

The ?0\i|VR\S Potjko 



WORTH. SOUTH, EAST AND WEST, PROM THE PACIFIC TO 



IN THE ATLANTIC, THE POLARIS POTATO HAS MADE A 



NAME FOR ITSELF UNSURPASSED BY ANY OTHER IN 



CULTIVATION. ©O0O©©©©0© 



For years the demand has been so great for this superb potato 

 as to early exhaust the supply; my sales annually running into 

 the carloads, where other sorts sell by the ioo barrels. In all 

 sections of the country, during the trying season of 1890, the 

 Polaris Potato surpassed all other sorts in yield, keeping qual- 

 ities and freeness from rot. Every reader of this book who has 

 not planted the Polaris Potato should do so in 1893. 



fN presenting this Potato to my customer?, I did 

 it knowing that it combined more essential 

 qualities than any other first-class Po- 

 tato not EXCEPTING ANY VARIETY 

 but Oie Freeman. It is of long oval shape, 

 and a creamy white in color, cooking as white 

 as the finest flour. It originated by nature's 

 own processes ; Is hardy, prolific, handsome, early, and 

 a good keeper, and as a table variety has no superior. 

 With the originator it has yielded at the rate of 600 

 bushels per acre. It has certainly made for itself a 

 wonderful record during the last few years wherever 

 grown. 



There Is no question in my mind bat that 

 the Polaris Is the best early potato after The 

 Freeman, and not one of my customers investing in 

 this new variety will regret his purchase. My stock 

 comes to me direct troui the originator in Vermont, 

 and I would respectfully solicit early orders. If you 

 desire Simon-pure stock of the Polaris Potato, y.,u 

 should send direct to headquarters, for, as In 

 former years, my entire supply of Polaris 

 Potatoes, this season has been grown for me 

 by Mr. H. F. Smith, the originator. 



Mr. H. F. Smith, the originator of the Polaris, writes 

 as follows concerning the claim of a certain seedsman 

 that the Polaris and Early Puritan are identical : 



" The Polaris was introduced at least three years 

 before the Puritan was named. It was named as early 

 as 1884, at which time it was publicly noticed by the New England press, and had 

 gained quite a local reputation in Vermont, having been exhibited at local fairs, 

 etc. In l»sii its merits were recognized by the U. S. Uept. of Agriculture and a bid 

 made bv the department lor a quantity for testing purposes. Now all this occuring 

 prior to the introduction of the Puritan, conclusively disproves the iact ot the 

 Polaris being identical with the Puritan Potato. Also, during 1S*7, the year the 

 Puritan was introduced, and was of course, selling at a high price by a prominent 

 New York seedsman, the Polaris were being offered and sold at almost the same 

 prices as those at which it is offered this year. While the two potatoes have a 

 white skin, and when bulked somewhat resemble each other I consider there is no 

 similarity between the two ; and if they are identical, certainly the Puritan must 

 be the Polaris, if there is anything in priority of introduction." H. F. Smith. 



In view of the fact that the introducer of the Puritan and myself, who have 

 been largely instrumental in putting the Polaris before the public, both consider 

 the^e varieties distinct, further comment seems hardly necessary. 



WM. HtXBY Matxle. 



PRICE OF POLARIS POTATO FOR 1893, lb., 50 cts.; 3 lbs. 

 $1.00, postpaid. By express or freight, purchaser paying freight, 

 ph., $1.00; bus., $2. 50; bbl., S3. 50. 



NEW EARLY WHITE PRIZE.— Earlv Prize is one of a lot of seed- 

 lings raised in 1880,aince which time it lias been carefully grown and selected, until 

 it 1- simply tin- perfection of all early potatoes. In the words of its originator, a 

 large grower in tnc northern part of this State, it is the smoothest, handsomest, 

 and best yielding early potato in cultivation. In shape it resembles the Early 

 Beauty of Hebron, skin of a russety appearance shaded creamy white ; they are 

 very smooth, eyes being even with the surface. In table qualities it IS especially 

 fine, flesh is white, always cook dry and mealy. At the experimental grounds 

 of The Rural New Yorker it yielded at the rate of 726 bushels per acre. In conclu- 

 sion, I will only say there are few better curly potatoos, in my opinion, in 

 existence. Pound. 40 cents; ;i pounds. Sl.OO, postpaid. By express or freight, 

 purchaser paying charges, peck, SI .no ; bushel, 8&50 ; barrel'. $-"'.00. 



EARLY PURITAN.— I quote as follows from the introducer's descrip- 

 tion ; " The skin and flesh are very' white, it cooks dry and floury, and is equal in 



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quality to that of the SnowBake. But the gnat value of Early Puritan Potato 

 lies in* it- great productiveness; plante : a he same e< 



has thus i :l r yielded nearly double thai id' the Earlj K - '• ol 



HoMon. it ripens as early as the Early Rose, but unlike that varieti 



tubers when half grown are wonderl'ulh dr\ and tit foi 



cents ; S pounds, S1.00, postpaid. By express or freight purchaser pa> u 



peck, SI. bushel, sj.mi : barrel, 16.00. 



THF, (HAS. DOWNING POTATO Claimed to be the most product- 

 ive and finest table potato yet disseminated. The introducer says: 'They 

 are beauties. Our farmers are crazy for them. I think they are perfect, 

 and predict that in a short time they will become one of the most po] 

 varieties in America. Tested at the Ohio Experimental Station with ovi 

 other sorts, the average yield was given at ;;::> 1-10 bushels per acre." 11... 

 lbs., Sl.OO, postpaid. By express or freight, peck, $1.00; bushel. SidO; twrrvl, 95.00. 



