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T'he Grown cJev/cl f^otato. 



We hiive been growing this valuable new potato for five years, and feel we cannot say too mucli in 

 its praise, as every claim we have made for it has been fully substantiated. It is a seedling of the JKarly 

 Ohio. The seed-balls were found in a large field of that well-known variety and it partakes of all the 

 pure and unadulterated qualities of its excellent parent, without any admixture of baser blood. Grown 

 in competition with the Early Ohio, Early Kose and Sunrise, it more than doubled the yield of 

 any ot thein; under preci-sely the .same eoiulitions, they were ready to dig ten day.s earlier. The 

 Crown Jewel is a strikingly beautiful potato, the shape is well depicted in our illustration, skin is white 

 and .smooth, eyes shallow but strong, flesh pure white and floury, cooking evenl.v throughout. The 

 vines grow vigorously, the roots extend very deeply into the soil, thus resisting drought, audits keeping 

 qualities are equal to the best. Lb., -lOc.; 3 lbs., Sl.OO, post-paid by mail; peck, 90c.; bush., 82. 50; bbl., 

 2i54 bush., SO.OO, by freight or express. 



CfliJhat * T'hey * Say 



BY EAK THE EAKLIEST. 



Christopher Prier, .\ppleton City, Bio., Sept. 2, 1889, 

 writes: "The Crown Jewel is by far the earliest potato I ever 

 knew. I raised sixty-four pounds of potatoes from a single 

 pound bought of you. I had the finest garden around here, 

 and will buy all my seed in the future from you." 



A JETVEL, rXDEED. 



J. Z. T.VYLOR, Deal's Island, Md., writes: "A. 'jewel' 

 indeed I find in the Crown Jewel Potato, which was fit to eat 

 t-en days ahead of any other variety, and yielded beyond 

 anything I ever saw; tops short; will grow in poorest of 

 sandy soil. I am an experienced trucker, and know of what 

 I am talking. My first shipment was ahead of any in the 

 State, and brought seventy-five cents more per barrel. There 

 is a fortune in them for somebody." 



THE LARGEST TTEI.D. 



Henry W. Satterthwaite, Fallsington, Pa., writes: 

 " The Crown .Jewel turned out very fine. The largest yield 

 They beat the Early Rose in every way." 



I ever had. 



TWO WEEKS AHEAD. 



H. B. Miner. Mediapolis, Iowa, writes: "Crown Jewel 

 weredug inseventy-six days from the time of planting. They 

 beat the Early Ohio more than double in yield and two weeks 

 quicker in growtli. The ground was not manured at all." 



SUPERIOR TO EIGHT OTHER VARIETIES. 



I>. F. BiENSiNGEE, Slatington, Pa., writes: "I planted 

 the Crown Jewel Potato by the side of eight otlier varieties ; 

 find it far superior in yield, earliness, size and quality." 



CROWN JEW1EL BEATS THEM AtE. 



J. C. Bishop, Heyworth, 111., writes: "The Crown 

 Jewel Potato I got fiom you beats them all. None other 

 compares with them in earliness and yield." 



LEE'S FAVORITE. This new potato is said lo be a 

 week earlier than Beauty of Hebron, resembling the E:irly 

 Rose in shape, hut with lighter skin. It has yielded over 

 four hundred bushels to the acre, and its quality is all that 

 can be desired. Peek, (»c.; bush., SI. 75; barrel, US. 75. 



THE POLARIS. This new potato originated in North- 

 ern Vermont. Vt'e secured seed and have grown it on an ex- 

 tensive scale the past sea.'^on wilh the most satisfactory 

 results. It is of long oval shape and creamy-white in color, 

 cooking as wliite as the finest flour; is hardy, prolific, hand- 

 some, e.irly and a good keeper. With the originator it has 

 yielded at the rate of six hundred bushels per acre. ]t has 

 made for itself a wonderful record during the Jii.--t few years 

 wherever grown. Peck, tiSc; bush., :H. 75; bl)l.,?4.i0. 



PEARl. OF SAVOY. This new variety is a cross of 

 Clark's No. 1 and Extra Early Vermont. Quite as early as 

 the Early Ro.se; very productive and vigorous in growth. 

 The tubers are oblong, fair and of large size; the flesh is 

 pearly-white. Peck, 6 'c; bu.sh., 81.75; bbl.,S;i.75, 



PRINCE EDVl'ARD ISLAND EARLY KOSE. Our 

 stock of this popular variety is imported direct frotn Prince 

 Edward Island, where we find them in their original purity, 

 most of the stock of Early Rose now grown in the States being 

 mixed and inferior in productiveness. Peck, 60c.; bush., 

 81.50; bbl.,8.3..50. 



BLISS' TKIiraiPH. This variety combines the won- 

 derful productiveness of the Peerless Avith all the good 

 qualities of the Early Rose, is much more productive and 

 matures its crops at least a week in advance of the Early 

 Rose. Tubers are of medium size, round and uniform in 

 shape, with but a very few small ones; color a beautiful 

 light red, strongly resemWing the early varieties from Ber- 

 muda; (iesh finegrained and excellent flavor. The tubers 

 grow compactly in the hill and are easily harvested. An ex- 

 cellent keeper and inclined to sprout early. It seems pecu- 

 liarly adapted for cultivation in theSouthern andSouthwe^t- 

 ern States. It is oneof tliefew varieties that hns been ste;idily 

 improving instead of deteriorating bvage. Peck,75e ; bush., 

 $2.00; bbl.,S4.50. 



AMERICAN MAGNUM BONUM. This potato is a 

 seedling of the good old Peach bh)Av, and somewhat resembles 

 that variety. They are very early, even in size, free from 

 all disease, very productive and the best of keepers, and do 

 equally well planted early or late. Flesh white, and when 

 boiled or baked aro. menly, white as snow, and will keep un- 

 til June. Peck, 6.5c.; bush., 81.75 ; bbl., 83.75. 



