jVew Sorts of Seed Potatoes- 



Potatoes are now with us one of the most important articles we sell, our spacious cellars containing 

 large quantities of all the standard sorts (see general list), which have been grown very far North, and 

 special!}" selected for seed purposes. We experiment each season with all new varieties offered, and 

 of the long list of late introductions we have considered the following as likely to prove valuable for 

 general cultivation. (See Special Prizes in Introductory.) 



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ST. PATRICK. 



TELEPHONE. 



ADIRONDACK. 



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VERMONT CHAMPION 



NEW POTATO— JUMBO. 



This valuable new sort was extensively planted last sea- 

 son by one of the largest aud most experienced potato 

 growers in this vicinity, who considers it to be one of the 

 most valuable sorts for inaintrop that has been originated 

 in many years. Its yield the past season was one-third 

 more than that of the Peerless, which, as is generally 

 known, is one of the very heaviest cropping potatoes in 

 cultivation. Planted the middle of May, they were fully 

 ripe the last of September, and the .yield, although an un- 

 favorable season where these were grown, was simply 

 enormous. The tubers set early or when the vines are 

 small and produce a large number of potatoes of market- 

 able size, with very small eyes. It seems to be entirely 

 free from rot, and is one of the very best keepers. The 

 vines are heavy and close jointed and afford protection 

 from the sun, thus acting as a mulch in retaiuingmoisture. 

 As will be seen by our illustration, the tubers are nearly 

 round, a little flattened. The 6kin white, eyes small and 

 sunken, the flesh white, of excellent flavor, and either 

 boiled or baked are dry and mealy. 



3 lbs. by mad for $1.00 ; §1.25 per peck ; 



$4.00 per bushel : $8.G0 per bbl. 



POTATO— WHITE STAR. 



Although this variety was not catalogued by us last year, 

 we had many calls for it. which would go to show the esti- 

 mation in which it is held. The tubers are regular and 

 handsome in appearance, and its cooking qualities are of 

 the best, either baked or boiled. It is a medium early vari- 

 ety, a very large cropper, and one of its best characteristics 

 is its unsurpassed keeping qualities. So far it has resisted 

 all manner of disease. 



3 lbs. by mail for $1.00; 75 cts. per peck; 



$2.50 per bushel; $5.00 per bbl. 



POTATO— ST. PATRICK. 



Fully maintains the high opinion we expressed in regard 

 to it in 1879 as a distinct and most valuable sort. In appear- 

 ance the St. Patrick is undoubtedly one of the handsomest 

 Potatoes ever grown ; it has a smooth white skin and white 

 flesh, few and shallow eyes; in shape it is rather oblong than 

 round, and has no core; neither is it hollow; it is a strong 

 and hardy grower, and from all accounts has withstood the 

 rot so prevalent the last few seasons better than any other 

 sort. It produces but few smail tubers, ripens medium 

 early, and it is enormously productive ano" of fine quality. 

 75 cts. per peck ; $2.50 per bushel ; $5.00 per bbl. 



POTATO-QUEEN OF THE VALLEY. 



A really fine sort, possessed of many good qualities. It 

 makes a large tuber, is enormously productive, and of very 

 fine quality, cooking mealy without falling to pieces. As 

 will be seen, the tuber is somewhat square cut at the ends, 

 color pink at the seed end, gradually changing to white 

 near the stem. 



75 cts. per peck ; $2.25 per bushel ; 4.50 per bbl. 



POTATO— EARLY TELEPHONE. 



A new seedling sent out by the originator of Brownell's 

 Best, which potato it somewhat resembles in appearance. One 

 of our best authorities on potatoes, Mr. E. L. Coy. of Wash 

 ington County, N. Y.. considers the Early Telephone to be a 

 great acquisition, as in yield and quality it is unsurpassed. 

 From one tuber planted last spring 40 pounds was the pro- 

 duct. 3 lbs. by mail for $1.25; §2.00 per peck. 

 $6.00 per bushel; S12.00 per bbl. 



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RKOWSEU'S BEST. 



POTATO— ADIRONDACK*. 



One of the very best table varieties. Flesh snow white, 

 quality and flavor unsurpassed. It is what is termed a sec- 

 ond early sort. Vines strong and vigorous; tubers red 

 skinned, almost round in shape; a large yielder and an ex- 

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3 lbs. by mail, $1.50 ; S2.00 per peck; $6.00 per bushel. 



POTATO— BROWNELL'S BEST. 



Very much resembles in appearance the well-known Snow- 

 flake. The variety is of oblong shape, smooth and with 

 few eyes; flesh white and of the very best quality, while the 

 yield is exceedingly heavy, 16 bushels having been raised on 

 five rods of ground. The introducer considers that more 

 good qualities are to be found in this sort than in any other 

 variety in cultivation. 3 lbs. by mail for $1.00; $1.50 per 

 peck ; $4.50 per bushel ; $9.00 per bbl. 



POTATO— VERMONT CHAMPION. 



A variety that has been largely praised on both sides of 

 the Atlantic for its combination of good qualities. As will 

 be seen by our small cut above, it is roundish oval in shape; 

 has white skin, flesh white, while its flavor is unsurpassed; 

 and so far has never shown signs of rot. It is an abundant 

 cropper and one of the very best of keepers. 



3 lbs. by mail for $1.00; $1.50 per peel 

 $1.50 per bushel; $9 oo per bbl. 



NEW EXTRA EARLY PEA— HENDER- 

 SON'S FIRST OF ALL. 



For several years we have supplied limited quantities of 

 this extra early Pea to growers for market in our immediate 

 vicinity, and in every case the reports that have reached us 

 unite in pronouncing it earlier than any other sort they had 

 grown. Nearly all the trials that were made were compara- 

 tive, and made alongside the best stocks of Improved Daniel 

 O'Rourke, Philadelphia Extra Early, Caractacus and other va- 

 rietiesof thesame class, and in every instance " First of AH" 

 sustained the name we gave it. This year we are enabled to 

 offer it in a general way, and we would be pleased if our 

 patrons, particularly our market garden friends, would dur- 

 ing the season write and give us their opinion of it. It is 

 fully 6 inches dwarfer than the Improved Daniel O'Rourke, 

 produces pods of good size and well-filled with peas of ex- 

 cellent flavor; it is a prodigious bearer, and ripens up so 

 thoroughly as not to require more than two pickings to clear 

 off the crop. In this last feature and in its earliness consists 

 its great value to market gardeners. Our trial book for 1882 

 shows that this stock was fit to pick on the 5th of June, 

 which was fully a week earlier than any of our other extra 

 early Peas. 40 cts. per quart. ; $3.00 per peck. 



NEW PEA— JOHN BULL. 



One of the very best varieties ever sent out by the emi- 

 nent English raiser, Mr. Laxton. who describes it as attain- 

 ing a height of 3 feet, and as having proved to be one of the 

 most valuable and best of main crop Peas. It is a very 

 heavy cropper, and possesses an exceedingly rich flavor. It 

 is what is known as a blue wrinkled variety. 



25 cts. per packet; $1.00 per quart. 



PEA— LAXTON'S MINIMUM. 



Another of Mr. Laxton's introductions, and very valuable 

 and distinct. It is a white wrinkled variety, a prodigious 

 bearer, exceedingly eaFly and very dwarf. From its low 

 growth it will prove to be. we think, one of the best varieties 

 for forcing either in the hot -bed or greenhouse. 

 25 cts. per packet; Sl.od per quart. 



