J. M. Thorburn & Co. 's Cataloguk of Seeds. 



9 



THE NEW POTATO 



"Carman No. I. 



In 1889 we introduced the Rural New-Yorker No. 2, a potato whose merits are now universally 

 appreciated. The long line of experiments with seedlings, of which this was one valuable result, 

 has been since continued, and the Carman No. I, which we have now the honor to introduce, is 

 another triumph of the methods of the experienced originator whose name it bears. 



The Carman No. 1 is a seedling from seedlings raised through several generations, with the 

 object of developing good and suppressing undesirable qualities. It is intermediate in ripening, and 

 resembles the Rural New-Yorker No. 2 in shape, and also in having very few and shallow eyes. 

 The flesh is peculiarly white and the quality perfect. 



We have watched it carefully under ordinary culture during the past two years, and the 

 following are our grower's reports upon it : 



1. Report of September 6, 1892 : " Although I planted but a single eye of the Carman No. 1 in 

 each hill, I never saw a nicer growth of tops. This has been the very poorest Potato season I ever 

 knew, the blight having struck them when the tubers were not more than half grown, but this new 

 variety blighted the least of any I had on my trial grounds or on the farm. I have cooked only 

 one, and that was as white as flour and very dry. It is the most promising variety I have seen in 

 a long time. " 



2. Report of September 16, 1893 : "In regard to the Carman No. 1, I cut the tubers to single 

 eyes, so as to make the seed go as far as possible. They made the most luxuriant growth I ever 

 saw from so little seed. This variety is proving to be an enormous producer of very handsome 

 tubers. Their table quality cannot be excelled. They grow very large. In fact, there are scarcely 

 any small ones among those I shall have this year. In my opinion, this new potato will make a 

 great sensation among growers as soon as its enormous productiveness and superior table qualities 



are known.' 



PRICES. 



Per barrel 

 Per bushel 



£26 00 



4 pounds for 



2 pounds, by mail, postage paid 



$1 50 



10 00 



1 00 



Per half bushel 

 Per peck . . . 

 Per half peck . 



2 00 



5 50 

 3 00 



Per pound 



jS^Not less than 1 lb. sold. 



75 

 50 



