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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
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NEW POTATOES. 
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COMPTON'S SURPRISE. 
Showing the product from a single eye In the grounds of F. Seiler, Verona, N. Y., who raised 3S4 pounds from 
one pound of seed. 
lioy.il Horticultural Society Garden, at Chiswick, this sea- 
son, I thought the fuirust w;iy would be to send your sam- 
ples to be tried with the rest. I sent them under numbers, 
so that no one but myself knew either the names of the 
varieties or the senders. I have now the pleasure of telling 
you that a Fir* I Class Certificate was awarded by 
the judges to your Extra Early "Vermont and to 
Browneirs Bcanty. No doubt vou will obtain official 
notice of this ere long: meanwhile I thought vou would 
like to know how much appreciated your potatoes were. 
I am, gentlemen, your obedient servant, 
(Signed), ' MAXWELL T. MASTEliS. 
To B. K. Bliss & Sons, New York. 
To the two popular varieties. Extra Early Vermont 
and Campion's Surprise, introduced by us last 
Spring, we take pleasure in adding two new varieties, 
Snowflake and ttrownell's Beauty, as medium 
sorts maturing between the two, their equal in quality and 
productiveness— and the most beautiful varieties in cultiva- 
tion. The great popularity of the Earlv Eose, Peerless, and 
others of Bresee s seedlings first offered by us, and their 
general adaptation to the various Boils and climates of the 
civilized world, have induced thousands in all parts of the 
country to experiment in faisine seedlinss. In hope of pro- 
ducing a betLer one, a large number of which have been 
sent to us for trial. After being carefully tested bv ourselves 
as well as several of the most experienced cultivators in 
the country, the above named varieties have been selected, 
which we otfer to our patrons, fully confident of their 
superiority. 
In addition to the many valuable testimonials received 
from growers of the above varieties in our own country, 
the folio wing favorable note is received from Dr. Masters, 
the talenten and well-known editor of ihe London Garden- 
ers' Chronitiie, which shows the high estimation in which 
Brownd's Beauty and Extra Early Vermont 
are held in iCngland : 
GxRUENERS' CKBONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE J 
Office. London, England, October 7, 1873. S 
Gentlemen: Last year you were good enough to send us 
for trial some of your new kiuds of Potatoes. As a large 
trial of ovex 300 sort* was projected to be carried out at the 
$1,500 IN PREMIUMS. 
IMPORTANT TO POTATO UROWERS. 
djf"p;A fifk to t» e divided among the six successful competitors who shall produce the largest quantity of 
OD ■ 0\J.\J\J either of the following varieties of Potatoes: EXTRA EARLY VERMONT, 
BIIOWMILL'S BEAUTY, or COMPTON'S SURPRISE, from one-quarter of an acre of 
measured ground. ¥250 for each variety. 
Q*7 IK fi 4~bA t0 De divided among the Bix successful competitors who shall produce the largest quantity from 
•35 I O \J. \f\f ONE POUND of the seed of either of the above named varieties. $250 for each 
variety. Suoject to conditions named in our Potato Catalogue, a copy of which will be mailed to all applicants. 
0y THE SEED IN ALL CASES TO BE PURCHASED FROM US. _&3 
BLISS'S CAkDENERS' ALMANAC AND ABRIDGED CATALOGUE, 
One Hnndrea pages, illustrated. Mailed to all applicants inclosing two three-cent stamps. 
Bliss's "Illustrated Catalogue and Guide to the Flower and Kitchen Garden, 200 pages 
Rivera 1 , hundred illustrations, witli a beautiful colored lithograph. Mailed to all applicants upon receipt of 25c. Address 
Prices for Eroff*nelV8 Beauty and Campion's Surprise.— 
Per lb.. $l;3 lbs. to one address, $2, by mail, prepaid. 
By express or freight, charges paid by the purchaser, 
K peck. $S; 1 peck, $5; %, bushel, $8; 1 bushel, $15; 
1 barrel, $30. 
EXTRA EARLY VERMONT.— By mail, prepaid, 1 pound, 
75 cents; 3 pounds, $1, By express. charges paid by pur- 
chaser, 1 peck, $3; X bushel, $5; bushel, $9; barrel, $20. 
SNOWFLAKE— by mail, prepaid, $3 per pound. 
For full description of each of the above varieties, see 
our Utiixtrated Potato Catalogue, which will be mailed free 
to all applicants. 
Z£. 
V. O. Box 07 1 a. 
ELiISS eft! SONS, 
23 Park Place and «U Murray St., New York. 
Seed Potatoes a Speciality. 
Vermont Early Rose, 
PKBKX.KSS, WHITE PEACH-BLOWS, and 
othei varieties, in fine order, selected especially for plant- 
ing. Prices reasonable. Order of TATEM & DAVENPORT, 
No. 1 Delaware Avenue Market, Philadelphia. 
SEED and POTATOES £^cr a £»M! 
tsuKatr JUeet. The best to raise for stock. Yields, with 
goocl culture, from 25 to 80 tons per acre. Seed— I oz., 15c. ; 
J»lb„ 40c: klb.Wc.; lib. J1.S5; 4 lbs.ji.50. Potatoes 
— Early Virnwat-Sir/i«( Potato Known. 1 lb.. 50c: 
i 'os., %u,a. Compton's Surprise— {l raised 3H0% 
lbb. from I lb.) 1 lb., 15c. ; 4 lbs.. S2.50. 
DAVTO K. WOOD, Morrisvllle, Lamoille Co., Vt 
CHOICE SEEDS. 
Mar'!i:et Gardener's Stools; 
FOR EARLY PLANTING. 
bottler's Bnoswlct Cabbage Per oz., 75c. Perpkt., 15c. 
