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The Illustrated Guide for Amateur Gardeners. 
SEED POTATOES. 
For many years past we have devoted great attention to the cultivation and selection of our choice stocks of Seed Potatoes, 
and have been fortunate in introducing to the public several fine varieties of our own raising that have attained to great populari y. 
By adopting this system, and by adding to our collection the finest varieties raised by other growers, we are enabled to oner 
a really first-class selection of the best kinds. The past season has been on the whole a favourable one for potatoes, the Mam- 
crop and late varieties have especially yielded well ; on the other hand, owing to the dry weather in June and July some of t e 
earlier kinds are rather scarce, and we strongly recommend early orders for these to prevent disappointment. Our leading varieties 
such as Duke of York, Sensation, Express, Early Puritan, Factor, and a few others have been grown in Scotland, and we are able 
to offer fine healthy stocks of these. We have also great pleasure in introducing several new varieties of great merit, which we 
can strongly recommend for their heavy cropping and fine cooking qualities, and will also be a valuable addition to the 
exhibition table. 
NEW AND SELECT POTATOES FOR 1914. 
DANIELS’ NORFOLK BEAUTY. (See illustration opposite page.) A fine strong growing Maincrop variety 
of handsome appearance, producing a very heavy crop of even-sized oval-shaped tubers, with white skin and flesh. It is very 
clear in the skin with shallow eyes. The cooking quality is excellent. On account of its handsome appearance it will prove a 
great acquisition as an exhibition variety. I* ei ' lb. 6d. ; 7 lb. 3s. , 14 lb. 5s. 
DANIELS’ SURPRISE. (See illustration opposite page.) This fine variety introduced by us last year has again 
proved itself a very heavy cropper. It is a handsome second early variety, with white skin and flesh. The haulm, which is 
strong and vigorous, grows about 2—21 feet in height. The tubers, which are very handsome, are oval shaped, somewhat 
inclined to kidney, with finely netted skin. It is an extraordinary cropper, producing a heavy weight of fine shapely tubers 
of good size, with very few small. A grand sort for Exhibition, and of the finest table quality. Per lb. 6d. ; 7 lb. 3s. ; 14 lb. 5s. 
DANIELS’ DREADNOUGHT. A fine Maincrop Kidney of handsome appearance and great productiveness, and 
has proved itself up to the present a great disease resister. During the wet Summer of 1912 it produced fine crops where 
other sorts failed ; it is of robust constitution, and the tubers are of fine shape and of most excellent table quality ; a useful 
exhibition sort. Per 3s. ; 56 lb. 10s. 6d. 
KING GEORGE V. A very useful Maincrop variety of recent introduction ; it is an enormous cropper and of fine 
table quality. The tubers, which are kidney-shaped with white skin and flesh, are very handsome, with a finely netted skin. 
A fine exhibition sort. ^ er 14 lb. 3s. ; 56 lb. 10s. 6d. 
SUMMIT. A late White Kidney somewhat oblong in shape and of strong, robust constitution. The haulm is very strong 
and upright, with white bloom. It is a very heavy cropper, many roots producing twenty tubers of large size with very few 
small ones. It is without doubt one of the best late varieties of recent introduction. Per 14 lb. 3s. ; 56 lb. 10s. 6d. 
ARRAN EARLY. A very handsome early White Kidney of great productiveness and fine table quality, the eyes are 
few and nearly even with the surface ; it will be a useful sort for exhibition purposes. Per 14 lb. 3s. ; 56 lb. 10s. 6d. 
EVIDENCE OF QUALITY. 
“ Norfolk Beauty, in spite of the season here, turned up splendid, quite free from disease and a wonderful cropper, perfect in shape, very shallow 
eve with all the good’qualities of a JIaincrop variety; likewise for exhibition and a table potato I consider it a grand introduction, and will_not_.be 
long in making headway.”— Mr. H. GANDY, Gardener to the Marquis of Bath. 
“Daniels’ Surprise is well-named. It is a wonderful cropper, perfect in shape, eyes flat on the surface, with a fino russety skin; a model 
potato for Exhibition purposes. I have tested it — roasted, steamed, and baked, and in each caso it was excellent.”— Mr. B. ASHTON, Lathorn 
Gardens. 
“ Daniels’ Surprise yielded a heavy crop of oven-sized, shallow-eyed, shapely tubers of the finest cooking quality. I consider it a fine 
addition to tho list of second early varieties.” — Mr. WM. LOW, Euston Hall Gardens. 
“ Daniels’ Surprise produced a heavy crop of fine tubers of excellent shape and finest table quality, and wero free from disease.” — 
Mr. WM. ALLAN, Gunton Park Gardens. 
“ I have shown your Surprise Potato and obtained two First Prizes ; they have done very well.”— Mr. W. F WILLIAMSON, Hucltnall. 
“ Tho Seeds I had from you in the Spring did well I took First Prize with your Surprise Potato, and thrco Prizes for other things.” — 
Mr. J. MORGAN, Fcmdale. 
