3 * GOOD * EARLY ♦ POTATOES.! 



The Polaris Potato.. 



North, South, East and West, from the Pa- 

 cific to the Atlantic, the Polaris Potato has 

 made'a Name for Itself. - _ _ 



For years the demand has been so great for this su- 

 perb potato as to nearly exhaust the supply, my sales 

 annually running Into the carloads. The Polaris 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 bush- 

 els per acre. It has certainly made for itself a wonder- 

 ful record during the last few years, wherever grown. 

 There is no question in my mind but that the Polaris Is 

 one of the best early potatoes, and not one of my custo- 

 mers investing in this variety will regret his purchase. 

 My stock came to me direct from the originator in Ver- _. _., . r»io 

 mont, and I would respectfully solicit early orders. If OOLARIS 

 you desire Simon-pure stock of the Polaris Potato, you 

 should send your order direct to headquarters. 



Pound, 30 cents; 3 pounds, 75 cents, by mail, postpaid. By express 



or freight, peck, 60 cents; bushel, $1.75; barrel, $3.50. 



The new QUEEN.? 



Very Early, Extra Quality and an Im- 

 mense Yielder, especially adapted to 

 all sections. . - - . . 



This excellent new early potato comes 

 from Maine, from where during the last eight 

 r ten years, it has been sent all over America, 

 nd given the best of satisfaction to all who 

 have planted It. It is certainly a very fine, 

 large size early potato, resembling the White 

 Elephant and Beauty of Hebron in color and 

 shape. In addition to being very early, they 

 are of excellent quality, as well as a superior 

 yielder. One grower reports that the Queen, 

 planted April 13th, were ready to dig June 17th 

 65 days after planting, and that, on account of 

 their extreme earliness, he was able to sell 

 them In the Philadelphia market at $1.50 per 

 bushel, when a week or ten days later, on ac- 

 count of a tremendous crop all over the coun- 

 try potatoes were only bringing about 50 cents 

 per bushel. I have a remarkably choice stock 

 of The Queen potato this season, which I take 

 pleasure in offering my customers at the fol- 

 lowing prices : 



Pound, 30 cents; 3 pounds, 75 cents, 

 by mail, postpaid. By express or freight, 

 peck, 60 cents; bu., $1.75; bbl., $3.50. 



Carman No. i. carman 



Of suDerior quality. A remarkably good 

 keeper, and the best yielding second early; 

 hills frequently containing 8 to 15 hand- 

 some, marketable tubers. 



The Carman No. I is a seedling from seedlings raised 

 through several generations, with the object of develop- 

 ing good and suppressing undesirable qualities. It is 

 Intermediate in ripening, and resembles the Rural New 

 Yorker No. 2 in shape, and also in having very few and 

 shallow eyes. The flesh is very white and quality 



?erfect. A large grower in New York State reports : 

 he tubers were cut to single eyes, so as to make the 

 seed go as far as possible. They made the' most lux- 

 uriant growth I ever saw from so little seed. This va- 

 riety Is proving to be an enormous producer of very 

 handsome tubers. They grow very large. In fact, there 

 are scarcely any small ones among them this year. In 

 my opinion. Carman No. 1 will make a great sensation 

 among growers, as soon as its enormous productiveness 

 and superior table qualities are known. To illustrate 

 this would say that fifteen bushels of tubers planted 

 the past season, cut to single eye, gave the remarkable 

 yield of over eleven hundred bushels of merchantable 

 potatoes under ordinary cultivation. If you want the 

 best second early potato known to-day, you should not 

 fail to plant Carman No. I. Offered for the first time in 

 1894 at $26.00 per barrel; and will no doubt be quoted at 

 a higher price than I offer them this season by various 

 seedsmen and potato dealers. But having harvested a 

 large crop, am prepared to ofl'er them as follows : 



Pound, 30 cents; 3 pounds, 75 cents, by 

 mail, postpaid- By express or freight, peck, 

 60 cents; bushel, $1.75; barrel, $3.50. 



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Maule*s Thoroughbred Potato. 

 ^ 4«- Has PROVEN a winner. 



I^O better evidence of this need be desired than the fact that all who 



raised it las't year have been able to dispose of their supply at from 

 12.00 to 88.00 per bushel, thus showing a magnificent profit on the invest- 



ment. It is not too late yet to get aboard, as if anything, there will be 

 more money made by those who plant Maule's Thoroughbred this 

 year, than by those who planted it last year. $7.50 a barrel may seem a 

 high price to some, but they are worth it; and when it is considered that 

 you will no doubt be readily able to sell the product of said potatoes 

 next fall and winter at from ten to fifteen times the price of ordi- 

 nary potatoes, further comment seems unnecessary, except that I 

 hope no one will fail to read what I say about Thoroughbreds on page 9. 



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