pepper 
Corn Salad Radish 
Cress Romaine 
Cucumber Sorrel 
Dandelion Tomato 
Endive Watercress 
Lettuce Various Herbs 
The best varieties are described on 
pages 56 to 73, and you will also find notes 
on their cultivation. 




you can examine sixty soil sam- 
The cost? Only $9.75. 
ples. 

Giant Lucullus Swiss Chard 
SEA KALE 
One ounce will produce about 300 plants 
Sow in drills 2 feet apart, thin out to 12 
inches. The blanched leaf-stalks are boiled 
and served with cream sauce; or the roots 
may be dug and “forced”? during winter in 
the same way as Witloof Chicory. Pkt. 15 
cts., oz. 35 cts., oz. 65 cts., Yb. $2. 
SORREL 
One ounce will sow about 100 feet of drill 
Cutture. Sow early in the spring in drills 6 to 
8 inches apart. 
Garden. Used for salads, on account of its 
pleasant acid flavor; also as a boiled vege- 
table. Yields for several years. Pkt. 15 cts., 
oz. 50 cts., 4Ib. $1.50, Ib. $4. 
SWISS CHARD 
Spinach Beet 
One ounce will plant about 100 feet of drill. 
Cutting commences in about 7 weeks 
An excellent boiled-leaf vegetable, equal in 
quality and easier to prepare than spinach. 
The leaf-stalks may be served as a distinct 
dish. Sow early in spring in rows and thin to 
6 inches. 
Mammoth New York. This is a large, dis- 
tinct sort, medium green m color. The 
leaves are smooth, and the stalks are milk- 
white. Breeding has eliminated the earthy 
flavor common to many Chards. Pkt. 15 
cts., 440z. 35 cts., oz. 55 cts., Yb. $1.50. 
Giant Lucullus. Plants grow to a height 
of 2 to 21% feet and the stalks are 1144 inches 
broad, heavily ribbed, and from 10 to 12 
inches Jong. The large leaves are heavily 
crumpled. Pkt. 10 cts., oz. 25 cts., Mlb. 
65 cts., Ib. $2. ; 
Green Lyon. A vigorous-growing, stocky 
type with smooth, deep green leaves and 
broad, thick, white stalks. Pkt. 10 cts., 
oz. 25 cts., 4b. 65 cts., Ib. $2. 
Fordhook. A giant variety with broad, 
wrinkled, dark green leaves and broad 
white stems. Pkt. 10 cts., oz. 25 cts., 
ib. 65 cts., Ib. $2. 





68 Vegetable Seeds 
Even in the smallest garden, some room should be found for Swiss Chard. Similar to 
Spinach in flavor and uses (and equally healthful) it is truly a cut-and-come-again plant 
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