PETER HENDERSON & CO.-SEEDS OF SPECIAL MERIT. 



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FIRST EARLY POTATO-VANGUARD. 



Offered by us for the first time last season after an extended and previous trial of three years, 

 during which period it proved to be all that could be desired in the way of an early potato. In the 

 ■experience of customers who purchased it last season we know that in most cases the Vanguard 

 fully sustained all that we said in its favor. At the same time candor compels us to say that we have 

 iiad a few unfavorable reports, but in nearly all such instances we found that the seed had been 

 bought very late in the spring, when to execute orders for the variety we had to send out tubers in 

 rather bad shape. To this cause we attribute what little dissatisfaction occurred. Our illustration 

 is a trifle smaller than the average size of the tubers. The skin is the same color as the Early 

 Rose, indented with few and shallow eyes. In yield it is about on a par with the early sorts, 

 while in quality and flavor it is unsurpassed. In earliness it has in every instance, when grown 

 side by side with the earliest varieties, been fit to dig never less than ten, and often twelve and 

 -fourteen days before any other sort had matured. The testimonials given below were sent us in 

 1883, by two of the largest and most successful potato growers in the country. 

 By express or freight, $1.00 per peck ; $3.00 per bushel ; $6.00 per bbl. 



" Last spring you sent me for trial your new seedling potato, -with a request that I should plant them and report the result. 

 'They were planted the last week in April beside Early Eose and Early Sunrise, on the same day, using a fertilizer at the rate of 600 

 lbs. per acre. The first week in July they were examined and found large enough for the table. The last week in July the crop 

 was folly matured, and I do not hesitate to pronounce them fully ten days earlier than either the Early Sunrise or Early Eose, and 

 its yield as compared with the above named varieties was most satisfactory. 



"I have tested the quality and it is all that could be desired. In mealiness, and fine, delicate flavor, it is equal to Snowflake. I 

 Relieve it will become the standard variety for earliness, quality and productiveness. J. L. CONOVEB. 



flolmdel, N. J., Nov. 10th, 1883." 



Under date of November 3d, E. L. Coy, of Washington County, N. Y., writes : "Its quaUty is certainly very fine. We have 

 oooked them and found them everything that could be desired. When planted side by side with the Beauty of Hebron and Early 

 Moee, the Vanguard ripened fully ten days earlier than either." 



POTATO. EARLY MAYFLOWER. 



This valuable new early variety 

 ripens about with the Early Rose, 

 while the quality is equal to that 

 of the Snowflake. In fact, this 

 variety is a cross between the 

 Snowflake and Peachblow. The 

 tubersare of medium size and run 

 very uniform, and of the general 

 shape shown in the accompany- 

 ing illustration. It is of light 

 lemon color, with smooth skin, 

 well covered with very fine net- 

 ting. The eyes are few, while the 

 flesh is white and solid. Cooks 

 evenly and thoroughly without 

 falling to pieces, and has no hard 



core so common to many other sorts. The vines grow strong and vigorous, and have a spreading 



rather than an upright growth. 



By express or freight, 75 cts. per peck ; $2.50 per bushel ; $5.00 per bbl. 



If you wish to raise Vegetables for sale read Peter Henderson's " Gardening for Profit." 



