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main CROP POTATOES... 



"Uncle Sam." 



It is the handsomest Potato grown. 

 ITS COOKING QUALITIES 

 are Superior— WHITE, DRY AND FLOURY. 



A luxuriant, healthy grower, free from 



disease, blight, scab or rot. <£ jt Jt J*J& 

 IT OUTYIELDS all other Potatoes nearly two to one! 

 ITS SHAPE AND SIZE) are wonderfully, uniform.'. 

 "UNCLE SAM" possesses more desirable 

 qualities than any other Potato. Its cropping 

 qualities are phenomenal, and we believe it to 

 be the heaviest yielding Potato known, not even 

 excepting several varieties worthless in every 

 other respect than their heavy cropping quali- 

 ties — varieties which produce coarse, waxy and 

 unpalatable tubers. On clay or heavy soils 

 "UNCLE SAM" is not a satisfactory Potato and 

 is apt to get coarse and unshapely, but on a loam 

 or sandy soil there is no Potato which will outyield it or give more satisfactory results. Its productiveness is largely attributable to 

 the uniform size of the Potatoes, nearly all sizing up alike, none too large and few too small, but its crowning merit is its superb 

 cooking qualities, which will ultimately place "UNCLE SAM" on every table where quality in Potatoes is appreciated. Its hand- 

 some, pure white, flourj- appearance attracts the attention of all. It is a medium late variety, ripening along with Rural New-Yorker 

 No. 2, and has most luxuriant foliage, completely shading the ground. The tubers are oval, with pure white russet skin, with very 

 shallow eves near the surface, and are so handsome in appearance and perfect in form that they will always bring an enhanced price 

 upon the market. (See cut.) 60c. peck, $2.00 bushel, $4.00 bbl. 

 " I bought ten pounds of your ' Uncle Sam ' and it has pro ved to be a good 



"I got three pounds ' Uncle Sam' Potatoes and I got ninety pounds last 

 spring." JOSEPH EDGAR, Hopewell Center, .V. Y. 



" We are enjoying the nice potatoes. About eight bushels from the ten pounds 

 of 'Uncle Sam.'" C. L. QUIGLEY, Martinsburg, W. Pa. 



" From the ' 'Uncle Sam' Potato of which I got three pounds, I dug two bushels, 

 and would have had as many more but for an accident." 



F. L. HUXTLY.Xew Hartford, Iowa. 



In the LATE Puritan we have a potato which is identical with the Early Puritan in appearance, color and quality, 



vielder with me. I have twenty-one bushels grown from the ten pounds ofsejd. 



GUY W. CRA WFORD, Letcher, S. Dakota. 



•• We sent last year for three lbs. of your 'Uncle Sam' Potato and were 

 very much pleased with the result. We raised about seventy pounds front The three 

 pounds." 



MRS. ROBERT BICKERTOX, West Elizabeth, Pa. 



LATE PURITAN 



but/ar more productive. 60c. peck, $1.75 bush., $3.50 bbl. 



" If you are interested in bearing of your Late Puritan Potatoes, I am happy 

 to say that not only have they out yielded everything in this part of the country 

 and are fast taking the place of the old standard varieties, such as White Star, 

 etc., hut also the consumers pronounce them the best potatoes they have cvrr 

 used." E. D. KASSOX, Gloversville, X. Y. 



GRAND NEW. 



MAIN CROP POTATO, 



" I got two pounds of your Late Puritan Potatoes last Spring and planted 

 them. I have HOY2 lbs.; some of them weighed over one pound." 



JOSEPH EDGAR, 



Hopewell Center, X. Y. 



"SIB WALTER RALEIGH." 



MR. CARMAM'S BEST. 



THE ONLY SEEDLINC OF THE WELL-KNOWN RURAL NEW-YORKER NO. 2 THAT IS BETTER THAN ITS PARENT. 



The best of Mr. Carman's introductions, and Mr. Carman has raised some of the best and most popular varieties, notably the 



pairs, Rural Blush and Rural New-Yorker No. 2, and the Carman No. 1 

 New-Yorker No. 2, but is more uniform and yields 

 practically no small tubers, every one being market- 

 able. It is from four to six days later than the Rural 

 New-Yorker ; the color of the skin is the same, but the 

 flesh is whiter and of better quality ; in fact, it is the 

 whitest- fleshed and finest-grained Potato, excelling 

 even the Snowflake. It is unquestionably the best of 

 its type, and will soon supersede all others for main 

 crop. (See cut.) 



FROM EDITORIAL COLUMNS: 



" RURAL XFW-YORKER," Xov. 5th, 1S9S: 

 "At present, ALL things considered, we are inclined to regard 

 the 'Sir Walter Raleigh ' as the best Potato we have evertried." 



Those'who have tried our " Sir Walter Raleigh" Potato write : 



"lam of a decided opinion that' Sir Walter Raleigh' will be 

 the coming Potato for main crop. It has certainly far exceeded 

 my expectations. I have grown all of Mr. Carman's Potatoes, 

 and believe that in ' Sir Walter Raleigh' Mr. Carman has ex- 

 celled all his previous efforts." 



J. L. COXOYER, Wickatunk, Monmouth Co., X. J. 

 " The ' Sir Walter Raleigh' is a great yielder; all large Po- 

 tatoes, no small ones; vines grow strong and upright." 



C. W. BEASDSLEY, Mil ford. Conn. 

 "'Sir Walter Raleigh' is an immense yielder, of fine quality 

 and very few small ones." 



S. O. BENJAMIN, Aquebogue, Long Island, X. Y. 

 "I grew 'Sir Walter Raleigh' and ' Bovee' Potatoes last 

 year. I have tried many kinds, but they are the best varieties I 

 know. In both cases the yield was remarkable." 



JAMES HOOD, Chitteuango. X. Y. 



PRICI ,30c. lb.; 3 lbs., 70c; 5 lbs., $1.00, Post or Express Paid. 



If by freight or express, at purchaser's expense, deduct 8c. per lb. 



PRICE, 60c. peck, $2.00 bush., $4.00 bbl., 



By express or freight at purchaser's expense. 



and No. 3. In most respects it closely resembles 



great 

 Rural 



