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SEED POTATOES. 



Of the many new potatoes sent out every year, 

 and that we have heen testing, we select a few 

 of the very best varieties. We catalogue some 

 new varieties and hope our customers will give 

 them a trial. It has been proven beyond dispute 

 that it pays farmers well to plant these new va- 

 rieties. It is no more labor to raise them than 

 the older, run-out varieties and they often yield 

 fully double in quantity and far better in qual- 

 ity. "NVc have the potatoes we offer all in store, 

 and at prices below we shall sell as long as our 

 stoclc lasts. At the pound price we prepay post- 

 age. At peck, bushel and barrel rates purchasers 

 have to pay express or /rcjg?it charges; no charges 

 for bags, barrels or packing. All orders will be 

 booked, and filled in rotatioa as received. We 

 commence shipping as soon as danger from 

 freezing on the way is over, except at the risk of 

 purchaser. 



BURPEE'S EXTRA EARLY POTAT0. 



BURPEE'S EXTRA EARLY. Thoroughly tested 

 by several thousand growers throughout 

 America and England, it has proved itself 

 from ten days to two weeks earlier than Earhj 

 Rose, Beauty of Hebron, Early Puritan, Polaris, 

 etc., while fully one week earlier than the Early 

 Ohio, and nearly twice as productive. The pota- 

 toes are uniformly of good size, entirely free 

 from rougii or scaDby tubeis, with very few 

 small ones; oblong in shape, very smooth, 

 eyes set well on the surface, skin creamy white 

 slightly shaded with pink; the flesh is pure 

 white, remarkably fine grained, and of the 

 very best table quality. The tubers grow very 

 compact in the nill, with strong and vigorous 

 foliage of an intensely darlc green; it is a sure 

 cropper, immensely productive, and will un- 

 doubtedly become the standard extra early po- 

 tato of the near future. Per lb. 35 cts., 'd lbs. $1.00, 

 pk. $1.00. bu. $3.00, 



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BROWNELIi'S WINNER POTATO. 

 Brownell's Winner. This/;flne new potato has 

 been tlioroughly tested, and is found to be a 

 decided acquisition. The introducer says of it 

 as follows: "I originated Brownell's Winner, 

 in 1885, by hybridizing the White Star with the 

 Peach Blow. E consider it of superior quality, 

 either baked or boiled; it cooks even, white 

 and dry. Tlie vines are strong and healthy, 

 and Avell calculated to resist the potato beetle. 

 The tubers grow large, long, oval, slightly flat- 

 tened, are very smooth and handsome with few 

 eyes, and these nearly even with the surface. 

 The tubers grow compact in the hills, with few 

 small ones. The color is a light rose-pink; it 

 .matures medium late, and is a great producer. 

 ' I think it is superior in all respects to any va- 

 riety that I have ever originated or grown." 

 Per lb, 35 cts., 3 lbs. $1.00, pk. $1.00, bu. $3.00. 



EARLY PURITAN POTATO. 



EARLY PURITAN This magnificent new va- 

 riety originated with Mr. E. L. Coy, of Wash- 

 ington county. New York, who is widely known 

 and recognized as one of the foremost author- 

 ities on potatoes in this country. 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 chief value of the 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 Rose and the Beauty of Hebron. It 

 ripens as early as the Early Rose, 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. Per lb. 80 cts., 3 lbs, 75 

 cts., pk. 75 ets., bu. $2.50. 



POLARiS. This new early potato seems to have 

 created quite a sensation, and there seems to 

 be no question that the Polaris is tlie coming 

 early potato. While the originator of this re- 

 markable potato does not claim for it perfec- 

 tion, he does, however, insist that it combines 

 more essential qualities of a first-class potato 

 than any other variety. It is of long, oval 

 shape, creamy white in color, cooking white as 

 finest flour. Is hardy, prolific, handsome, early, 

 a good keeper, and as a table potato lias no su- 

 perior. With the originator it has yielded at 

 the rate of 000 bushels per acre. It has made 

 for itself a wonderful record since i<;s first in- 

 troduction, which is set forth in the reports 

 and testimonials of those who have tested it. 

 Per lb. 30 cts.. 3 lbs. 75 cts., pk. 75 cts. 



SUPERIOR POTATO. 



BURPEE'S SUPERIOR. Decidedly one of the best 

 for main crop. This handsome and valuable 

 new seedling potato originated in Washington 

 Co.. N. Y., £rom a seed ball found in a field of 

 White Star. In shape it somewhat resembles 

 its parent, but is more compact in form. It is 

 usually covered with a fine netting, which al- 

 ways denotes a fine cooking quality. Its vig- 

 orous habit of growth enables it to withstand 

 disease to a remarlcable degree. The eyes lie 

 very even with the surface. Both skin and 

 flesh are very white. The tubers grow so com- 

 pactl.y in the'hill that they are easily harvested 

 by hand or machine. They are medium late 

 and are the most profitable for main crop of all 

 varieties. They cook easily and quickly all 

 through, having no hard or grainy core. Its 

 texture is mealy, its flavor delicious and pecul- 

 iarly rich and delicate. Vines are strong and 

 stand firm. Foliage heavy, and, as a northern 

 Vermont testimonial shows, this enables it to 

 withstand the ravages of bugs— much better 

 than forty other varieties growing in same 

 field. Per lb. 30 cts., 3 lbs. 75 cts., pk:75 cts., bu. 

 $2.25, bbl. $4.50. 



