. Ely's garden manual. Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Commercial catalogs Pennsylvania Philadelphia. Z. De Forest Ely & Co., 1024. Market St., Philadelphia, Pa. 31. EliV'S PUl^E SEED POTATOES (EASTEl^rl Gl^OWri.) Prices are for large, round, hoop flour barrels, holding 165 pounds of potatoes, in store here, and are sub- ject to change without notice. Spe- cial offers on large lots made upon application. The following list embraces the best, most reliable and distinctly val- uable sorts; they can be depended upon to give the bes
. Ely's garden manual. Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Commercial catalogs Pennsylvania Philadelphia. Z. De Forest Ely & Co., 1024. Market St., Philadelphia, Pa. 31. EliV'S PUl^E SEED POTATOES (EASTEl^rl Gl^OWri.) Prices are for large, round, hoop flour barrels, holding 165 pounds of potatoes, in store here, and are sub- ject to change without notice. Spe- cial offers on large lots made upon application. The following list embraces the best, most reliable and distinctly val- uable sorts; they can be depended upon to give the best results, and be as represented. CULTTIBE.âThe Potato requires a rich, sandy loam, with very liberal and clean culture; thoroughly decomposed manure is the best, and when that is not abundant, add bonedust or guano. The crop will pay the cost and leave the soil in splendid order. Old sod land, well turned under in the Fall, and lightly ploughed and harrowed in the Spring, will produce a sound crop, and often an astonishingly large one. Clover sod for this purpose is excellent, and furnishes a large amount of vegetable substance to the ground. When turned under in August or September, it will rot by the following Spring, and only a top dressing of some well-established fertilizer will be required to carry through the crop. Ground should never be plowed while wet and heavy ; it injures the soil and does more harm than the manure can offset. The ground should be prepared as carefully and thoroughly for potatoes as for any other crop. Attention in this particular well repays the farmer. At the time of planting, bonedust, ashes, plaster, marl, and like fertilizers, can be used to great ad- vantage with this crop, as they are of a dry and absorbent nature. On wet soils they are very beneficial, as they prevent disease as well as promote the growth of the tubers. On warm, dry, light land, muck compost may advantageousl}' be used ; decayed leaves are excellent. In seasons of disease
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