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L. L. MAY & CO., ST. PAUL, MINN. 
7Wai/"s §eleeted f^orthern Qi^own §eed Potatoes 
We need not eall your attention to Northern 
Grown Seed Potatoes; it is an acknowledged 
fact that they are more productive and of better 
quality, being more solid and of a finer flavor 
than those raised from stocks grown in lower 
latitudes. This season we offer only the cream. 
The following potatoes have been carefullv 
selected and tested with over one hundred new 
varieties, and out of the entire collection we 
determined to offer only these six, as they seemed 
to be far superior to the others. 
It will pay you to plant Northern Grown 
Potatoes this Year. 
Early Dawn.— This is the best early potato 
we have ever grown; it surpasses the Early Rose 
and Ohioinearliness, and is their superiorin every 
other respect; a good keeper, and cannot be too 
highly recommended. It attracts attention 
wherever exhibited; the skin is smooth and light, 
about the color of Snowflakc or Hampden Beau- 
t}'; the flesh is white and solid; the vines grow 
rank and strong, and a wonderful yiclder. Its 
strongest point of merit, however, lies in its fine 
cooking qualities. No variety that we have ever 
seen can equal it in this respect; this is the uni- 
versal testimony cjf those who have tested its 
culinary properties. This and Nve's Early Stand- 
ard are by farthe best potatoes that can be raised 
for the early markets, as they come in when con- 
sumers are willing to pay almost any price for 
them, thercbv handsomely re wardingthc grower. 
Lb. 35o., 3 lbs. $1.00 postpaid. By express 
T^„„ . , „ . ^. NYE'S K.vKi.Y si AND.vR.1. Or frelg-ht, pk. $1.50, bush. $4.00, bbl. $8.0O 
May's Imperial.— For productiveness and general > 7 , w ^ 
use we think the Imperial is unsurpassed. It is a most 
excellent potato for table use. The tubers arc large 
and of uniform size; in color it resembles the Earlj' Pur- 
itan, but is entirely different in form, being round in- 
stead of oblong. It is an excellent variety, of fine qual- 
ity, and a good keeper. Those who have tried the Im- 
perial cannot speak too highly of it. Lb. 35c., 3 lbs. 
90c., postpaid. By express or freight, peck$1.40, 
bush. $4.00, bbl. $7-50. e , i- v , 
May's Peerless.— The best keeper and finest variety 
that can be grown for late crop. It is an excecdingly 
handsome potato, oblong, round, slightly flattened; 
the skin is a creamy white. Our Peerless is a strong, 
steady grower, tubers growing compactlv in the hills 
and surpassed by none in yield. Wc take pleasure in rec- 
ommending this variety to our customers as we have 
had it tested in all sections, and know that for late use 
it is far superior to anv other potato and certain to 
prove satisfactory. Lb. 35o., 3 lbs. $1.00, post- 
ll'oO b^ Iv'k'o^^ °'' P®'''' $1-50, bush. 
The Summit. — The Summit is conceded by all large 
growers to be one of the best that can be raised for 
gener,>il crop. Skin of a buff color, similar to its parent 
the Early Rose, but of a much more desirable shape, 
being oblong and quire deep through the center. The 
flesh is white, and when cooked is very dry and mealy, 
and of superior flavor. It is an enormous vielder, free 
from rust and rot, and less liable to blight than manv 
others. The Summit took first premiuntat Minnesota "^^^ ^'^^'^^ st.vnd.vrd crowino. 
Ll?*35^"3'lbs'^$Voo'po^^ collection of sixty or seventy exhibited 
By express or freight, peck $1.00, bush. $3 50, bbl. $;7.65. 
MAY'S I'KERLBSS. 
,n T party sendins ub the flneat peck of potatoes grown from our SELECTED 
\__X \\J I . I J NOHTHEKN Grown Seed Stock ((mjr variety in this list), we will pay $50.(10 i» gold. 
■ Iheymay be sent any time up I« Deoamber Ixt. 1892, and must be forwardnd prepaid. 
Yours TruLv, L. L. MAY 4 00. 
One pound of each of the above six varieties for $i.50 prepaid. 
I nearly doubici 
hose old vari-X 
3 lbs. 85c.f^l 
I Early Puritan. —This po 
tato was tirst offered about 
[ three years ago, and has grown 
I into favor very rapidly. It is a 
: splendid variety for early use 
i Its chief value lies in its fine ap- 
jiearance and productiveness. 
When tested in the same field 
with Early Rose and Beautv t>f 
Hebron it yielded 1 
the quantity of thi 
eties. Lb. "30c., 
postpaid. By express or 
freiirht, pk. $1.00, bush. 
$3.50, bbl. $7.00. 
Nye's Early Standard.— 
This and onr Early Dawn are 
certainly far ahead of all other 
potatoes for the early markets. 
This is an entirely new and dis- 
tinct variety ; oblong in shape, 
skin smooth, fiesh white and 
solid. 
Mu. W. S. Best, one of the largest 
groweraof potatoes in Minnesota, Hays 
e considers it superior to any, for 
early crop. It matures earlier than 
the Early Dawn, and is more produc- 
tive. It will pay you to plant a few 
bushels of these new potatoes this 
season. 
Larson Bros., who are extensive 
Krowers of potatoes near St. jpaul, 
Minn., state that this variety is the 
best that can be kfowu for the earlv 
markets, being productive and of fine 
apIJearanee. Price, lb. 36c. 
three lbs. $1.00 postpaid. 
By express or freight, peck 
$1.50, bu. $4.50, bbl. $8.00. 
