Cole's garden annual 



Choice Seed Potatoes 



With no other seed is the importance of a change more essential than with the Potato. We offer 

 Fancy Northern Grown Stock, well selected, hand picked and treated for scab. No potatoes grown can 

 compnre with Northern grown seed either for VIGOR, EARLY MATURITY, INCREASED YIELD, FREE- 

 DOM FROM DISEASE AND LONG KEEPING QUALITIES. 



We offer only a few varieties which have become standard sorts and have proven to be the best 

 varieties grown. 



We book orders at any time, and fill in rotation just as soon as the weather will permit, except ai 

 the risk of purchaser. At prices named we make no charge for bags, boxes, barrels or drayage. 



TO AVOID DELAY, when ordering late in the season, it would be well to mention your secona 

 choice provided we should be sold out of variety ordered. 



At the pound price we send by mail prepaid; at peck and bushel rate, they are sent by freight ot 

 express at expense of purchaser. i 



POUND PRICES. All varieties at 25 cts. per lb.. 3 lbs. for 65 cts., postpaid. 



THE BOVEE 



THE BOVEE. This variety is claimed 



to be the earliest and greatest cropper of all early 

 potatoes. All reports received proclaim it to be a 

 wonderful introduction among early potatoes. Not 

 only is it the earliest, but it takes a leading place 

 among the cropping varieties, an unusual thing 

 among the first earlies. It is even earlier than 

 Early Ohio. The BOVEE in all competitive trials 

 has outyielded all the early potatoes. The vine ib 

 dwarf and stalky, tubers round and smooth; they 

 grow closely bunched together in the hill. Its 

 eating quality is extra fine. - Price per pk, 50 cts., 

 bu. $1.50, 3 bu. $4.00. 



EXTRA EARLY OHIO 



This staraard extra early sort matures aDout two 

 weeks befor^i the Early Rose. It is widely known 

 and deservedly poprdar in all parts of the country. 

 It has given better satisfaction over a wider range 

 of country than any other variety. The tubers grow 

 comp ct in the hill, are easily dug, very few small 

 ones, nearly all being of marketable size. They 

 keep firm till late in spring and by many preferred 

 for eating in winter. This variety is sold by many 

 as Extra Early Six Weeks. Our choice Northern 

 Grown seed is at least ten days earlier than Southern 

 grown stock, and will out-yield them by far. Exper- 

 ienced gardeners will have no other seed at any 



price. Per pk. 40 cts., bu. $1.25, 3 bu. $3.50. 



WHITE VICTOR 



Of this new variety the introducer says: We 

 claim for it that it is the most profitable main 

 crop variety to grow for market thus far introduced. 

 White Victor is a very handsome potato just the 

 right shape, a little longer one way than the other, 

 has a good thick skin, well netted and russeted, 

 creamy white in color, few eyes and shallow, sym- 

 metrical in fomi and quite unifoiTU in size, hardly 

 any small ones to speak of. A most striking char- 

 acteristic is its strong vitality and large growth. 

 The stalks are almost as thick as a man's finger, 

 completely hiaing the groimd. Blight has a hard 

 job making any headway with such a growth of 

 vines. Price, per pk. 50 cts., bu. $1.40. 



MINNESOTA EARLY ROSE 



This appears to be an improvement on the old 

 Early Rose, which has been selected and grown on 

 the virgin soil of the far north. It is early being 

 only a week or 10 days later than ciie Early Ohio, 

 and much larger. It is oblong in shape, smooth and 

 of a handsome rose color. Quality superb, either 

 baked or boiled and yields large crops. Keeps sound 

 and fresh tiii late in spring. Price, pk. 40 cts., bu. 

 $1.25, 3 bu. S3.50. 



GOLD COIN 



Introduced in the east several years ago at an 

 extremely high price. With repeated trials in dif- 

 ferent states, it has proved one of the hardiest, 

 most vigorous in growth, most productive and one 

 of the best in table quality and to be absolutely un- 

 equaled for main crop. The tubers are of good size, 

 slightly oblong and quite thick through, and lie 

 close together in the hill. The skin is thin, smooth 

 and glossy, of a light golden tint. The flesh is fine 

 grained, of a pure pearly whiteness, and cooks dry 

 and floury. Its ^dgorous growth and great produc- 

 tiveness make it a most profitable variety for the 

 planter, combined with its unequaled table quality 

 will make it a most popular and quick selling var- 

 iety for market. Price, per pk. 50 cts., bu. $1.40, 3 

 bu. S4.00. 



CARMAN NO. 3 POTATO 



GRAND MAIN CROP POTATO 



The fame of this Potato is abroad in the land 

 wherever Editor Carman, of the Rural New Yorker, 

 is known. Without any approach to an exception it 

 is the greatest yielder ever introduced. It may fairly 

 be claimed that it does not yield any small tubers 

 at all. It bears its tubers very close to the plant, a 

 single turn of the fork turning out every potato. It 

 is of the largest size and of the shapeliest form, as 

 will be seen from our illustration. It is a perfect 

 keeper, that is, it will not sprout up to planting 

 time, unless kept in a warm place. Both skin and 

 flesh are of extreme whiteness. Eyes few and shallow. 

 Late in ripening. The introducer says our claims 

 for "Carman, No. 3" are: 1st. It is the hand- 

 somest large potato ever produced. 2d. It will out- 

 yield any other potato whatever. 3d. Practically 

 every potato is a marketable size. 4th. Its table 

 qualities are fully up to the highest standard, it has 

 no hollow hearts, and no dark parts. We are confi- 

 dent that it will soon be the most popular variety 

 for field culture, on account of its enormous produc- 

 tiveness and great beauty. Per pk. 60 cts., bu. 

 $1.50, 3 bu. $4.00. 



