THE OOLOGIST. 12^ 



THE "IDEAL" POTATO. 



Mr. Crawford of Ohio, the veteran strawberry and potato grower, who> 

 annually tests over thirty new varieties of potatoes and on whose farm, 

 the Ohio Experiment Station has established branches for testing po- 

 tatoes says : 



"This variety originated with a neighbor who is a very successful po- 

 tato grower and who has tested a large number of varieties. It is a seed-, 

 ling of the Jersey Peachblow, possessing the best characteristics of that 

 variety, with some improvement upon it. Has been tested five years and 

 has been grown alongside of many of the best sorts. It is a luxuriant 

 grower, and its foliage remains green and healthy until after most sorts. 

 are killed with the blight, which has been very injurious for a few years. 

 A rotten tuber of the Ideal has never been found until last year, and then 

 only a few. It is an immense yielder, having surpassed all others, so, 

 far, in this respect. This is the most prominent characteristic. It is of 

 large size and produces but few small ones. Several who have seen the 

 crop pronounce it the finest looking lot of potatoes they ever saw. The. 

 shape is rather long oval and slightly flattened. The eyes are few, well 

 defined, and usually even with the surface. Some are slightly sunken 

 but none raised. It is quite uniform in shape and size, and never hollow. 

 The skin is usually russeted, though not always. Color, light, creamy 

 brown, often approaching red at the seed end, and with a tinge of pink 

 in the eye. Although it is not claimed to be an early variety, it is of" 

 good quality and fit for the tsble before it is full grown, and as soon as, 

 most early sorts. It is a good keeper and one of the last to sprout in 

 the spring. The quality is very good being dry and of excellent flavor. 

 Productiveness and quality are its 



MOST PROMINENT CHARACTERISTICS. 



'It is just as good as any ever sent out.' 'The best I ever tasted.' 'Bet- 

 ter than the old Peachblow in its best days,' and other such expressions 

 have been used." 



The undersigned has a limited quantity of "Ideals" for sale at the fol- 

 lowing prices by mail, express or freight, at purchaser's expense: 3ft>. 

 25c. Peck 15fe. 75c. Half bushel 30ft>. $1.25. Bushel 60ft>. $2.00. 



By mail prepaid, lft>. 25c. 3ft). 50c. 



Sixty Darned varieties of Potatoes were grown on our grounds last 

 season. Should you desire to plant a number of varieties for Fair or 

 experimental purposes, I will send you by freight or Express two tubers 

 each of 50 desirable named varieties for only $2.00, or 1ft) of each for 

 $3.00. FBANK H. LATTIN, Albion, N. Y. 



EXPLANATOEY:— "Lattin" has a small Fruit Farm, upon which he 

 has grown, for "fun", pleasure, profit ('?), and experimental purposes, 

 about sixty varieties of each : Grapes and strawberries, ^ acre Asparagus ? 

 1 acre Raspberries, other "stuff", and fruits of all kinds in abundance^ 



