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PETER HENDERSON & CO., NEW YORK.— WHOLESALE CATALOGUE 



Hendersons Bovee Potato "Sir Walter Raleigh" Potato 



The Earliest of JUl & & Jt Marvel in Yield Ji grand main crop variety Mr. Carman's best seedling 



HENDERSON'S BOVEE is not only the earliest potato, but 

 it takes a leading place among the heavy cropping vari- 

 eties, an unusual thing among first earties. It is even 

 earlier than Early Ohio, while in all competitive trials " Bovee " 

 has outyielded all the early Potatoes, and in many of the tests 

 conducted by Experiment Stations and private growers it has 

 outyielded even the late varieties. The vine is dwarf and stocky, 

 enabling it to be planted six inches closer than nearly all other 

 varieties, which results in a much larger return per acre, and 

 is a feature of the utmost value where land is valuable. The 

 tubers grow remarkably close, all bunched together in the hill 

 close up to the vine. They size up to a marketable size more 

 evenly than any Potato we ever saw ; none too large or too small ; 

 practically the whole crop being merchantable and the quality 

 is perfect. We have only one warning — it is apt to prove disap- 

 pointing on poor soil or with poor cultivation, as it sets so freely 

 "the tubers are apt to be small. But on good Potato ground, 

 well fertilized and cultivated, no other early Potato to-day 

 ■compares with it. {See cut.) 



Price, 65c. pk., $2.25 bush., $4.50 bbl. of 165 lbs., net weight. 



" Let me say that the ' Bovee ' Potato has proved a great success with me Al- 

 though we have had a serious drought, and the soil was light and sandy, the potato 

 has done remarkably well. I begun to dig them tile first week in July; the v are 

 large and fine."— WM. E. WHEELOCK, East Hampton, N.Y. 



" The ' Bovee ' Potatoes from you beat all potatoes I ever raised, and I have 

 grown potatoes all my life."—}!. C. STANLEY, Pickrelltown. Ohio. 



" The ' Bovee ' Potatoes yielded well and I am more than satisfied. I shall plant 

 them and discard the Early Ohio."—CHAS. H. CARPENTER, Kansas City, Kan. 



" / was very much pleased with ' Bovee ' Potatoes I ordered from you last year 

 They yielded better than any potato I ever planted." — /. P. FEARS, Athens, Ga. 



SIR WALTER RALEIGH is the best of the late Mr. Carman's 

 introductions, and Mr. Carman has raised some of the best 

 and most popular varieties, notably the great pairs, 

 Rural Blush and Rural New-Yorker No. 2, and the Carman 

 Nos. 1 and 3. In most respects it closely resembles Rural New- 

 Yorker No. 2, but is more uniform and yields practically no 

 small tubers, every one being marketable. It is from four to six 

 days later than the Rural New-Yorker; the color of the skin is 

 the same, but the flesh is whiter and of better quality; in fact, 

 it is the whitest-fleshed and finest-grained Potato, excelling 

 even the Snowflake. It is unquestionably the best of its type 

 and will soon supersede all others for main crop. 



Price, 60c. pk., $2.00 bush., $4.25 per bbl. of 165 lbs., net 

 weight. By express or freight at purchaser's expense. 



Those who have tried our " Sir Walter Raleigh " Potatoes write: 



" Your ' Sir Walter Raleigh ' Potatoes turned out well. They are a good eating 

 Potato. We raised 4} bushels from one peck and but few small ones in 



L. MAYER, Roxbury Sta., Ct. 

 " The ' Sir Walter Raleigh ' is a great yielder; all large potatoes, no small 

 ones; vines grow strong and upright."— C. W. BEARDSLEY, Milford, Conn. 



" F rom the barrel of ' Sir Walter Raleigh ' Potatoes I purchased from you 

 last Spring I dug 78 bushels, which I think was a very good yield considering the 

 season; they are of fine quality and run uniformly of good, large size." 



C. L. BEEBE, Elyria, Ohio. 

 "I cannot withhold my testimony of the value of your 'Raleigh' Potatoes. 

 We got them from you three years ago; they outyield everything in the potato lint 

 m this part of the country, and are the finest, mealiest potatoes we ever ate " 



A. E. VANDEWATER, Blairsville, Pa. 



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