THE “TRAMP.'’ 
ONE MORE 
of those GENERAL PURPOSE. UNI- 
VERSAL LY LIKED, PERFECT POTA - 
TOES. SUITABLE FOR ALL SOILS. 
CLIMATES AND CON DITIONS AND 
A PREMIUM GETTER IN ANY MAR- 
KET. A FRIEND TO THE MA N WHO 
IS ST R UGGLING TO * 
“MAKE FARMING PAY.” 
AN OVAL 
WHITE 
MAIN 
CROP 
POTATO. 
laaaaac 
HISTORY. 
NE lucky day in the Fall of 1896, some good person 
sent us a fruit basket full of potatoes by express. We 
seriously inclined to refuse the package rather than pay 
the express charges. Nothing but the extra fine ap- 
pearance of the potatoes induced us to give them shelter. 
There were no marks to give any clue as to the sender. We 
watched for a letter which would explain the matter, but 
nothing ever came. The only solution we can now offer is 
that some one of our numerous correspondents wrote us earlier 
in the season, regarding the potato, and promised to send us 
some when crop was harvested. If such was the case, he per- 
haps thought we could connect him with the samples without 
any distinguishing marks. We have had several such letters 
in our day, so this seems a reasonable theory. 
We asked Mr. Dooley to find a name, and he promptly 
suggested “Tramp.” For said he: “Sure they had no home 
when they came to us.” 
DESCRIPTION. 
7 UBER is oval and very much like White Giant in color 
and shape. Eyes are flush with surface, and cooks 
dry and mealy. It seems to retain its excellent eating 
qualities until the very end, and never cooks black, as 
some kinds do, late in the season. 
This is one of those varieties which can be grown upon 
clay or gravel soil and yet produce smooth STOCK, SUIT- 
ABLE FOR THE MOST EXACTING MARKETS, 
though like any potato, reaches ABSOLUTE PERFECTION 
in appearance, only when grown on POROUS RICH LOAM. 
VINES are REMARKABLY UPRIGHT in habit of 
growth, VERY STOCKY and SO VIGOROUS that bugs 
giye them a wide berth. Bear in mind that disease germs and 
insects select weak subjects. A neighbor once asked Mr. 
Dooley why potato bugs give us so little trouble. Said Mr. 
Dooley : “Take a sharp look at the vines of thim. Mind how 
green they are. When we plant our seed we put a wee bit of paris green in the hill, and the vines grows up full 
of paris green juice.” The following season this neighbor came over to ask how much paris green to putin a hill. 
We have more than once been called upon to ask Mr. Dooley to stop his practical joking. 
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