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POTATO. 



Northern Grown Stocks. 



German, Sartoffel. French, Pomme de Terre. 



10 bushels cut tubers to the acre. 

 The Potato may be grown with varying: success 



on soils of all kinds, hut the soil best suited to it 



Is sandy loam. But little manure is required if the 



soil is good. 

 The Potatoes we offer are specially raised for us 



for seed purposes. We deliver all Potatoes f. o b. 



cars, no extra charge being made for barrels. All 



Potatoes are shipped at purchasers' risk. 

 Prices of all Potatoes subject to variation. 



The Milwaukee— An excellent New Early Po- 

 tato resembling Crown Jewel in appear- 

 ance, but of larger size and very much su- 

 perior quality. It is a strong grower with 

 very strong top3, conies into use fully as ear- 

 ly as Early Sunrise, yielding, however, a 

 much larger crop than that variety, and 

 has the further merit of being a first-class 

 keeper, and maybe depended upon to remain 

 in good condition without sprouting until 

 very late in the season. If grown in rich, 



. black loam, it will produce a very heavy 

 crop of handsome, large tubers of very fine 

 quality. And not the least of its good quali- 

 ties is the fact that it is almost entirely Bust 

 Proof. Mr. W. S. Brown, Edgerton, Wis., 

 writes "that while other varieties alongside 

 were very bad with rust, the Milwaukee was 

 entirely free from it." Peck, 50cts. ; bushel, 



$1.25 ; barrel S3, 25 



Freeman— An early Potato, handsome in 

 appearance and of excellent quality. 

 Since the introduction of Early Rose no 

 Potato has been so highly spoken of as 

 the Freeman, and enormous yields of it 

 are reported. It is similar in appear- 

 ance to the Cream City introduced by us 

 several years ago. The tubers are good 

 sized with a beautiful ruseet skin, flesh 

 white and fully equal to the old Snow- 

 flake in eating qualities. The stock we 

 offer is grown from seed obtained from 

 the introducer. Peck, 40 cts.; bushel, 



$1.00; barrel 2 50 



Snowflake Junior — Resembles the old 

 favorite Snowflake very much in appear- 

 ance, and in cooking qualities. It is, 

 however, much more prolific, and has 

 the further merit of being the nearest 

 to BUG-PROOF of any Potato we have 

 ever grown, the bugs only attacking it 

 after all other varieties in sight had been 

 disposed of, and then only in very small 

 numbers, so that they could easily be ta- 

 ken care of. As an all round family or 

 market Potato, in size and shape, we 

 consider this one perfect. It is hand- 

 some in appearance, grows to a large 

 size, clear white, cooks evenly and mealy, 

 and possessing that desirable flavor pe- 

 culiar to the Snowflake. The tops are 

 remarkably strong, growing upright, 

 color dark green. Peck, 75 cts. ; bushel, 

 $2.00 ; barrel 5 00 



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THE MILWAUKEE. 



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Special Offer of our Bug= 

 Proof Snowflake, Jr. — i lb. 

 by mail, 25 cts.; 3 lbs. by 

 mail, 60 cts. 



Lakeside Champion —A new variety of Potato 

 originating in Manitowoc County, where it 

 has given great satisfaction. It is a late 

 white variety, maturing along with Burbank 

 and resembling in appearance the well 

 known Beauty of Hebron. It is, however, 

 longer and larger than that variety, very 

 productive and remarkably fine grained, 

 possessing the finest keeping qualities. 

 When cooked they are nice flavored, dry and 

 mealy. It is a strong bug-resister, and does 

 remarkably well on thin, poor land. Peck, 



M 40 cts.; bushel, $1.00; barrel $2 50 1 



Pride of Wisconsin— We fully realize from 

 the numerous testimonials we have received, 

 that in this Potato we possess a variety of 

 very superior merit. Every letter we re- 

 ceive testifies to the remarkable size and 

 beauty of the tubers, which are oblong, 

 round and smooth, and of a beautiful rose 

 jt color ; and also corroborates what we said 

 regarding its great productiveness and ex- 

 cellent shipping and household qualities, 

 I and fine flavor. For good keeping qualities 

 it has no superior. Peck, 40 cts.; bushel, 



$1.00; barrel 2 50 



World's Fair — A very prolific main crop vari- 

 ety of excellent quality. The tubers are 

 good sized, smooth and very symmetrical in 

 shape, eyes few and even with the surface, 

 skin creamy white and netted; flesh fine 

 grained, pure white, and cooks mealy. The 

 ■ vines grow very strong and bushy with fine 

 leaves; tubars very numerous and compact 

 in the hill and near the surface. Peck, 40 



cts.; bushel, $1.00; barrel 3, 58 



Great Northern— The introducers of this Po- 

 tato claim for it enormous yields, and it 

 comes to us highly recommended. We give 

 an extract from the introducer's descrip- 

 tion of it: " 1'he Great Northern is the 

 heaviest yielding Potato in the world. 

 We have tested it by the side of Free- 

 man, Ohio, Jr.. Rural New Yorker, and 

 all the new varieties, and it has proven 

 far superior to them in every respect, 

 outyielding them in every instance, and 

 is the handsomest Potato we have ever 

 seen." Peck, 40 cte. ; bushel, $1.00; 



barrel 2 50 



Cream City— A variety closely resembling 

 Early Ohio in growth and general appear- 

 ance. The tubers grow to a large size, 

 white fleshed, very sound and solid, 

 showing no tendency to become hollow; 

 they are of excellent quality, and cook 

 delightfully dry and flaky. Grown along- 

 side of many excellent early varieties 

 Cream City proved itself to be worthy 

 of first rank for productiveness, size, 

 quality and appearance. As a keeper it 

 is unsurpassed. Peck, 50 cts.; bushel, 

 $1.25; barrel 8 25 



We will furnish one bushel each of the 

 above eight named varieties for $7.50, or one 

 bushel each of any three except Snowflake 

 Junior for $2.50. 



SNOWFLAKE JUNIOR. 



Mr. Huebner of Manitowoc, 

 a Potato Specialist of many 

 years' standing, writes us that 

 the Milwaukee is by far the 

 largest yielding early Potato he 

 has ever grown. 