Tn;e Jersey *'.-Bkef) eld do " 75c. •' 15c. 
Boston Mai set Dwarf Celerv " 60c. " lOo. 
" " Hotbed Lettuce... " 50c. " 10c. 
White Splned Hotbed Cucumber.. " 50c. " 10c. 
Our new Seed Catalogue for 1874 will be 
veadv Febre;try 1st. Free to all applicants, 
.address SCUXUGEL, F.VKKETT & CO.. 
, Boston, Mass. 
KUKL, K\ K Ki- 
ll) Sooth Market Bt„ 
H*Uvi>AKD SQUASH SEED. 
Strictly pure. Grown lm. from anything that would 
toil. 10a per pkt., post-paid. 
AXONZtJ HITCHCOCK, Concord. Dodge Co., Minn. 
^p#^p1P 
The HANSON LETTUCE. 
The most tender, sweet, and delicious variety grown ; free 
from any bitter or unpleasant taste ; heads large and solid, 
oiten weighing 3 lbs. Single pkgc 23 cts. 5 pkgs 
Si. A LiBKUAi, Discount to Dkalkbs. ITS'" Setici for 
Dreer's Garden Calendar for 1874, 16S pages, 
illustrated, with practical directions. Mailed FREE to 
all applicants. HEIVRY A. DREER, 
714 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 
Our Annual Spring Catalogue of Flower and Vegetable 
SeedB lg now ready. Free to all on application. 
Seed Time Cometh! 
The twenty-first editions of our illustrated FLOWER and 
KITCHEN GARDEN DIRECTORIES for 1874, with a Sup- 
plement of Novelties and Selections, embracing a list of 
Seed grown by the best Boston Market Gardeners and also 
by the most famous European growers of flowers and vege- 
tables, including many that can rarelv be lound elsewhere, 
will be forwarded about the first of February to all custom- 
ers free of charge, and to other applicants inclosing a three* 
cent stamp. D. T. CURTIS & CO., 
161 Treniont St., Boston, Mass. 
Successors to Curtis & Cobb. 
Si: I l> FOR EARLY FORCING. 
Tomato, New Early Dwarf, fine for small gardens— 
# pkt. 25o. 
Tomato, Canada Victor, a superior productive early var.— 
V pkt. 15c. 
Tomato, The Arlington, bright red, solid, and fine form— 
per plct. 25c. 
Boston Market Tennis Ball Lettuce— V oz. 75c. ; 15c. V pkt. 
White Spined Cucumber, improved— *' 50c. ; 15c. " 
Long Frame Cucumbers, High'd Mary and Hailstone, each 
25c. per pkt. 
Fresh & Genuine Wethersfield ( Ct.) 
ONION SEED. 
By mall, post-paid, at following rates : 
Per lb. Per oe. 
Wet.hersfleld Large Red— true $3.00 .20 
Medium Earlv Thick Red 3.50 .25 
Extra Early Red— very early 3.75 .30 
Yellow Dan vers — true 3.50 .25 
White Portugal or Silver Skin 4.00 .30 
White Globe— extra tine 5.00 .40 
Fottler's Imp. E'v Brunswick Cabbage— true. 12.00 1.00 
Comstock's Pre. Flat Dutch " " 4.00 .30 
Comstock's Seed Sower and Onion Weeder combined, by 
express, $15.35. 
I would again call the attention of gardeners and others 
to the great superiority of our true WethersjUXd grown 
Onion, as well as other Seeds, and urge upon them the im- 
portance of procuring reliable seed. 
Catalogues sent free to all. 
R. D. HAWLEY, Seedsman, Hartford, Conn. 
My business is to supply, what every farmer of experience 
is most anxious to get, perfectly reliable Vegetable and 
Flower Seed. With this object in view, besides importing 
many varieties from reliable growers in France, England, 
and Germany, I grow a hundred and fifty kinds of vegetable 
seed on my four seed farms, right under my own eye. 
Around all of these I throw the protection of the three 
warrants of my Catalogue. Of new vegetables 1 make a 
specialty, having been the first to introduce the Hubbard 
and Marblehead Squashes, the Marblehead Cabbages, and a 
score of others. Mv Catalogue, containing numerous fine 
engravings, taken from photographs, sent /?•«.» to all. 
JAMES J. H. GREGORY, Marblehead, Mass. 
.^LMATEUP^ 
rfo THE FLOWER AND KITCHEnN 
GARDEN 
Enxaeged ant> Improved. 
Magnificent Colored Plate 
Hundredi of Engravings, beside De- 
scriptive Price List of 3000 varieties 
of cnoice Flower and Vegetable Seeds, 
Rare Gladiolus, Lilies, fee, ic. Full 
• directions for culture. Complete in ev- 
■s ery respect Sent fre« on receipt of two 
stamps. Address 
WASHBURN & CO., BOSTON, MASS. 
Hew & Hare Plants. 
Our Illustrated Catalogue of 
Plants for 1874 
Is now readj*. and will be sent free to all onr customers, and 
to all others on the receipt of two 3-cent stamps. 
HOVEY & CO., 53 North Market St., Boston. 
SEEDS ! 
SEEDS! 
SEEDS! 
Spooner's Prize Flower Seeds: 
\1 varieties Splendid Aster Seeds 
mailed to applicants upon receipt 
of $1.00. New Illustrated "Seed" 
Catalogue free. Address Wat. H, 
Spooner, 4 Beacon St., Boston. 
|4 STYLES, ^r&Ml 
' Seedereand Cultivators, for Farm or 
(i»r<K-n. Lidit aud durable. No equal, Domett- 
ii.' or Imported. DflsoriptlTe Circulars of ft. 
: ,. ALLEN A CO., 1« S. 4tu S L. r tiihv.Pt. 
