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A Marvel in Yield ! 



Outyielding all of the Earlies, 

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 cropping Lates. 



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A Marvel in Vigor! 



Health and freedom from disease. 



A Marvel in Quality! 



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Cropper 



WHEN we introduced The " Bovee " Potato two years ago, our own tests and the 

 opinions of others led us to claim a good deal for it, and our confidence has 

 not been misplaced. Not only is it the earliest, but it takes a leading place 

 among the heavy cropping varieties, an unusual thing among first earlies. It is 

 even earlier than Early Ohio, and compares favorably with Triumph, alightcropping 

 variety that has only extreme earliness to recommend it, while the "Bovee," in all 

 competitive trials has outyielded all the early Potatoes, and in many of the tests 

 conducted by Experiment Stations and private growers, it has outyielded even the 

 late varieties. The vine is dwarf and stocky, enabling it to be planted six inches 

 closer than nearly all other varieties, which results in a much larger return per acre, 

 and is a feature of the utmost value where land is valuable. The tubers grow remark- 

 ably close, all bunched together in the hill close up to the vine. (See cut.) They size 

 up to a marketable size more evenly than any Potato we ever saw; none too large or 

 too small ; practically the whole crop being merchantable and the quality is perfect. 

 We have only one warning — it is apt to prove disappointing on poor soil or with poor 

 cultivation, as it sets so freely the tubers are apt to be small. But on good Potato 

 ground, well fertilized and cultivated, no other early Potato to-day compares with it. 



We g-ive beiou- a few reports selected from hundreds, which will g-ive some idea Of 



The World-wide Popularity of The "BOVHE" Potato. 



"It would appear tli.it The 'Bovee' is nt least twelve days earlier than 

 Early Ohio, hut, even though no earlier, the almost perfect shape ofThe Bovee' 

 h ould win the prize every time over t In- poorly shaped Early Ohio. It is as per- 

 fect inshapeas the well-advertised Freeman and less variable. It is probably 

 three weeks earlier, and will yield more per aire, with a smaller proportion of 

 unmarketable tubers. "—The Rural New-Yorker. 



variety." — Ohio Agricultural 



"Uncommonly prolific for such an early 

 Expt. Station. 



" Yielded at a rate above any other in trial, and we consider it a very promis- 

 ing new variety." — Massachusetts Agricultural Experiment Station. 



" The 'Bovee' 

 Expt. Station. 



is exceptionally promising." — Minnesota Agricultural 



Bovee' is tin' best frame Potato I know of. Its eat- 

 N. Butterbach, Gardener to C. N. Bliss. Esq., Seere- 



May 12th, 1897.—" The 

 ing quality is extra ttne."- 

 tary of Interior. 



"From one pound of 'Bovee' Potatoes purchased from you, I raised seventy 

 pounds of One Potatoes, nearly all marketable." — H. Evans. Skaneateles, N. Y. 



Aquebogue, L. I., Oct. 16th, 189B. — "The 'Bovee' is the best early Potato we 

 lia ve. It was the best and earliest among ten varieties." — S. 0. Benjamin. 



Price, 30c. lb.; 3 lbs., 70c; 5 lbs., $1 ; ^^plS^™. <ffi £.E! 8M 1 $1-00 peck, $3 bush., $6 bbl., 



From England. — "It is very early and I made a point to try it as soon as 

 large enough to use, and found it quite white and dry." — John Crook. Eorde 

 Abbey Gardens, Chard. 



From Germany.— "The 'Bovee' is very satisfactory in every way ; the tubers 

 growing close together, are of a fine oval form and almost all of a uniform 

 medium Size, lit for table use. Eyes few and flat. The 'Bovee' was ripe ten days 

 sooner than Early Hose and Paraxon, and about A week earlier than our Im- 

 proved Six Weeks. Quality One and dry." — Haagk & Schmidt. Erfurt. 



From Sweden. — "Your new Potato -Bovee' is a most valuable addition to 

 the many you ha ve sent out. I hail a splendid crop of the finest quality, and it 

 is the best I his season out ofthirty sorts." — Svensons Frohandel, Stockholm. 



From Italy. — "I sincerely believe that ^vour 'Bovee' Potato will become the 

 leading variety in our coMintry. 1 carefully tested and found them far superior 

 to any of the numerous varieties I have tried to this day. The plant is strong, 

 of quirk vegetation and very healthy." — Guibeppe Sah.y. Milan. 



From Holland. — "The 'Bovee' seems one of the liest varieties grown in this 

 country. The crop was simply marvelous, and there do~es not exist here a heavier 

 cropping variety. It not only excels in earliness ami beautiful shape of the 

 tubers, but the )la vor is also excellent." — L. Van VVaveren & Co., Hillegom. 



From India. — "The 'Bovee' was ready for harvesting quite two weeks 

 earlier and is of better tlavnr than any other variety we have here. They were 

 quite free from disease."— Pestonjee Pochajee Pocha, Bombay. 



by express or freight at 

 purchaser's expense. 



