MAY'S NORTHERN GROWN SBBD POTATOES— BEST FOR ALL CLIMBS 
MAY'S NETTED GEM POTATO, 
In this rare anil valuable variety we have found the acme of per- 
fection in potato growing. It combines all the food qualities of all 
the varieties in cultivation and stands to-day without a rival in the 
potato kingdom. It has been thoroughly tested under most adverse 
circumstances and is not an untried novelty, but a variety possess- 
ing more points of merit than any and all ever before offered. 
It Is Extremely Early. 
season Kood, large pota- 
toes were dus July 2C)tli, 70 days from time of planting. 
It Is Wonderfully Prolific. ^.TnTedii^'^rdi^n^fry 
>;ood potato soil without fertilizers or anjr but ordinary cultivation 
we have harvested 552 bushels of good sue potatoes, without any 
small ones. The originator in Montana had a yield of 500 bushels 
'"it Withstands Drought K^ei^.'^.^I^L^irn: 
«d yield was produced last season, one of the hottest and driest on 
record, when for 7 weeks not a drop of rain fell and the thermometer 
ranged from 95 to 105 degrees in the shade for 10 or 12 days at a 
time. Other varieties wilted, drooped and died, but the Netted Gem 
retained its bright, clean foliage and never wilted in the least. 
I+c CiitalHv 'S UNSURPASSED. "The proof of the pud- 
1 L» V; UclII l.y dingis in the eating" and the supreme test of any 
potato is in its cooking and eating qualities. The Netted Gem at all 
stages of growth and development cooks light and mealy and is of a 
most delicious flavor Its qualit;>- is beyond comparison and would 
tempt the palate of the most critical epicure. 
Its Keeping Qualities mafnsfirm^and^i?ard at ail 
times. Tubers of this variety cellared in October were in as firm a 
condition the following Tune' as when dug in the fall. We honestly 
believe they would keep a year without seriously impairing their 
qualitv. 
Brainerd, Minn., Nov. 1, 1901. 
Gbntlkmen: If I could recon- 
struct the English language to 
place an especial emphasis on the 
good qualities of May's Netted 
Cem Potato I would certainly do 
.so. Having grown them for two 
seasons on varied grades of soil as 
a test, I find they are what we 
have been looking for — a success 
tinder any and all circumstances. 
I have tested and raised nearly all 
varieties of potatoes as they came 
on the market for many years and 
I have never found anything that 
has the combined good qualities of 
May's Netted Gem. As a yiclder 
it has no equal; even in the dry 
season of 1901, wliere many ofmy 
other varieties were a practical 
failure and my Burbanks yielded 
nearly two hundred bushels per 
acre. May's Netted Gem yielded 
three hundred and fifty bushels per 
acre, all fine stock. They had no 
better care nor better soil than my 
other varieties. Their keeping 
qualities cannot bee(iualed; they 
Ti ill be found in excellentcondition 
In June; their quality always su- 
perior to other varieties. The past 
season we planted the first week 
in May, and July 20th used from 
them and found them excellent. I 
challenge any oneto i)rodueeabet- 
tcr yielder or keeper, or whiter 
jueated — better flavored potato 
than the Netted Gem. 
Wm. DODD. 
THE HARVELOUS MONTANA SEEDLINQ. 
THE HEAVIEST YIELDING SORT GROWN. 
I+c itnnf^aranrf^ 'S HOST STRIKING AND BEAUTIFUL. 
1 1,» ctl^ipcai tXllK^ n is 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 for a potato, being very closely 
netted and veined lil^e the Rocky Ford melon. It is ratTier thick and 
does not bruise easily thus enabling it to withstand shipping exceeding- 
ly well as it will reach destination In prime condition and appearance. 
It is of light russet color, very pleasing and beautiful. 
TFio Pliin + c ai's at all times clean, healthy and vigorous, 
I lie rldlllA never known to blight, while their tough fibrous 
nature seems to withstand the attacks of bugs better than any variety 
we have ever grown. 
If a. Hi c+rkrir— Unlike many good varieties that have been 
11^ lllOl.\Jiy introduced after patient years of hybridizing 
and careful nursing, this wonderful variety is the result of mere acci- 
dent. The chance 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 year when we purchased the stock and 
offer for the first time this wonderful product of the prairie, the most 
marvelous variety ever introduced. 
" ' herewith are from photo- 
