N^5W EARLY WHITE PRIZE.— Early Prize is one of a lot of seedlings 

 raised in 1880, since which time it has heen carefully grown and selected, until now 

 it is simply the perfection of all early potatoes. In the words of its originator, a 

 large grower in the 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 is 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 cooks dry and mealy. At the experimental grounds of The 

 Rural New Yorker it yielded at the rate of 726 bushels per a'cre. In conclusion, I 

 will only say there is no better early potato, in my opinion, in existence, except the 

 Polaris, offered on the last page of this catalogue. All the old standard early Pota- 

 toes will have to take a back seat in competition with either of these two varieties. 

 Pound, 60 cents.; 3 pounds, $1.50, postpaid. By express or freight, purchaser paying 

 charges, peck, SI. 50 : bushel, $-4.00 ; barrel, $8.(10 ; 2 barrels, S15.00. 



EARLY PURITAN.— This new Potato, originated by Mr. E. L. Cov, is the 

 product of a seed-ball, found in a field of Beauty of Hebron, in the Fall of 1882. I 

 quote as follows from the introducer's description : " The skin and flesh are very 

 white, it cooks dry and floury, and is equal in quality to that of the Snowflake, than 

 which there can be no higher standard to compare by. But the great value of Early 

 Puritan Potato lies in its great productiveness ; planted under exactly the same 

 conditions, it has thus far yielded nearly double that of the Early Bose, and the 

 Beauty of Hebron. It possesses several other characteristics of value. It ripens as 

 early as the Early Bose, but unlike that variety, the tubers when half grown are 

 wonderfully dry and fit for the table. The vines, also, are more vigorous than those 

 of any early variety we are acquainted with, and are of an upright growth." Pound, 

 50 cents; 3 pounds, $1.25, postpaid. By express or freight, purchaser paying charges, 

 peck. $1.25 ; bushel, $3.50 ; barrel. $7.00. 



THE {'HAS. DOWNING POTATO.— Claimed to be the earliest, most pro- 

 ductive 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 popular varieties in America. 

 Tested at the Ohio Experimental Station with over 100 other sorts, the average yield 

 was given at 375 1-10 bushels per acre." Pound, 50 cents ; 3 pounds, $1.25, postpaid. 

 By express or freight, purchaser paving charges, pk., $1.00 ; bus., $3.00 ; bbl., $6.00. 



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 

 two 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 he 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-byes, he, as well as his entire family, has used it in preference to all 

 others for their own table. Even as late as July or 1st of August, the Potentate from 

 the year before cooked better and 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 

 or smooth. It is the smoothest and more nearly round than any potato I have ever 

 seen. The tubers are uniformly of a good size, and grow closely together in the 

 hill. For a late 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 Potentates ought to return every purchaser one thousand per cent.pront next Fall. 

 Pound, 00 cents ; 3 pounds, $1.50, postpaid. By express or freight, purchaser paying 

 charges, peck, $2.50. 



BIG HAVANA 

 TOBACCO. -A hybrid 

 Tobacco of Cuban seed- 

 leaf. A heavy cropper, of 

 fi n e texture, delightful 

 flavor, and the earliest 

 cigar variety, after 

 Primus, to mature 

 and ripen. Packet, 

 10 cents; ounce, 

 75 cents. 



NEW PRIMUS TOBACCO. 



—This entirely new and extra early 

 Tobacco, which I offered for the 

 first time last year, matures and 

 ripens the very earliest of any 

 variety grown. Succeeds in Canada, 

 where but few kinds will ripen, 

 and its earliness makes it espe- 

 cially adapted for planting 

 far North. Leaves large, 

 fibers fine and texture 

 silky. Yields big crops of 

 extra fine quality, which 

 commands top prices. 

 Every tobacco grower 

 needs it, and ought to 

 WfrjJdM plant it the coming 



J^mma season. Packet, la 

 mMf cents ; 2 packets, 



ImsBm 25 cents. 



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