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" Uncle Sam." 



' UNCLE SAM ' 



In the season 1895, a well-known Potato 

 grower and expert in New York State grew 

 on his farm, under the same soil conditions 

 and cultivation, "UNCLE SAM," Rural 

 New-Yorker No. 2, The Great Divide and 

 Irish Daisy, and on digging and weighing 

 the crops was astonished to find that 

 had outyieldod all between ninety and one hundred per cent., or nearly double the crop per acre of these well-known 

 varieties. 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 qualities— varieties which produce coarse, waxy and 

 unpalatable tubers. 



But, aside from its productiveness, which is largely attributable to the uniform size of the Potatoes, nearly all sizing up alike, 

 none too large and few too small, its crowning merit is its superb cooking qualities, which will ultimately place " UNCLE SAM" on 

 every table where quality in Potatoes is appreciated. 



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 skin, with very shallow eyes near the surface, and are so handsome in appearance and 

 perfect in form that they will always bring an enhanced price upon the market. Price, 1 lb., 35c. ; 3 lbs., 80c., postpaid; by freight 

 or express, at purchaser's expense, $1.25 pk.; $4.00 bush. ; $8.00 bbl. 



LATE PURITAN. In the LATE Puritan we have a potato 

 which is identical with the Early Puritan in appearance, color 

 and quality, but far more productive. 50c. peck, $1.50 bush., 

 $3.00 bbl. 



PRIDE OP THE "WEST. A flattish-round, red variety, very 

 large ; eyes deep but few. The quality is unequaled ; medium 

 late ; strong grower. 50c. peck, $1.50 bush., $3.00 bbl. 



BILL NYE. A heavy cropper. It is verj' smooth and handsome, 

 eyes unusually shallow. 50c. peck, $1.50 bush., $3.00 bbl. 



RESTAURANT. If you wish to raise a big crop of large, hand- 

 some potatoes, this is the sort to plant. It is of large size, is 

 an enormous yielder, and, for a main crop variety, cannot be 

 excelled. 50c. peck, $1.60 bush., $3.25 bbl. 



A GRAND NEW Main Crop POTATO, 



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SIR WALTER RALEIGH." 



Mr. Carman's Best* 



The only seedling of the well=known Rural New-Yorker No. 2 that is better than its parent. 



Though offered this year for the first time, we have grown 

 it for three years, and are convinced that it is the best of 

 Mr. Carman's introductions, and Mr. Carman has i-aised 

 some of the best and most popular varieties, notably the 

 great pairs, Rural Blush and Rural New-Yorker No. 2, and 

 the Carman No. 1 and No. 3. In most respects it closely 

 resembles Rural New-Yorker No. 2, but is more uniform 

 and yields practically no small tubers, every one being 

 marketable. 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 Snow- 

 flake. It is unquestionably the best of its type, and will 

 soon supersede all others of this class. 



At the Rural Grounds it proved the best and heaviest 

 cropper of forty-nine varieties, and on our own trial farm 

 and on the farms of three potato experts in New Jersey, 

 New York and Connecticut, it proved the most remarkable 

 of many varieties grown. 



We have named it "Sir Walter Raleigh," because of 

 the great exhibition of Potatoes being held in Ireland this 

 year, the trieentennial year of the introduction of the so- 

 called Irish Potato into Great Britain by Sir Walter Raleigh, 

 who, it is claimed, got the tubers in Virginia. Combining 

 as it does three centuries of improvement, and representing 

 the highest type of Potato known to-day, we believe it to be 

 a fitting tribute to the original introducer of the Potato 

 into commerce, to have his name attached to the best pro- 

 duction of Mr. Carman, who has in recent years done so 

 much for the improvement of the Potato. (See cut.) 



PRICE, 50c. lb., 3 lbs. for $1.00, 5 lbs. for $1.50, 10 

 lbs. for $2.50, postpaid. If by express or freight, deduct 

 8c. per lb. 



Those who have tried our "SIR WALTER RALEIGH POTATO" write; 



Wickatunk, Monmouth Couuty, N. J. 

 "I am of a decided opinion that ' Sir Walter 

 Saleigrh ' 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 Kaleig'h ' Mr. Carman has ex- 

 celled all his previous efforts. The quality is equal 



to Rural Blush and Snowflake, and the flavor 

 much finer than either. It is a heavy cropper and 

 produces no small Potatoes." 



J. L. CONOVEK. 



Milford, Conn. 

 " The ' Sir Walter Baleig'Il ' is a great yielder ; 



all large Potatoes, no small ones; vines grow strong: 

 and upright." C. W. Beardsley. 



Aquebogue, Long Island, N. Y. 

 " ' Sir Walter Baleig'h ' is an immense yielder, 

 of fine quality, and very few small ones." 



S. O. Benjamin. 



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S2.50 DGGk, $7.50 busliGl, $15.00 bbl., "'VJ^^^iiirZl'^i^nl 



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1 lb. each of the three grand New Potatoes, The " Bovee," " Sir Walter Baleig'h" and 

 "Unole Sam," delivered free for $1.00; 3 lbs. each for $2.25. If by express or freigfht, at 

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

 expense, 1 peck each The "Bovee," "Sir Walter Baleig'h" and "Uncle Sam." $5.00; 

 1 bbl., containing' 1 bushel each "Sir Walter Baleigfh " and The "Bovee," and filled up 

 with about K bushel " Uncle Sam," $15.00; 1 bbl. each "Sir Walter Baleig'h," The 

 "Bovee " and "Uncle Sam," $30.00. 



