CHOICE EARLY AND MAIN-CROP POTATOES. 



THE BOVEE POTATO. 



This new extra early potato is now attracting 

 wide attention. Its pointsofexcellence.as claimed, 

 are its earliness, productiveness, vigor of growth, 

 quality, smoothness and handsome shape ami 

 appearance. It receives its name from its origi- 

 nator, Mr. Marvin Bovee, of Michigan. It is a 

 pink or flesh-colored potato, of the shape indicated 

 by the illustration, though perhaps larger. The 

 shape is very uniform. The skin is well netted. 

 It matures from early to extra eurlv, and in table 

 quality is white, dry and mealy. Of this potato 

 the Mural New Yorker says: "It would appear 

 that the Bovee is at least twelve days earlier than 

 Early Ohio, but, even though no earlier, the almost 

 perfect shape of the Bovee would win the prize 

 every time over the poorly shaped Early Ohio. It 

 is as perfect in shape as the Freeman, and proba- 

 bly three weeks earlier." The introducers say that 

 Bovee is not only "the earliest, but it takes a 

 leading place among the heavy cropping varie- 

 ties, an unusual thing among first earlies," My 

 own observations on Bovee are favorable, and I 

 do not hesitate to commend it highly. The tops 

 are comparatively short and stocky, and the 

 tubers are all bunched together in the hill, and are 

 of good size and quality. 



Pound. 30 cents; 3 pounds, 73 cents, by mail, 

 postpaid. By express or freight, peck, 

 50 cents, bushel, $1.50; barrel, S3. 50. 



GEM QF AROOSTOOK POTATO, a new treasure from the north. 



This potato is a promising new seedling^from Aroostook Co., Me., with 

 the full vigor of youth and strength of the northern climate in its veins. 

 It is a main-crop or mid-season potato, with every characteristic de- 

 manded by a leading commercial sort, and I confidently recommend it 

 to cultivators who desire to make a change of stock. It is a seedling of 

 Jerrard's New Queen, and is about a week later than that sort. I 



Gem of Aroostook has a light flesh-colored skin, is oval in shape, as 

 shown In the illustration and is of very pleasing appearance. The 

 table quality is perfect. The vine is strong, of half upright growth w ith 

 medium green foliage. It is a heavy cropper and the tubers are ex- 

 tremely sound and firm, with good keeping qualities. 

 This splendid new main-crop potato, aside from its intrinsic 

 value and great cropping ability, has the double 

 recommendation of youth and cold climatic origin. 

 It is of distinguished parentage, and carries the en- 

 dorsement of expert potato originators and growers. 

 I am altogether pleased with it, and know that Gem 

 of Aroostook is just what many of my customers 

 are seeking; it is a great acquisition. 



This potato has but lately been put upon the mar- 

 ket, yet has already made some famous records for 

 yield. It has won wide praise on account of its 

 superb table quality and its matchless beauty. 

 Enormously large individual specimens of it have 

 been exhibited at the agricultural fairs, and it is 

 fast becoming world famous. 



I particularly recommend Gem of Aroostook to 

 any one who desires a good main crop potato. lis 

 handsome oval form, pretty exterior appearance 

 together with its fine table quality and strong abil- 

 ity as a good cropper are features of great worth. 

 Anyone wishing to make a change of seed stock 

 will make no mistake in selecting this new sort. 

 Pound. 30 cents: 3 pounds, 75 cents, by mall 

 postpaid. Bv express or freight. Peck, 

 60 cents; bushel, SI. 75; barrel S4.00. 



POTATO SEED. 



GEM OF AROOSTOOK PO 



I have choice potato seed from the flower ball, for 

 those who wish to experiment in the production of 

 new sorts. It requires three years to bring seedlings 

 up to a marketable size. It is interesting and some- 

 times very profitable work. Pkt., 15c. 



SIR WALTER RALEIGH POTATO. 



A new, white-skin, main-crop potato; the best 

 of Mr. Carman's introductions. It is a magnifi- 

 cent new potato, much resembling Rural New 

 Yorker No. 2 of which it is a seedling. It is decid- 

 edly better than its parent, the tubers being quite 

 uniform in size, with but few small ones among 

 them. It is from four to six days later than the 

 parent stock. The color is the same, the skin and 

 flesh being white. In fact, it can bejustlv claimed 

 for Sir Walter Raleigh that it is the whitest 

 fleshed and finest grained potato on the whole list 

 of main-crop varieties, not even excepting the 

 i^nowflake ; and it promises to supersede all other 

 sorts of its class on account of its sterling excel- 

 lence. On the grounds of the Rural New Yorker 

 it proved the best and heaviest cropper of 49 va- 

 rieties. It is comparatively new, as above said, 

 but it is already one of the leading prize winners 

 at the fairs, and people w ho have tried it speak of 

 it in terms of extravagant praise. It is much dis- 

 cussed everywhere, and it evidently possesses 

 great excellence, both in table quality and as a 

 cropper. It is in great demand. It does nobly on 

 the trial grounds at Briar Crest. I offer it to take 

 the place of Carman No. 8, which it equals in all 

 respects, and which it excels in table qualities. It 

 was given to the world as late as 1897, under the 

 claim of being Mr. Carman's best. That claim has 

 been sustained, though it is the only seedling of 

 Rural New Yorker No. 2 that has proved to be really 

 better than its parent. In field culture it has gone 

 above 450 bushels to the acre. Its record in all re- 

 spects entitles it to rank w ith the very best late 

 potatoes now grown upon American soil, and no 

 progressive cultivator should fail to give it a trial. 

 Poubd, 30 cents; 3 pounds, 75 cents, by mail, 

 postpaid. By express or freight, peck, 

 50 cents; bushel, $1.50; barrel, S3 50. 



