G. D. HOWE’s POTATO MANUAL. 
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LEE’S FAVORITE. 
Is one of the few new varieties that seem to have come to stay. Its 
popularity is rapidly 
increasing for va- 
rious substantial rea- 
sons. It is very 
early , productive and 
hardy. With me it 
yielded 346 bn. per 
acre the past year. 
While I don’t con 
sider it quite as line 
in quality as the 
Downing, it certain- 
y is excellent. The 
*kape of the tuber 
is not so handsome 
or taking as the 
Downing, but still I 
am inclined to think 
it will outrival that 
variety in popularity 
taking them the 
country over. 
The Ohio Experi- 
ment Station for 
1885 showed it to 
outyield about 100 
other sorts by quite 
a handsome lead. 
Its shape is long 
and a little flattened. 
Color, flesh, pink at 
the eye and on the 
end. One of the 
leading Chic a'g o 
dealers told me last 
summer that this variety sold best of any early sort. 
TRUE POTATO SEED. 
I gathered a quantity of the trne potato seed last summer from my 
varieties, and by particular care that it thoroughly ripened before 
curing, I offer it in packets of about 50 seeds in a packet, with the 
name of the variety from which gathered, at 20 cents per packet. 
Most dealers ask 25 cents per packet of 25 seeds. 
Directions for culture accompany each packet. 
Try a packet, it will be interesting to see the great variety you 
will get, some of which may prove very valuable, in which case it 
will be a little gold mine for a year or two. 
