vl- OLD GLORY.# 
An Extra Early Seedling Potato of the Rose Type. 
Points of IHorit. 
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Size, 
Quality, 
Productiveness, 
Strong Grower, 
Free from blight 
Good Shape. 
HISTORY When first brought to our notice “Old Glory” was not fully developed in type as the 
— 1 crop showed a marked resemblance to both parents, Early Sunrise and Beauty ol Hebron 
from which the cross was obtained, in shape of tuber and other characteristics. Three years of careful 
selecting has developed as fine a potato in every way as any one could v\ish for and a distinct type has become 
thoroughly fixed. 
The tubers are long and well proportioned making a handsome appearance. Its 
skin is a light rose color all over the tuber. Flesh very white and of finest 
DESCRIPTION. 
flavor; cooks dry and mealy and fit for table use very early as the quality is number one even before the crop 
is fully matured. 
In point of yield Old Glory will hold its own with allcomers in the early or medium early 
class. Few equal, none excel. 
Equal to 423 Bushels per Acre. 
“Hardin 'Co., Ky. For curiosity my wife and T 
weighed the Old Glory potatoes and measured the 
plot of ground and found one acre of land at the same rate would have grown us 423 bushels per acre. 
6 M. L. GRUBB. 
Lincoln Co., Md. Old Glory to the front as 
usual. Knocks out seven other varieties I 
grew in same field. They yielded nearly a 
third more than the next best E. Ashman. 
Yoik Co., Pa. Those potatoes, Old Glory, 
are just what the trucker wants here to catch 
the early market. In 69 days from planting 
I dug several potatoes weighing nearly a 
pound. John Sherman. 
Pike Co., 111. You are sure to get a big 
southern trade in your Old Glory potato. The 
few tests here prove it to be well named. Have 
you anything in a White Potato as good. 
Robt. Lane. 
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