. Dreer's garden book : 1906. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. -H!!ffiTADR!ER-PflllADtLPHIA-PA-^RWBL[VKETABlE SEEDS POTATOES. 41 CULTURE.—The soil best suited to the Polato is a rich, sandy loa Potato, being a gross feeder, requires a liberal application of manure not allowed to come in contact with the tubers. On no other crop are on the Potato ; almost invariably the tubers are smoother, brigliter and The best fertilizers are plaster, lime, super-phosphate of lime and bo
. Dreer's garden book : 1906. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. -H!!ffiTADR!ER-PflllADtLPHIA-PA-^RWBL[VKETABlE SEEDS POTATOES. 41 CULTURE.—The soil best suited to the Polato is a rich, sandy loa Potato, being a gross feeder, requires a liberal application of manure not allowed to come in contact with the tubers. On no other crop are on the Potato ; almost invariably the tubers are smoother, brigliter and The best fertilizers are plaster, lime, super-phosphate of lime and bone-dust. Potato scab can be entirely prevented iiy u'^ing flower of sulphur in the rows with the phosphate. Use al the rate of 100 to 150 lbs. to the acre. Plant as early in the spring as the ground can be thoroughly worked, in rows of .3 feet apart and 1 foot in the rows; covering in light, warm soil about 4 inches, and in cold, wet ground 3 inches deep; draw the eaitli to the plants as they advance in growth. -Prices subject to market changes. We as- sume no risk on Potatoes, but forward strictly on purchaser's responsibility. Dreer's New Early Standard. (See cut.) Undoubtedly leads all other varieties for , and matures fully ime week ahead of the Bovee. The plants are of dwarf. com|iatt habit, in growth strong and healthy, always entirelv free from blight and disease of any kind, and will also withstand al most any amount of drought. Tlie quality is superb, flesh being pure white and cooks verv mealy, i jieck, 40 cts.; (leck, 75 cts.; bu., $ ; bbl. , $5 0 >. Bliss' Triumph. (.See cut Extremely early, round, thin i>right red skin, wliite fle<h. Sometimes sohl in market as Bermudas. I'k., 70 cts.; bu., $; bbl. sack, $ Pride of tlie South or White Bliss. White skin and flesli, extra early; productive. Pk., 70 cts ; bu., $; bbl. sack, $4 25. Bovee. Earlier than the Rose and more productive. Pink or flesh color, smooth and of
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