JAMES J. II. QBE GOBY & SON'S BETA1L CATALOGUE. 
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Woodbury White. 
MONROE COUNTY PRIZE. 
Maine, that a way-down-east State, from time immemorial 
has been the home of some of . our best new potatoes, — the 
cool climate and virgin soil supplying the conditions which 
exist in the elevated plateaus among the mountains of Peru, 
its native home. We came before our customers three seasons 
ago with another new variety which originated in Maine, -— 
the Woodbury White. This is, as its name would indicate, a 
white-skinned, and also a white-fleshed sort, half oblong in 
shape, as shown by the engraving. It has but few eyes, 
and they shallow ones. Medium early, mealy, and well 
flavored"; size large, with exceptionally few small ones. A 
great cropper. It was those two characteristics — the average 
large size of the potatoes and the greatness of the crop — that 
drew our attention to it in a field of over fifty varieties. Mr. 
Woodbury writes that with him it yielded three hundred and 
fifty bushels to the acre, and gave the best satisfaction of any 
when tested beside fifty varieties. 
KARXyY OHIO. 
The Early Ohio is generally accepted throughout the 
Western States as the standard early potato. In color like its 
parent; in shape it is round-oblong. Quality, dry and mealy. 
It is a week earlier than Early Bose. We were the original 
introducers and namers of this fine potato. It requires a rich, 
moist soil, like the prairie lands of the West, to develop its 
cropping qualities; therefore don't plant on dry upland. 
One of the most lusty and vigorous of potatoes. When, from 
dry weather, other kinds yield only small tubers, this will 
yield large ones. 
Extra large in size; oblong in shape; skin white, with a 
rusty look which generally is found with potatoes of good 
quality; flesh white, and quality dry and excellent; medium 
early; a great cropper. 
Writes C. A. Zavitz, Guelpli, Ont.: “With seventy samples planted, 
the Monroe County Prize was at the head of the list in point of yield.” 
This potato is considered by some experimenters the best 
cropper of all the numerous seedlings of the Early Rose. It 
is medium early, resembles Early Rose in shape, but is of a 
lighter color. It yields on upland better than its parent, the 
Early Rose. The tubers smooth in shape, with the eyes not 
sunken. 
If our customers would like to get their Early Rose rejuve¬ 
nated and a little improved upon in all the traits that go to 
make up a first-rate market potato, we would advise them to 
try the Earlj^ Oxford. 
Writes Mr. Albert Colby, of Fryeburg, Me.: “I concluded that the 
Early Rose was the best of all, and raised that kind exclusively for the 
pai-t six years; but last year E. W. Burbank exchanged with me a peck of 
his Early Oxford Potato to plant beside my favorite Early Rose, and I 
had to give up that the Early Oxford yielded one half more potatoes, and 
of a sounder and better quality.” 
This hew potato takes 
the front rank in produc¬ 
tiveness, vigor of growth, 
and eating qualities, only 
yielding the lead to other 
varieties in earliness. 
Yet it is earlier than its 
appearance would indi¬ 
cate, the tubers being of 
excellent qualify — dry, 
fine-grained, and mealy 
— while the tops are sli.l 
rank and green. Oblong 
in form, somewhat flat¬ 
tened, white-skinned, 
usually fair and smooth, 
It is admirably adapted 
for an “all-round” main- 
crop potato, either for 
home use or market. It 
excels other varieties in the uniformly large size of the pota¬ 
toes, there being almost none below market size. 
Clark’s No. I. 
Earlier than the Early 
Rose, and will yield a 
heavier crop. It bears 
a close resemblance to 
Early Rose in appear¬ 
ance. It cooks mealy, is 
of excellent flavor, and 
is every way a capital 
variety for either the far¬ 
mer or market gardener. 
Four hundred and fifty 
bushels have been raised 
on an acre; those who try 
the Clark are dropping 
the Early Rose. Very 
popular with farmers. 
Charles J. Thompson, 
Warlley’s Falls, N. H., writes : 
“From one bushel of ( lark’s 
No. 1,1 raised 126 bushels.” 
August Beyer, South Bend, Ind., writes: “I raised 118 bushels of 
Clark’s No. 1 from one bushel of seed.” 
Walter A. Connor, West Henniker,N. H., writes: “ I am much pleased 
with the fine yield, large size, and fine appearance of the Fillbaskets.” 
Early Puritan. 
This is a first-class early potato. In quality dry, mealy, and 
of excellent flavor. It is white-skinned and. oblong-round in 
shape. It proves with us to be a very heavy cropper, rather 
excelling the Polaris, growing side by side, but it Iris a larger 
proportion of small potatoes than that fine variety, though 
the average of the crop is of fine market size. It lias rotted 
less than the average. Closely resembles the Polaris in both 
vine and form and color of tubers. 
EARLY MAINE. 
This potato originated from a seed-ball of the Early Rose, 
and in general appearance resembles its parent. On our own 
ground, raised on a large scale, on land that did not suffer 
from the drought, the yield was four hundred and ten bushels 
to the acre. 
Mr. Williams says: “ They are earlier than the Early Rose, and are far 
superior in productiveness and quality to any other potato raised in this 
section (Maine), and have the good characteristic of growing smooth¬ 
skinned; in fine, have all the good qualities of a staple potato.” 
Writes Mr. Willard Parker, of Bridgton, Me.: “ The Early Maine beats 
anything we have here; two thirds of them will crack open when boiling.” 
ZETOWJE’S FEEIMIITTIMI. 
The vines of this potato die down earlier than any potato we 
are acquainted with that will grow tubers of market size. On 
land heavily manured we raised in IS90 four hundred and thirty 
bushels to a measured acre , with but very few small ones, and 
hardly a rotten one on the entire piece. Our customers will 
find it remarkably free from rot. Among the score of varieties 
we raised last season this one rotted the least of all. Mr. Whit¬ 
ney, of South Bridgton, Me., gives the right character to the 
Ho we's Premium in his letter to us, wherein he states that 
“there were hardly any too small for the table, and no sign 
of rot.” The skin is nearly flesh-color; the eye a rich pink; 
shape nearly round; flesh white; quality good for early but 
not good to be used as a late potato. In size and shape nearly 
the entire crop, under good cultivation, is marketable. Vines 
are short and stout, with broad, thick leaves. 
We will ask our customers, when 
they receive special quotations, to 
state them in case they order. 
