. Descriptive catalogue of vegetable and flower seeds. Nurseries (Horticulture) New York (State) New York Catalogs; Nursery stock New York (State) New York Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds New York (State) New York Catalogs; Flowers Seeds New York (State) New York Catalogs; Seed industry and trade New York (Sta. 22 JOHN LIVINGSTONE CO., 87 BARCLAY ST., NEW YORK POTATO-Certified Pomme de Terre Patatas GROWN EXPRESSLY FOR SEED Culture.—The potato can be grown with varying success on soils of all kinds and in all conditions of fertility, but the soil best suited is a sandy loam. Manure is applied eithe
. Descriptive catalogue of vegetable and flower seeds. Nurseries (Horticulture) New York (State) New York Catalogs; Nursery stock New York (State) New York Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds New York (State) New York Catalogs; Flowers Seeds New York (State) New York Catalogs; Seed industry and trade New York (Sta. 22 JOHN LIVINGSTONE CO., 87 BARCLAY ST., NEW YORK POTATO-Certified Pomme de Terre Patatas GROWN EXPRESSLY FOR SEED Culture.—The potato can be grown with varying success on soils of all kinds and in all conditions of fertility, but the soil best suited is a sandy loam. Manure is applied either in rows or hills, or broad- cast over the hills and plowed in, the latter in most cases being preferable. Plant as early in the Spring as the ground can be had in fair working order, in hills or ridges, about 3 feet apart, and the sets 1 foot apart in the rows, covering about 4 inches deep. 3 to 4 bbls. to the acre, 1 pk. for 100 ft. of row. Important.—Prices of potatoes are subject to market changes. Irish Cobbler. Fine; white; vigorous grower; cubical shape. Early Rose. A popular market sort; very early; fine quality; very productive; pink skin. Green Mountain. Oval shape; white skin and flesh; excellent; heavy yielder. Early Bovee. Somewhat earlier than Early Rose. A medium-sized potato; very productive. Sir Walter Raleigh. Very productive; white flesh; one of the best varieties for a main crop, and is admirably adapted to general cultivation. Prices on application. PUMPKIN Zucca Potiron Melonen-Kurhiss Calahaza Culture.—The common practice is to drop 2 or 3 seeds in every second or third hill in the corn field, but if cultivated on a large scale, the seed may be sown in hills 8 feet apart each way, 4 plants to each hill, and otherwise treated in the same manner as melons or cucumbers. 1 oz. will plant 50 hills. Pkts. 10c. Early Sugar. Fine-grained, sweet and prolific; small; yellow. Flattened or slightly ribbed; one of the best for pies. Oz. 20c., K lb. 50c., lb. $1
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