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G. D. howe’s potato manual. 
whichever way you think, I can give you some satisfactory stock at 
the lowest possible prices consistent with thorough work. 
I give you first a description of some of my best and cheapest 
varieties. 
It wont always be the highest priced potato that will give you the 
best satisfaction, though it may be. You can only tell by actual 
trial which is best for you to grow, my poorest may be your best. 
THE MONROE CO. PRIZE. 
A very productive late 
variety. Shape, flatt- 
ened, long and broad 
skin smooth and white ; 
very rank grower. 
A single hill 1 pulled 
up at random last fall 
had seventeen tubers in 
it, fourteen of which 
were marketable, and 
the largest weighing 
about a pound a piece. 
The tops when straight- 
ened out were five feet 
long and all this with 
the hills a foot apart in 
the row and seed cut to 
single eves. 
The seed from which 
I raised inv stock came 
direct from the intro- 
ducers and J have a fine 
lot to offer. As will be 
seen by the table at the 
end of the book this va- 
riety stands high in or- 
der of yield in competi- 
tive trials for yield, at 
different stations. While 
one of the very best 
yi elders it is at the same 
time very fine in quality. 
Prices : 20 cts. per lb. 
by mail ; by express or 
freight, 10 cts. per lb. ; 
65 cts. pei' pk. ; $2.00 
per bn. ; $5.00 per bbl. 
MONROE 
CO. PRIZE. 
