. Dreer's garden book / Henry A. Nursery Catalogue. & RELIABLE VEGETABLE SEED// 33 Certified Seed Potatoes Pomme de Terre, Fr. Palata, Ital. Patatas, Sp. Kartoffel, Ger. Health Value of Fresh Potatoes Calories per lb. 385 Vitamins A, B, C Proteins , Carbohydrates Fats .1% Iron .00091% One peck will plant 100 hills; 8 to 10 bushels an acre. NOTE— Potatoes are ready for shipment about March 1st and are forwarded by Express or Freight as may be directed, at customer's expense. They are shipped at purchaser's risk, our responsibility ceasing after delivery to transportation c
. Dreer's garden book / Henry A. Nursery Catalogue. & RELIABLE VEGETABLE SEED// 33 Certified Seed Potatoes Pomme de Terre, Fr. Palata, Ital. Patatas, Sp. Kartoffel, Ger. Health Value of Fresh Potatoes Calories per lb. 385 Vitamins A, B, C Proteins , Carbohydrates Fats .1% Iron .00091% One peck will plant 100 hills; 8 to 10 bushels an acre. NOTE— Potatoes are ready for shipment about March 1st and are forwarded by Express or Freight as may be directed, at customer's expense. They are shipped at purchaser's risk, our responsibility ceasing after delivery to transportation company in good order. Early Rose. A fine early Potato. Long and of good size with pink skin. It cooks pure white and mealy and is of good flavor. Green Mountain. A late variety which is suitable for planting in various soils, producing fair crops even in soils which are not of high fertility. Yields good crops and keeps well. State of Maine. A very reliable standard variety with tubers of large size, round, and flattened. Medium-early, splendid flavor, cooks dry, is a good keeper, and very productive. Irish Cobbler. One of the first extra-early Potatoes. The skin is creamy white, sometimes netted, which is an indication of good quality. Round smooth tubers with strong and well developed eyes. A heavy cropper in all sections. Russet Rural. A well-known standard late variety. Excep- tionally heavy cropper with large, solid tubers which cook dry and mealy. It also is practically disease resistant. At the time of going to press with the Dreer Garden Book, Potato prices were loo unsettled to quote. Please write staling kind and quantity wanted, and wc shall quote by letter. Rhubarb Rhubarbe, Fr. Rabarbaro, Ital. Ruibarbo, Sp. Rhabarber, Ger. One ounce of seed to 125 feet of drill. Culture —Good plants are easily grown in any good soil. Sow seed thinly in shallow drills 1 foot apart, thin to 4 or 5 inches. Pick out the strongest and best plants, and in the following fall or sprin
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