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TIES THAN ANY OTHER VARIETY, 
EXCEPTING THE FREEMAN. 
—This new seedling comes to me from one of the 
largest potato growers in Illinois, a man who has 
experimented and tried every new variety intro- 
duced in the last twenty years. It is a cross be- 
tween the Minnesota Seedling, and Pearl of Savoy. 
The Minnesota Seedling is Burbank crossed 
with the good old Ohio. Hence the parents 
and ancestors of People’s are a grand union 
of the very best blood in the country. The 
originator in describing it, writes me as 
follows: ‘In shape the People’s is a beau- 
tiful, oval, oblong to round; skin a russet 
white or tan color, some being splashed with 
pink, eyes shallow, flesh white, of fine pure 
flavor, cooking perfectly dry and meally 
through, not falling to waste. The vines are 
heavy, and strong, and the yield of handsome 
tubers of great uniformity of size is unusually 
large. Tubers in size are from large to very 
[(z large, and growing mostly under the hill 
A= vine. It was originated in 1885, and is the 
[fz best keeper I know of. A number being kept 
in the past season until June without show- 
ing any signsof sprouting. Last year planted 
in June on old unmanured land, a coating of 
ashes only being used, they produced a good 
fair crop, when all others planted at that 
# time with only one exception failed almost 
entirely : and this splendid showing was made 
with a dry, hot July and August. In the 
season of ’88 they averaged 8 to10 large to 
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Mr. T. Wend, Shoup, Idaho.: “I ship you to-day six of the largest People’s 
Potatoes raised from seed purchased of you last spring, and hope they will reach 
the top of the ladder and entitle me to the premium. I have raised from one peck 
of seed potatoes 49 bushels, and theyaverage 2 pounds each; there are no small 
potatoes among them. They are as fine as I ever harvested or ever saw in the 
Rocky mountains. AJl your seeds are first-class.”’ i 
M. E. Schwindel, Stockton, Ills.: ‘‘We are well pleased with your seeds, 
they have given perfect satisfaction, especially the Potentate Potato. We value 
it far beyond its price, and would advise any one wanting an Al potato, to try it; 
they are a grand eating potato, besides being an abundant yielder.”’ _ 
J.B. Trimble, Ogden, Utah: “The potatoes I got of you last spring proved to be 
good, especially the People’s. I have dug some of them and they turn out fully 
better than I expected : six of them weighed 8 pounds net, and I am confident I can 
find some still larger when I dig the rest of them.” 
M. E. Sammis, Huntington, N. Y.: “I consider your People’s the most produc- 
tive potato I ever saw. I planted the four tubers whole; when the sprouts were 
about 6inehes high I broke them off and planted in rather poor soil; they made 
about half as much top as the planted tubers but when I dug them I was greatly 
surprised to find potatoes that weighed fully one pound under the transplanted 
vines, while some in the other hills reached 114 pounds. I raised six fine Jumbo 
Watermelons on one vine, the largest weighing 50 pounds. 
Will be given by letter to any} 
SP ‘i Cl A L E Fe ICES one desiring to purchase ten} 
jor more bbls. at one time, either of one variety or assorted lots. | 
1GOOD SEED POTATOES HAVE NOT BEEN SO SCARCE IN} 
YEARS. MY PRESENT SUPPLY IS LARGER THAN EVER, BUT} 
JAS / EXPECT AN ENORMOUS DEMAND REGULAR CUSTOW-| 
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== very large tubers to the hill, showing but very * 
few small ones, and the last two seasons in Minnesota and Illinois they have & 
surpassed all the novelties. Their season is medium and I regard them as & 
the most valuable potato im existemce. In Minnesota, where nearly 
everything failed the past season, on account of drought, the People’s made a 
good fair crop, and in Illinois where we had a hot, dry July and August, they 
produced a beautiful crop nearly all being of marketable size, as high as 17 
marketable tubers being taken from one hill.” 
