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Seed Potatoes 
Early Michigan. A large medium early 
white potato of fine quality and a good 
yielder. Peck, 50c; bushel, $1.50; 10 bushels 
$ 10 . 00 . 
Early Rose. The old family favorite. 
Our stock is grown from fresh seed pro¬ 
cured from Maine. Price, pk., 50c; bu., 
$1.75; 10 bu., $12.00. 
Irish Cobbler. The most popular first early 
potato for market. Can be dug about the 
first of any potatoes and is quite a good 
yielder. The potatoes are round, white in 
color with deep eyes. largely grown in 
the South to ship North. Pk., 50c; bu., 
$1.75; 10 bu., $15.00. 
Bull Moose. This Is a medium to late po¬ 
tato and has been grown by us for two years. 
This potato is said to be a seedling grown 
on Long Island. Last year it was very dry 
here and yet we dug 280 bushels from 
only 12 bushels planted June 8th. Other 
varieties of potatoes with us were near a 
failure. The picture on this page is taken 
from a photograph of these potatoes dug in 
October. We had a heavy frost Sept. 10th, 
which entirely killed the vines and cut short 
the yield considerably. In the spring of 
1914 we planted several acres of this varie¬ 
ty, and now have an immense crop. They 
averaged fully 300 bushels to the acre. Two 
small pieces planted July 1st, yielded 400 
bushels to the acre, as fine looking potatoes 
as we ever saw. The vines of Bull Mooso 
are not rampant growers, just medbum, 
but healthy, and they root deep. The pota¬ 
toes are good average 
size, very pretty and 
regular in shape, in 
fact, the ideal market 
shape. The tubers 
are white and have few 
Byes. The shape of the potato is very char¬ 
acteristic, having one deep dent in the end. 
It will outyield any variety we have ever 
grown. Price, pk., 50c; bushel, $1.50; 10 
bushels, $10.00. 
Hastings. This potato was grown fro^n 
the seed by a Mrs. Tackley, who lives 14 
miles from us. It was named and intro¬ 
duced by us a few years ago. We have sold 
it from one end of the country to the other 
and it has given universal satisfaction. The 
vines are extremely rampant 'growers and 
must have plenty of room in order to do 
well. It is a very late potato, and in order 
to come to full maturity, must be planted 
quite early. The tubers are extremely lajrge, 
and in a favorable potato season we have 
seen specimens that weighed over three 
pounds, and the originator’s son tells me 
that he found one potato that weighed eight 
pounds. One great point about this potato 
is, that although it is a very late variety, 
they may be eaten just as soon as dug and 
are of fine quality. I believe it is, without 
exception, the finest potato for eating that 
I have ever tested. Grown side by side, it 
will outyield Carman and Rural New Yorker 
two to one. We could fill this book with 
testimonials in its favor. One man in New 
Hampshire grew 138 lbs. from one potato 
weighing one pound in one season. 
A man in Oregon produced 140 potatoes 
weighing 98 pounds from one potato weigh¬ 
ing one pound. Another party reported 
growing 90 bushels from one potato in^Jtwo 
seasons. We are 
proud of the 
Hastings potato. 
Peck, 50c; bush¬ 
el. $1.50; 10 
bushels, $ 10*00, 
Bushel Basket of Bull Moose Potatoes.. Grown at E. J. Farmer’s Place, October, 1913. 
