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The Illustrated Guide for Amateur Gardeners 
NEW AMERICAN VARIETIES. 
The following varieties have proved themselves to be of excellent quality and great productiveness. 
Brownell’s Winner. The tubers are large, long, oval, and slightly flattened, aro very smooth and handsome. 
The colour is light rose-pink ; season maincrop, very prolifio, and of good quality 
Burpee’s Extra Early. A remarkably early variety of the Rose type, coming in some days before that 
variety. The tubers are oblong in shape, very smooth, eyes set well on the surface, skin white, shaded with 
pink ; the flesh is white and of fine quality ; enormously productive 
Delaware. Medium early ; oblong, pure white, and rough-skinned, good quality 
Early Vaughan. A variety of the Bose type, tubers large, kidney-shaped ; colour, light rose, very dry and 
mealy, and is a very heavy cropper 
Triumph. A red round of good quality, early, very prolific ; good exhibition variety ... 
Livingstone’s Standard. A handsome white-skinned variety, tubers oblong in shape; good quality 
7 lb. 2s. 6d. 
per 14 lb. per 56 lb. per cwt. 
s. d. s. d. s, d. 
3 0 10 6 18 6 
3 0 10 6 18 6 
3 6 12 6 — 
3 0 10 6 18 6 
36 12 6 — 
4 6 — — 
FIRST EARLY VARIETIES (Coloured). 
THE THORBURN. A new, early, American variety of the White Elephant type, and is said to 
be the best of all the early kinds, and will rapidly find a place in the front rank of the early 
market varieties. Brice, 14 lb. 2s. 6d., 66 lb. 8s. 0d., cwt. 16s. 
per 14 lb. 
s. u. 
Beauty of Hebron. A well-known excellent variety ... ... ... ... ... ... 2 0 
Daniels’ First Early. A variety of the Early Rose type, but ripening ten days earlier than that 
well-known kind ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 2 6 
Early Gem. A fine first early of the American Rose type, but a heavier croppor ; fine table quality ... 2 6 
Early Bose. A well-known variety. Fine for early use on light soils ... ... ... ...2 0 
Early Sunrise. This is the true type of Early Rose; very early, and of excellent quality ... ... 2 0 
Extra Early Vermont. A first-class early variety ; fine for light soils ... ... ... ... 2 6 
per 56 lb. 
s d. 
7 6 
8 6 
8 6 
7 6 
7 6 
8 6 
per cwt. 
s. d. 
14 0 
15 0 
15 0 
14 0 
14 0 
15 0 
SECOND EARLY VARIETIES (Coloured). 
Adirondack. Abundant cropper, late keeper, and of finest quality ... ... ... ... ... 2 6 
Late Bose. A well-known variety of fine quality and productiveness ... ... ... ... 2 6 
BED ELEPHANT. This is of the same robust constitution as the White Elephant, being of similar 
shape and habit, and an enormous cropper like that variety ; will be found invaluable for light sandy soil, 
producing an abundant crop of fine quality tubers where many other best kinds would fail ... ... 2 6 
WHITE ELEPHANT. The original and true stock ... ... ... ... ... 2 0 
8 6 15 0 
8 6 15 0 
8 6 15 0 
7 6 14 0 
MAIN-CROP AND LATE VARIETIES (Coloured). 
Australian (Red Skin). A vory large variety from Australia, resembling the old Red Skin Flourball, 
but larger and a heavier cropper ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 2 6 
Crimson Beauty. Handsome red Kidney, one of the best for exhibition ... ... 7 lb. Is. 9d. 3 0 
Edgfote Purple. A remarkably handsome, deep purple Kidney; tubers very smooth, flattish, and 
stiaight. It is a good cropper, of splendid quality and flavour ... ... ... ... ... 2 6 
Empress of India. A handsome, oblong round, coloured Kidney; skin rich purple, mottled with 
cream colour; flesh yellow, floury, and of fine flavour when cooked ... ... ... ...3 0 
Lord Tennyson (new). A very heavy cropper, tubers large, purple blotched, and of fine quality; good 
for exhibition. First Class Certificate, Royal Horticultural Society ... ... ... ... 2 6 
Peerless Bose. A flat, smooth, very handsome kidney-shaped Potato ; eyes even with the skin ; fine 
quality, and excellent for exhibition ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 3 6 
Perfect Peachblow. White Round, suffused with pink about the eyes, good keeper; fine exhibition variety 2 6 
Pink Perfection. A handsome round Potato, skin delicate pink, good quality; first-class for exhibition 
7 lb. 2s. 3 6 
PURPLE PRINCE (Daniels) (new). This variety was first offered in 1891; the tubers are 
round and of a bright purple, slightly shaded with crimson ; it is a heavy cropper, and cooks well ; 
for exhibition it cannot be surpassed ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 2 6 
Queen of the Valley. A well-known coloured Round, sometimes fiat in shape; exceedingly fine table 
quality ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 3 0 
Beaoing Busset. Red round variety, good quality ... ... ... ... ... ... 3 0 
Vicar of Laleham. Skin of a rich dark purple, good cropper, cooks well, and fine for exhibition ... 2 6 
8 6 
8 6 
10 6 
8 6 
12 6 
8 6 
8 6 
10 6 
10 6 
8 6 
15 0 
15 0 
15 0 
15 0 
15 0 
18 6 
15 0 
EVIDENCE 
“ Your Seeds lust yeor were excellent. I took Champion Prize for 
Potatoes, besides many others.’’ Mrs. SIPPINGTON, King’s 
Bromley. 
“ I exhibited a case (H varieties) of your Potatoes last year, which was 
much admired, and in the competition list nil the Prize-takers were from 
Seeds got from you.'' The Rev. C. DAVIDSON. Strathariglo. 
“ It gives me pleasure to inform you that at the Llangollen Horticultural 
Show held on the 25th, I obtained eleven Prizes from the Seed I obtained 
from you ; 1 took a Prize in every class for Potatoes.”- Mr. W. 
MORRIS, Llantysitio School, Llangollen. 
OF QUALITY. 
“Your Potatoes that I got in Collection last year nil did remarkably 
well." Mr. W. KENT, Appleby. 
“ I have had the pleasure of winning the Challenge Cup of the East 
Farleigli Gardeners* Society for two years in succession with your 
Potatoes.”- Mr. A. BROOK, East Farleigli. 
“The Seed Potatoes I had from you gave me great satisfaction — 
The Table King - , The Daniels, Remarkable, and Early Puritan. 
The Prizes I have taken with them are six First at the annual show, and 
four First and one Second in August 1891, and 1892 two First and one 
Second.” Mr. S. LEVETT, Chatham. 
