THE CELTIC BEAUTY 
THE FOLLOWING TESTIMONIALS HAVE BEEN HANDED TO US BY THE 
ORIGINATOR AND ARE USED BY HIS PERMISSION. 
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SIXTY FOLD 
Bureau Co., 111 . 
Upon receipt of tile small sample 
of your “ Celtic Beauty ” potato, I 
took it to a nearby store, and found 
that the exact weight was i6ounces. 
It arrived rather late in the season, 
and I was much afraid it would not 
produce good results; but notwith- 
standing the dry weather which 
damaged so many crops in our sec- 
tion, the “Celtic Beauty’’ showed 
wonderful vigor from the start; but 
iu spite of this I was much sur- 
prised upon digging the potatoes, 
to find that I had a little more than 
sixty pounds of very fine market- 
able tubers. I gave thirty pounds 
to my brother-in-law, the balance I 
intend to keep and would not part 
with them for $ 10 . 00 . 
A’ J. Verdine. 
FOUR HUNDRED EIGHT FOLD 
Bergen County, N. J. 
When half of your “Celtic Beauty ” potato came to hand, it 
weighed about one ounce. To keep it from becoming wUhered or 
dried up, another potato was cut in halves, and one piece was laid 
flesh side against the flesh or cut side of the other. On Oct. 2nd, 
one of my sons, my wife ana myself commenced the work of 
digging, guessing not more than a few pounds at the start, but 
washed and weighed a good 25 pounds, and nearly every potato 
perfect as potatoes can be in shape and not to exceed one-half 
dozen small ones. I should have stated that I made three hills of 
the seven sets or eyes, and that they were directly under an apple 
tree, in a row ; the first hill being not more than two feet from the 
body ol the tree. C. B. Curtis. 
THIRTEEN AND ONE-FOURTH POUNDS FROM ONE- 
HALF A SMALL POTATO. 
Columbia Co. Pa. 
I received from you last fall one-half of a small potato, called 
the “Celtic Beauty"; part of this rotted. I planted about April 
1st, manured the ground in the fall with stable manure; when plant- 
ing put on some potato fertilizer, watered them during the drouth; 
dug 1 V4 pounds of nice, large tubers., smooth and nice shape, all 
salable except one-half pound. The potato crop is about one- 
fourth crop in this part of Pennsylvania. J. D. Bodine 
THE BEST HE EVER HAD ON HIS TABLE. 
Yates Co., N. Y. 
I received your sample of “Celtic Beauty” on June 1st. As 1 
liad no suitable land upon which to give it a fair test, I dug up a 
few cabbage plants in the corner of my garden and made the 
ground ready as well as possible, cut the potato to one eye, and 
found I had just enough for twelve hills. Though these potatoes 
had been ripe for some little time, we did not dig them until 
September 15th, and I was very much gratified to find that each 
hill had a fine show of large, smooth tubers. By actual count I 
found that the average number of marketable potatoes in each hill 
was 12 Am sorry I did not weigh the sample you sent me, but I 
should think it could not have weighed quite one pound. I now- 
find that I .have seventy pounds of very choice potatoes, and my 
wife claims they are the best eating potatoes we have ever had on 
our table. C. F. Moore. 
HE IS NOT DISCOURAGED. 
Routt Co. Col. 
I received a sample of your “ Celtic Beauty ’’ late last Spring, 
but am sorry to say that I placed them in soil which had icen 
manured too heavily. I w-as so anxious to give them an extra 
chance, that I enriched the ground to such an extent that worms 
and grubs destroyed just half the number of hills I had planted , 
but I figured out if all the eyes planted had come up, as well as 
those which I have just now dug, I would have potatoes at the rate 
of more than 600 bushels per acre. Other potatoes in my garden 
near by were badly affected by scab, but not one scab could >e 
found upon the “ Celtic Beauty. ” The eyes are very flush with 
the surface, and I have no doubt but that they are excellent or 
table use*, but I value my seed so much that I WILL NC ry o 
test them for eating qualities this season, bid rather will use every 
potato I have to increase my stock as much as possible. Will it ie 
possible for me to secure any more of the “Celtic Beauties tins 
season at a reasonable price? Yours truly, 
FREDERICK SIMONS. 
HIS NEIGHBORS ARE PLEASED- 
Madison County, N. Y. 
After w-atcliing my crop of “ Celtic Beauty ’’ potatoes which I 
have been growing from the small sample sent me last spring, and 
giving them the very best care I knew how, I am obliged to report 
that I have nothing to show for my pains. There were several of 
my- townsmen in the post-office when I received my sample, and 
admired it, and as my garden is on the street line, there were quite 
a number who saw me plant the potatoes. Many persons admired 
them, and it seems that some person admired them so much that 
be could not keep his hands off, and I have . discovered this morn- 
ing that every potato has been dug and carried away. 
Yours truly, J. A. FREEBORN. 
TWO TO ONE IN FAVOR OF THE “CELTIC BEAUTY ” 
Center Co. , Pa. 
I selected a potato from my own stock which had the same 
number of eyes, and apparently was just the same size as the 
sample of the “Celtic Beauty” sent me to be tested, and I planted 
them side by side, under equal conditions; and I find the yield of 
the “Celtic Beauty" is nearly double that of the other potato. 
Yours truly, W. G. Saunders 
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