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THE VIGOROSA POTATO. 



HONEOYE ROSE POTATO. 



This is one of the most reliable large cropping sorts of potatoes on my 

 list. It is a seedling of the Victor Rose, which I catalogued the past 

 three years. The Victor Rose was a success in every locality to which 

 it was sent. This potato I consider so much of an improvement over 

 its parent stock, that I give It prominence over the old sort. The 

 shape is oblong and is well shown in the accom- 

 panying illustration. The tubers grow uniformly 

 large; small tubers are seldom to be found. The 

 color of the exterior is the same as character- 

 istic of the Rose type excepting that it is distinc- 

 tive in showing a pure white skin around the 

 eyes. The flesh of the potato is white, and when 

 cooked is mealy and always has a good flavor. Its 

 seasoQ of maturity is medium. It is a sure and 

 large cropper; 400 bushels to the acre is a common 

 yield in the neighborhood of its origin. The vines 

 grow large and have a compact habit and al- 

 ways show thriftiness. My customers will find this 

 new potato to be a satisfactory main crop variety. 

 Pound, 30 cents; 3 pouBids, 75 cents, l>y mall, 



postpaid. By express or freight, peck, 

 75 cents ; bushel, $-j.00 ; barrel, $4.00. 



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THE VIGOROSA POTATO. ? 



Equal to Early Ohio in quality and far ahead in L 

 quantity. In yield it will equal the main crop va- m 

 rieties, and is a handsome and salable market S 

 sort. Its name was suggested by its wonderfully g 

 vigorous habit of growth. It is an early variety, P 

 not quite equalling Early Ohio, but maturing with ■" 

 Hebron. "There are plenty of heavy yielding late ^ 

 varieties," says the introducer, "but it is not so £ 

 with early ones. It is a very handsome potato. It P 

 has a beautiful flesh colored skin, with consider- o 

 able of a netting. * * * Altogether it seems to « 

 have no faults whatever, and we believe it will S 

 prove a great money maker among early pota- * 

 toes." Vigorosa originated with Mr. D. C. Hicks, g" 

 of Vermont, who says that it is an inbred seedling » 

 of the good old Garnet Chili. "It was a very strong, h 

 robust grower from the start," states Mr. Hicks, <» 

 "and the second year gave me tubers of market- * 

 able size and of very good quality. The form of . 

 the tuber also was fixed from the first. The plant Si 

 has a very tough, leathery foliage. Its productive- « 

 ness, good quality and beauty of tuber, will make ? 

 it a favorite with all planters. I had only one S 

 other potato in my collection that gave me a >-' 

 - - heavier yield, and that was a late variety." * 



There is testimony to show that this new potato is * 

 fully equal to Early Ohio in quality and that it will far distance it in *i 

 quantity, while the tubers are of more attractive appearance. My per- 2 

 sonal experience with Vigorosa, on my trial grounds at Briar Crest, § 

 makes me willing to give it a conspicuous place in my catalogue. It « 

 will be needed by all wide awake gardeners. P 



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A good potato, season, between early and late. 



This fine potato was originated in the northern 

 part of Maine, and was introduced in 1896. Its be- 

 havior on my trial grounds causes me to regard it 

 as of high merit. To some extent it resembles 

 New Queen and Beauty of Hebron, only the color- 

 ing is more marked. The shape is oblong. It has 

 a blush, with mottled skin and forms strong eyes. 

 It is a prolific variety, a yield of 127}i bushels from 

 one bushel of seed, being reported. In season it is 

 intermediate between early and late. It is a fine 

 potato in every respect, and has extra cooking 

 qualities. A special feature of this medium or 

 main crop potato, is its wonderful keeping qual- 

 ities, being quite solid in the spring when the early potatoes are sprout- 

 ing. This gives Rose colored potatoes when they command good prices. 

 Pound, 30 cents; 3 pounds, 75 cents, by niall, postpaid. By ex- 

 press or freight, peck, 75 cents; bushel, $2.00; barrel, $4.00. 



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SIR WALTER RALEIGH POTATO. 



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I have a quantity of very choice potato seed 9 

 from the flower ball (the true seed) which I am " 

 pleased to offer to my customers who would try to J 

 raise a new kind of potato. The tubers rarely J 

 grow to be more than a half inch in diameter the "1, 

 first year, but the second year they get to be quite r 

 respectable potatoes, so that we may judge pretty vt 

 nearly of their value, though they do not get out for * 

 all they are worth until the third year. Pkt., 15 cts. ? 



SIR WALTER RALEIGH POTATO. ^ 



A new white skin potato. The best of Mr. Carman's introductions. 3 



The introducers describe Sir Walter Raleigh as a magnificent new L 



potato developed by Mr. Carman, much resembling Rural New Yorker B 



No. 2, of which it is a seedling. It is much better than its parent, yield- H 



ing no small tubers, and the tubers are quite nniform in size. It is from ^ 



four to six days later. The color is the same, the rd 



skin and fiesh being white. In fact, it is put on the 1^ 



market as the whitest fleshed and finest grained 1^ 



potato on the whole list of main crop varieties, not tj 



even excepting the Snowflake; and the prediction 2 



is made that it will finally supersede other sorts on u 



account of its sterling excellence. On the grounds m 



of The Rural New-Yorker it proved the best andi 



heaviest cropper of 49 varieties. People who have ^ 



tried this potato speak of it in terms of extrava- p 



gant praise, and it is already one of the leading |^ 



prize winners at the fairs. It is much discussed ^ 



everywhere, and I believe it possesses great and ^ 



permanent excellence, both in table quality and as 



a cropper. It was introduced only two years ago, ''9 



but the stock is now widely disseminated, and is in C 



great demand. It does nobly on my trial grounds. ^ 



I ofler this variety to take the place of Carman >i 



No. 3. While the latter sort is a very fine potato, * 



this one will equal it in yield, size of tubers, etc., Jj 



but in its cooking qualities the Sir Walter Raleigh .: 



will surpass it in many points. ifl 



Pound, 30 cents ; 3 pounds, 75 cents by mall, 9 



postpaid. By express or freight, peck, 75 n< 



cents ; bushel, $3.00 ; barrel, $4.00. £ 



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