THE -CELTIC- 
BEAUTY 
THE FOLLOWING TESTIMONIALS HAVE BEEN HANDED TO US BY THE ORIGIN- 
ATOR AND ARE USED BY HIS PERMISSION. 
SIXTY FOLD. 
Upon receiptof the 
small sample of your ■ 'Cel- 
tic Beauty” potato, I took 
it to a nearby store, and 
found that the exact 
weight was Hi ounces. It 
arrived rather late in the 
season, and I was much 
afraid it would not pro- 
duce good results , but 
notwithstanding the dry 
weather which damaged 
so many crops in our sec- 
tion, the "Celtic Beauty " 
showed wonderful vigor 
from the start; but in 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 mark- 
e t a b 1 e tubers I gave 
thirty pounds to my broth- 
er-in-law, the balance I 
intend to keep and would 
not part with them. 
A. J. VERDINE, 
Burean, Co. 111. 
FOUR HUNDRED EIGHT FOLD, 
When half of your " Celtic Beauty " potato came to hand 
it weighed about one ounce. To keep it from becoming with- 
ered 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 and myself, 
commenced the work of digging, guessing not more than a few 
pounds at the start, but washed and weighed a good 25)4 
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 of the 
tree. C. B. CURTIS, Bergen County, N. J. 
THIRTEEN AND ONE-FOURTH POUNDS FROM ONE- 
HALF A SMALL POTATO. 
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 planting put on some potato fertilizer; watered 
them during the drouth; dug 13^ 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 Penn- 
sylvania. J. D. BODINE, Columbia Co., Pa. 
THE BEST HE EVERY HAD ON HIS TABLE. 
I received your sample of “ Celtic Beauty ” on June 1st. 
As I had 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 market- 
able 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, Yates Co., N. Y. 
HE IS NOT DISCOURAGED. 
I received a sample of your ‘‘Celtic Beauty” late last 
spring, but am sorry to say that I placed them in soil which 
had been manured too heavily. I was so anxious to give them 
an extia 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 000 bushels per acre. 
Other potatoes in my garden near by were badly affected by 
scab, but not one scab could be found upon the “Celtic 
Beauty.” The eyes are very flush with the surface, and I 
have no doubt but that they are excellent for table use; but I 
value my seed so much that I WILL NOT try to test them 
for eating qual.ties this season, but rather will use every 
potato I have to increase my stock as much as possible. Will 
it be possible for me to secure any more of the “Celtic 
Beauties ” this season at a reasonable price ? 
Yours truly, FREDERICK SIMONS, Routt Co., Col. 
HIS NEIGHBORS ARE PLEASED. 
After watching 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 he could not keep his 
hands off, and I have discovered this morning that every 
potato has been dug and carried away. Yours truly, 
J. A FREEBORN, Madison County, N. Y. 
TWO TO ONE IN FAVOR OF THE CELTIC BEAUTY.” 
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 planttd 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, Center Co., Pa. 
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