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FLANSBURGH & PEIRSON’S CATALOGUE. 
riety last spring from Joseph Harris 
Co., and think well of it. Tops very 
heavy, covering the ground. Tubers 
large to very large, oblong, flatened, 
somewhat irregular in form; practi¬ 
cally no small ones. Eyes quite 
prominent. Skin netted denoting 
good quality. 
Stock limited; can supply only in 
small quantities this season. 
GOLD COIN.—From Burpee at 
$5.00 per bushel. From one trial 
would say that while one could not 
literally coin gold by growing it he 
could certainly reap great profit. 
Vines grow strong, root deep and pro¬ 
duce immensely. Tubers mostly 
white, some with slight blotches and 
streaks of pink. Somewhat irregu¬ 
lar in form and large; very few small 
ones. • 
As they were struck by blight be¬ 
fore fully ripe cannot say as to sea¬ 
son but think it medium late and 
from their appearance should say they 
were fine quality. Stock limited. 
LIVINGSTON or WHITE SENE¬ 
CA BEAUTY.—A white sport of the 
old Red Seneca. Identical with it ex¬ 
cept in color, which is nearly white 
with bright pink eyes making it a 
handsome potato of high quality. 
DEWEY. — Not the early Admiral 
Dewey, but the late Dewey from Bon- 
nell, of New York. This right new 
variety is the most promising of any 
we have tested of late and if it be¬ 
comes generally distributed is bound 
to be immensely popular. 
A strong grower covering the 
ground on good soil and a great 
yielder of beautiful round, oblong tu¬ 
bers which are practically all of mar¬ 
ket size, and no overgrown hollow 
ones. In digging last fall hills that 
would yield four or five pounds were 
quite plenty and we are sure it will 
please all who plant it. Season medi¬ 
um late. 
Stock limited and can supply only 
in small lots this year. 
HARVEST KING.—We lost the 
seed of this some years ago by de¬ 
pending on other parties for our stock 
but succeeded in getting it again last 
season from a party in Ohio to whom 
we sold seed. A great market sort, 
yielding great crops of beautiful, 
white, oblong tubers and if you need 
seed to grow potatoes for market we 
would advise placing a liberal order 
early for Harvest King, as it is a 
money maker. Season late. 
In looking over our descriptions of 
potatoes you may say they make 
strong claims for all of them, which 
is true. They will bear it. Do not 
lose sight of the fact that we have 
been testing new varieties for years, 
rejecting those which did not come up 
to our standard and retaining those 
we though worthy until every variety 
we list has merits over all others of 
which we have any knowledge, or 
they could have no place here. 
As there is a reason for all things 
there is some good reason why seed 
potatoes sometimes fail to “come up.” 
When your orders are received un¬ 
pack at once and spread out in some 
cool dry place. This will conserve 
their vitality by keeping them from 
sprouting. Should they begin to 
sprout much before you are ready to 
plant, shovel them over which will 
retard sprouting. When you are 
ready to plant and the soil is in pro¬ 
per condition cut your potatoes and 
plant them. Never place them in 
boxes, barrels or sacks or in any 
place where they do not get plenty 
of fresh air as they are liable to heat 
which destroys their vitality. Do 
not plant when the soil is so wet as 
to bake over the seed. Never drop 
seed and allow it to lie in the sun 
until heated through before covering 
as it will most likely rot. 
Never open drills in a hot sunshiny 
day and allow them to remain so un¬ 
til the soil is heated and then drop 
and cover your potato seed in this 
hot dirt as they are most sure to rot. 
Always keep seed in the best of con¬ 
dition until you are all ready to plant 
then place in cool, moist soil (not 
wet), and the chances of its not grow¬ 
ing are very small indeed. 
Far to large a class of growers do 
not exercise proper care about their 
seed potatoes. They plant the same 
variety of potatoes grown on their 
own grounds year after year; har¬ 
vest half a crop, sell what are sale¬ 
able, plant what are left the following 
season to harvest another half-crop 
of very inferior stock and then won¬ 
der why they do not succeed like their 
enterprising neighbor who changes 
his potato seed often, and increases 
his bank account by the potato busi¬ 
ness. Dear reader, which class are 
you in? If the latter, you know what 
See Description of Peck’s Early Potato on page 29. 
