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MATS CATALOGUE OF NORTHERN GROWN SEEDS, BULBS, PLANTS AND FRUITS. 
MAY'S NETTED-GEM POTATO. 
THE MARVELOUS MONTANA SEEDLING. 
THE HEAVIEST YIELDING SORT GROWN. 
NORTHERN GROWN SEED POTATOES. 
Our potato farms near the city, being the most eitensive in the Northwest, situated in Washington County, one of tbe 
most fertile spots of Minnesota and where the soil is most conducive to the successful cultivation, we supply our 
customers w-ith stocks such as few Seedsmen are in a position to do. - Our large storage cellars give us special facilities 
for handling and storing our stocks. 
We have for years made a specialty of potato growing and have introduced several new varieties of great merit, 
such as Algoma, Great Northern and many others. This year our introduction is the Netted Gem, the Great Montana 
Seedling, which we feel eclipses all other varieties of late introduction. Our extensive experiments have lead us to select 
stocks of extraordinary quality and our patrons can be assured that if early, medium or late sorts are required they 
will receive same true to name. 
^In this rare and valuable variety we have found the acme 
of perfection in potato growing. It has been thoroughly 
tested under the most adverse circumstances.! Planted May 10th 
last season' good, large potatoes were dug July 20th, 70 
days from time of planting. 
, It is Wonderfully prolific. ffTn 
, potato .soil without fertilizers or any but ordinary cultivation 
.we harvested 552 bushels of good size potatoes. The origina- 
tor in Montana had a yield Of 500 bushels per acre. 
It Withstands Drought ^A*,™^*^ 
mentioned, yield was produced in' 1902, one of the hottest 
rand-driest on record, when for 7 weeks not a drop of rain fell 
..and the thermometer ranged from 9.5 to 105 degrees in the 
shade for' 10 or 12 days, at a time. Other varieties; wilted, 
'MAY'S POTATOES AT THE PART- AMERICAN EXPOSITION 
were awarded a Diploma of Honorable Mention. Minnesota Potatoes 
for iBariiness, Hardiness, Productiveness and excellent cooking qualities are 
unsurpassed,.. Our soil and climate are particularly adopted to growing choice 
stock. All Varieties'that'we offer' are "grow" at our seed farms and are superior 
to Southern and Eastern grown stock. 
dropped and died, but the Netted Gem retained its bright, 
clean foliage and never wilted in the least. 
If a Oll^litv Is UNSURPASSED "The proof of the pud- 
lio \£ua.iitjr ding is in the eating" and the supreme test 
of any potato is in its cooking and eating qualities. The Net- 
ted Gem at all stages of growth and development cooks light 
and mealy and is of a most delicious flavor. 
ItsKeeping Qualities j3&*g$%m* !' Si 
times. Tubers of this variety cellared in October were in as 
firm a condition the following June as when dug in the fall. 
It<Annpnr!inr^ IS most striking and beautiful. 
ns^p^Cdl dUCC^t j s the handsomest variety we have 
ever seen and hundreds of good potato judges bear us out in 
this statement. In shape it is oblong — nearly straight, well 
set with eyes- all over. The skin is of most curious formation 
ror a potato, being very closely netted and veined like the 
Rocky Ford melon. It is rather thick and does not 
bruise easily, thus enabling it to withstand shipping 
exceedingly well as it will reach destination in prim* 
condition and appearance. It is of light russet color, 
very pleasing and beautiful. 
The Plflflf C are at aI1 t im es clean, healthy and vigor- 
• »*w m. ous, never known to blight, withstanding 
the attacks of bugs better than any variety wehave ever grown. 
■ ■fa HicfflfV It is the ch an ce product of a chance seedling 
, found growing in a field that had been 
planted to Ohio, Burbank and Maggie Murphy the year before 
by a Ranchman in Montana 7 years ago, the product carefully 
saved and replanted until last vear when we purchased the 
stock and offered for the first time this wonderful product of 
the prairie, the most marvelous variety ever produced. 
TtM* flllfcf" f airif\r% shown herewith is from a photo- • 
I nc illustration graph of an averaKe S i* e potato. 
They are very uniform in size, averagings to 8 inches in length, 
each potato containing from 20 to 30 eyes well distributed, 
making it the most prolific seed variety ever offered. 
Prices for 1903: 1,h. 30e, 3 lbs. 75c, pk. $1.00, Ira. $3.00, 
bhl. (2% bu.) $7.50. 
Blaine, Washington, Oct. 5th, 1902. 
L. L,. May & Co., St. Paul, Minn. 
Gentlemen: — Last spring I purchased of you 3 lbs. of 
Netted Gem potatoes. I gave them ordinary good field 
culture and dug 2V 2 sacks, 250 lbs., of the finest potatoes 
I have ever seen. There was no fertilizer used nor has 
there ever been on that land. 
I took them to our fair and entered them for the "best of 
all varieties" and they won the first prize. I also won first 
prize on collection of potatoes. When the excellence of 
Washington potatoes is taken into consideration it proves 
that the Netted Gem is a record breaker. 
Prof. E. B. Elliott of our Agricultural College was the 
judge. 
The potato is so good that I consider it a duty to write 
you in regard to it. I have made a specialty of potatoes 
for years and am raising them for seed only and I have 
never seen the equal of Netted Gem. 
If you have its mate or equal I should like to get same. 
Yours very truly, C. B. FL.INK. 
