View of One of Our Potato Fields 
Planted with the seed we are selling' about May 28 and photographed July 28. 
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VIEW No. 2. 
state of new york, 1 AFFIDAVIT. --(Copy.) 
County of Monhoe, > ss. 
City of Roch ester. ) 
Charles H, Turpin, being duly sworn deposes and says, that he resides in Rochester, N. Y., and is a 
landscape photographer by profession; that on the 18th day of July he made- the photographic negatives of 
which the pictures marked respectively Views Nos. 1 and 2, are the positive reproductions; that the same are 
absolutely accurate representations of their respective subjects; that the subjects of said pictures are adjoining 
potato fields in the town of Penfield, County and State aforesaid, of apparently equal fertility, planted in hills 
of equal distance apart, and separated merely by an ordinary farm fence; that deponent’s camera in taking 
said negatives was placed on the line of said fence; that in taking View No. 1 said camera was pointed South, 
and in taking View No. 2 was pointed North; that an interval of less than thirty minutes elapsed between the 
taking of said negatives; that deponent is informed and verily believes that the field which is the subject of 
View No. 1. was planted on or about May 10th with the ordinary varieties of potatoes raised in that localitv, 
and that the adjoining field which is the subject of View No. 2, was planted three weeks subsequently with 
improved varieties grown by Gunson, Higbie & Co. especially for seed. 
Subscribed and sworn to before WM. M. SHAW, Com’r of Deeds. 
C. H. TURPIN. 
from One-half Bushel of Seed. 
Potatoes Looking Fine. 
“Beaver Co., Pa., July 12, 1897. Harvey Reed 
bought 30 pounds of your seed potatoes of me and 
raised 40 bushels therefrom which he sold for $2.00 
per bushel realizing $80 from the half bushel of seed. 
J. Hays Duncan.” 
15 Bushels from 25 Pounds. 
Lebanon Co., Pa., Jan 22, 1898. From 5 pounds 
of Rose of Erin Frank Knapp grew three bushels, and 
from 5 pounds of Early Victor, a little more than three 
bushels, and from 15 pounds of White Giant, nine 
bushels of fine potatoes. John A. Miller.” 
They will re sure of their seed next time. 
“Lucas Co., Ia., March 31st, 1897. Your farm 
seeds came this morning and are fine, better than we 
expected. All are much pleased and many who saw 
them say they wish they had given an order. 
L. Young.” 
“Lawrence Co., Jnd., Aug. 9, 1897. Potatoes are 
very near a failure here but all the potatoes I bought 
of you are looking fine and my neighbors sav 1 have 
the only potatoes they know of. My corn I bought 
of you is pronounced by all who sec it to be the finest 
corn in this seeiion. W. R. Davidson.” 
$109 in Two Years from One Dollar. 
“Dallas County, Iowa, April 18, 1898. I sold 
Mr. M. Moore one dollar’s worth of Rose of Erin 
potatoes two years ago. He raised 3 bushels the first 
year. Lie gave them to his son Frank Moore. He 
planted the 3 bushels last spring and raised 109 
bushels of splendid stock. He is selling them this 
spring for $1 per bushel when ordinary stock is sell- 
ing for 45 to 50 cents per bushel. 
Jno. J. Gleiser, 
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