I send the People’s out with the full conviction that it will take 
the same position among the late varieties as the Polarishas already 
secured among the early sorts, namely, the very head of the list. 
With Polaris for early and the People’s for late, you will have two 
most profitable varieties. Lb., 50 cents; 3 lbs., $1.25 postpaid. By express 
or freight, peck, $1.50; bushel, $3.50; bbl., $7.00. 
THE POTENTATE POTATO.—In describing this magnificent variety, 
I cannot do better than repeat what I said of it in last year’s catalogue. For the 
last three years, on my trips through New York State, inspecting my seed crops, a 
large grower of choice seed potatoes has always called my attention to a potato be 
called the Potentate, as being particularly fine, and worthy of a good notice in 
my Seed Catalogue. Out of some 30 or 40 sorts, embracing all the new varieties, 
as well as the good old stand-bys, he, as well as his entire family, has used it in 
preference to all others for their own table. Even as late as July orist of August, 
the Potentate from the year before, cooked better anc was preferred to many of 
the early potatoes that were then {ready for use. From this, its two particular 
strong points—good keeping and good eating qualities—can readily be seen. 
Potentate originated in the State of Iowa, and matures about the same time as 
Magnum Bonum. They stand out even orsmooth. Itis the smoothest and more 
nearly round than any potato I have ever seen. The tubers are uniformly ofa 
good size, and grow closely together in the hill. For alate Winter or Spring 
Potato I doubt if it can be equaled. In seasons like last year, Potentate will and 
has proved the most profitable to grow. Yields better, rots less, under adverse 
circumstances than any other variety. $10 invested in Poten- 
tates ought to return every purchaser one thousand per cent. 
profitnext Fall. Pound, 50 cents; 3 pounds, $1.25, postpaid. 
By expressor freight, purchaser paying charges, peck, $1.25; 
bushel, $3.00; barrel, $6.00. 
SUPERIOR.—(Coy’s Seedling, No. 88,) First intro- 
duced in 1889, originated from a seed Pall found ina field of 
White Star. In shape it somewhat resembles its parent but is 
more compact inform. Pound, 30 cts.; 3 pounds, 75 cts., by mail, 
postpaid. By expressor freight, pk., $1; bus., $2.50; bbl., $5.00. 
GREEN MOUNTAIN.—Superior comes to us from New 
York, while Green Mountain, as its name implies, comes from 
the excellent potato-growing State, Vermont. Itis a late in- 
termediate variety, of large size, white and handsome. form. 
The Rural New Yorker reports that in 1887 it gave the largest 
| yield ever harvested on their grounds. Quality good and es- 
pecially recommended for late keeping. Pound, 30 cents; 3 
| pounds, 75 cents, postpaid. Peck, $1 ; bushel, $3.; barrel, $5.50. 
ARIZONA .—This originated in Arizona from a cross of 
the Early Rose with a native Wild Mountain Potato. It is 
second early, very hardy, an extra cropper and a vigorous 
grower. It comes to me highly recommended and I think will 
be sure to please my customers. Pound, 30 cents; 3 pounds, 75 
cents, postpaid. Peck, $1.00; bushel, $2.50 ; barrel, $5.00. 
POT T0 SEED I have a quantity of very choice potato 
e seed from the flower-ball (the true seed), 
which I am pleased to offer to my customers who would try 
to raise a new kind of potato. Growing new sorts from the 
seed-ball seed is a very interesting employment for old or 
young. There is the widest range of difference in color, shape, 
and general characteristics between the different seedings; 
every one ismore or less unlike every other. The tubers rarely 
grow to be more thana half-inch in diameter the first year, z 
but the second, they get to be quite respectable potatoes, so « 
that we may judge pretty nearly of their value, though they u 
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do not get out for all they are worth until the third year. Plant 
in fairly rich soil when itis time to plant Indian corn; keep 
clear of weeds, and give them good cultivation. Pkt., 25 cts. 
