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BUCKBEE'S BEST SEED POTATOES FOR 1897. 



RfktTltilTlhA'r ^ only the very best UP-TO-DATE varieties of Seed Potatoes — no sivimmed noilk sons or over rated novelties are oCftrei. 



I\ClllClllUCl in this catalogue. We are Practical Seed Gbowees, handling only choice varieties which are sure to bring not onlv an e;tr>. 

 price on market, but also there is sure to be a Good Demand for Seed Potatoes, at renumerative prices, from many of your friends and neighbors a h- 

 see these Potatoes growing. Every bushel of Potatoes sold by us are grown from our own true stock seed on our own farms in the celebrated Ked Biv<-' 

 Valley of Northern Minnesota, where Potatoes are acknowledged by all to attain the highest degree of perfection, underour personal supervision, .viii 

 the most painstaking attention in every detail. Am prepared to guarantee our stock as possessing the highest degree of vigorous and productive qualities 

 N ATIf^C ^^^'^ Potatoes are now stored . in flue condition, in our cellars, awaiting orders. All orders accompanied by the cash will be ver^ 



1 Iv/C promptly acknowledged, and the potatoes forwarded as soon as the weather permits, in time for early spring planting. In orderint 

 please state whether we shall ship by express or freight. At the prices below we make no charues for I arrels. boxes". Lags or cartage. 



I would advise you to send your orders early, for 



while I have a good sized stock of most of the varie- 

 ties, I cannot fill orders after my stock seed is all sold. 

 Tlie following varieties are the best and most popular 

 7inw in cultivation. 

 THE ACME— This earliest of all Potatoes has more 

 lioints of excellence than any variety of which we 

 have knowledge. Its ancestry commends it. A 

 vine of the snowflake growing between Early Ohio 

 and Early Rose produced the seed ball from which 

 the seedling originated. The tubers are flesh color- 

 ed, oblong in shape, with shallow eyes and its quality ] 

 as a table potato is unsurpassed. It is vigorous in j 

 growth, earlier and also more productive than I 

 Early Ohio, and like that e-^cellent variety, its habit ' 

 is to place its tubers close together in the hUl, and 

 are almost always large and of uniform shape. We 

 have but a limited supply and orders should not be 

 delayed. No mistake can be made by an invest- 

 ment in this grand, new variety, which is, as yet, 

 in very small supply. First early, unsurpassed qual- 

 ity, exceedingly productive ; on all these points the 

 Acme can safely challenge comparison with any 

 other potato. We shall be surprised if it does not 

 supplant the Early Ohio in the esteem of those 

 who want a very early as well as a very productive 

 potato, which is, at the same time, of the best 



duality, a conclusion reached after tests conducted by us for several years. It sold last year at $6.00 per bushel. Prices Postpaid; 

 lb. 40c; 3 lbs. 80c; By express or freight at buyers expense— bu. 40c; i4 bu. Toe: y, bu. §1.25: bu. 12.00; barrel S4.50. 

 VAN ORNAM'S EARLIEST. — This magnificent novelty, introduced by us, originated with Van Ornam Bros., of Cass County, Iowa, the 

 originators of Burpee's Extra Eai-ly and several other standard varieties and they call this the best of all. Smooth. "of excellent 

 shape, and resembles the Early Rose in color before ripe, but turning to a creamy-white. Size is large to very large, with few 

 small ones. Yields an immense crop during dry seasons. Has ripened its w hole crops one to three weeks earlier than the Early 

 Rose or Beauty of Hebron. Postpaid; lb. 40c, 3 lbs. 80c, By freight or express at buyers expense bu. 40c, }i bu. 75. >4 bu. $1.25 

 bu. S2. 00, barrel S4 . 50. . e > - 



BUCKBEE'S SELECTED EXTRA EARLY OHIO.— Our standard variety, of which we have abundant supplies. It is the earliest of the 

 older sorts, and ranks to-day first in popularity in nearly every part of the land airong potatoes for the main crop. Being so well 

 known that it is needless to describe, we simply call attention to the fact that our seed is pure and our cultivation so careful ir. 

 every detail as to preserve its vigor and productive qualities in the highest degree. Rememter that our Early Ohio stock is pure and 

 true to name, produced with the same care that we bestow upon the newer and more valuable varieties, and should not te compared with any 

 stock not so produced. Many dealers procure their so-called Seed Potatoes here, there and everywhere, from other dealers or from 

 farmers who mav not know what their stock is. Postpaid' lb, 25c, 3 lbs. 50c, By express or freight at buyers expense bu. 25c, 

 1^ bu. 40c," 1^ bu."75c, bu. SI. 35. barrel .«3.9U. 

 EARLY VAUGHAN. — A handsome flesh colored potato of unequalled table quality, ranking first in that respect in the opinion of its 

 introducer, after whom it is named. Dug for table use before it is ripe, the quality is always superb. A seedling of Peerless and 

 Beauty of Hebron, it combines earliness and splendid quality, and for the home garden particularly this is an ideal potato. Postpaid: 

 lb. 30c, 3 lbs. 60c, By express or freight at buyers expense, bu. 30c, bu. 50c, ^ bu. SOc. bu. .?1.40 barrel §3.25. 

 EARLY NORTHER— Originated in 1887, in Aroostook County. Maine, where, from the'origtnal introducer, we obtained the seed 



from which our stock has been 

 grown. In every particular it 

 resembles closely the Early 

 Rose from which it was derived 

 except that it yields heavier 

 than the good old Rose ever did 

 "in the palmy days of its youth" 

 so it is claimed by ics originator. 

 It is already very popular in 

 many sections of the country, 

 it seems to prosper in every 

 condition of soil and climate, 

 and IS destined to be more wide- 

 ly scattered and to increase in 

 flavor as it becomes better 

 known. Postpaid ; lb. 30c. 3 lbs. 



60c. By express or freight at 

 buyer's expense, is bu. 30c, t^ 

 bu. SOc. i.< bu. SOc, bu. S1.40, 

 barrel ^.25. 



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BURPEE'S EXTRA EARLY- First iuiroa, ... i>90. has been thoroughly tested throughout Ametica and England, and has fully 

 sustained the claims made for it. It has proven itself from ten days to two weeks earlier than Early Rose, Beauty of Hebron. Early 

 Puritan, Polaris, etc., while fully one week earlier than the Early Ohio and nearly twice as productive. The potatoes are unifonnily of good 

 size, entirely free from rough or scabby tubers, with very few small ones ; oblong in shape, very smooth, eyes well set on the surface, 

 skin creamy- white, slightly shaded with pink ; the flesh is pure white, remarkably fine grained, and of the vc7-u best table quality. 



The tubers grow very compactly in the hill, with strong and 

 vigorous foliasre of an intensely dark green ; it is a sure cropper, 

 immensely productive. Postpaid, lb. 25c, 3 lbs. 60c, By express 



SPECIAL LOW 



EXPRESS AND FREIGHT 

 TO ALL POINTS. 



or freicrht at buyers expense 

 bu. §1.20. barrel ^ 75 



bu. 25c, }4 bu. 40c, K bu. 75c. 



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