Certified Seed Potatocs 
Culture: Cut the seed into pieces, having 2 or 3 eyes. 
Plant in furrows 3 feet apart and 12 to 15 inches apart in 
the row. One peck of potatoes should be sufficient to plant 
75 to 100 hills; 10 to 14 bushels are required to plant an acre. 
Potatoes do best on new soil and will respond generously 
_ to fertilizer applications. Cultivate by bringing the soil well 
up around the plant. Spray or dust the plants for insects 
and blight. 
| Green Mountain 
E The most popular potato in the world; ideal for main 
crops, and excellent for baking. A dependable winter 
B keeper. 
A reliable medium late potato that is so popular in some 
sections it has superseded all other main crop varieties. 
| It seems to thrive in all soils and in all localities, making 
j heavy, healthy vines and yielding big crops of large, smooth 
white skin tubers of handsome flattish oval form. They 
cook white, dry and mealy. 
Chippewa* 
A Companion Potato with Green Mountain. 
The Chippewa is a recent introduction of the United States 
Department of Agriculture. It is a high yielding potato, 
highly resistant to mild mosaic. It has a velvety white skin 
with very shallow eyes; regular in outline, oblong to ellip-~ 
3 tical in shape. It matures earlier than the Green Mountain 
; and other late maturing varieties. It consistently produces 
an attractive tuber with a very high percentage of No. 1 
’ 
potatoes. A distinct advantage possessed by the Chippewa 
is its maturity before the usual time of digging the late 
crop. While it is not classed as an early variety, it matures 
somewhat earlier than Green Mountain and other late ma- 
turing varieties. 
Maine Certified Seed. 


Raffia for Tying 
Raffia is the straw-col- 
ored inner skin of a palm 
found in Madagascar. It 
is very strong and tough 
but soft and _ flexible, 
which makes it the very 
best material for tying 
vegetables, plants, vines, 
ete. It is better than 
twine, as it does not cut 
the plants and is much 
stronger. It is also used 
for making baskets. Raffia 
comes in hanks of from 
1 to 5 pounds. We offer 
the best grade. 
Price: Per lb., 45c, 
not postpaid. 


















We Recommend 
for Use as a Spray or 
Dust On Potatoes 
Shipment from April Ist to June ist 
irish Cobblers 
An early, white-skinned variety; very short, thick, in- 
clining to round. This is yearly increasing in popularity 
for the early market. Ready for market about 10 days 
» earlier than the Early Rose; tubers are uniformly larger 
and in average production of large crops it is not equaled 
by any of the extra early varieties, nor greatly surpassed 
in yield by any of the main crop varieties. The vine is 
very stocky and vigorous, not as liable to be affected 
with blight or to suffer by drought as most others. A de- 
pendable early variety. 
Katahdin 
The Long Keeping Potato. 
Originated by the U. S. Department of Agriculture and 
promising to become the outstanding late potato for 
market or storage. It was originated in Maine, by double 
crossing unnamed seedlings of Rural New Yorker No. 2 
and Aroostook Wonder parentage. It was bred for dis- 
ease resistance, quality and yield. During the 8 years 
it was under observation, it has been entirely free from 
mild mosaic. In yield it has constantly surpassed Rural 
New Yorker or Green Mountain. The tubers are smooth, 
short, elliptical to roundish, and have few, very small 
eyes. The crisp white flesh has a distinct desirable cook- 
ing quality which appeals to the housewife. 
Due to changes in the market price of potatoes and 
because of varying ceiling prices for the months of 
April and May, we are omitting prices for 1945. Prices 
will be sent if requested. 

POTA-TOX Herbs 
Pkt. Pkt. 
Anise ....$0.10 Marjoram, 
Caraway .. .10 Sweet ... 
Catnip “22- Sage ......$0,25 
Coriander ._ -10 Savory, 
Dill=s 5. wee O Summer. .10. 
Fennel ... .10 Sweet Basil .10 
Lavender . .10 eee asi 
Best Recleaned 
Bird Seeds for Feeding Only 
Lb. 100 Ibs. 
Canaryaenoeee ae aes .$0.20 $18.00 
Hemp Cette otter atte .30 24.00 
Lettuce eee < o-0 etn qe OO 238.00 
Rap@ieaye: ciesscrse 1: Son eet 19.00 
Sunflower, ‘Striped .30 23.00 
pn Bares ears oan gee .20 13.00 

Trish Cobbler 
Vegetable Seeds 23 
ROSS BROS. CO., Worcester, Mass. 

