SEED POTATOES 
Red River Valley and Minnesota Grown 
Red River, Dakota, and Minnesota grown seed potatoes are known the 
world over as the finest. They produce larger yields, more uniform and 
a better quality potato. Farmers in the Farm Belt should plant nothing 
but Minnesota and Dakota grown seed potatoes. There is a 
difference too in seed potatoes grown in these territories. 
The seed I offer you is clean, thrifty and selected from extra 
.heavy yielding fields. Farmers grow them who make a spe¬ 
cialty of raising seed potatoes only. Last year those of you 
who had the best quality of northern grown seed such as 1 
offer, raised good potatoes and those who planted poor home 
grown seed or other unadapted seed had indifferent yields and 
poor success. 
Certified Seed Potatoes—The Cream of the 
Northern Crop 
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I offer only genuine certified seed potatoes. 
Certified stock means that these potatoes come 
sealed in 100 lb. bags; they are free from dis¬ 
ease, have been inspected and guaranteed that 
they come from a section of Minnesota or 
North Dakota or along the Red River in areas 
devoted to the raising of the best seed potatoes. 
EARLY OHIO. This is the earliest and best, 
most popular potato variety grown in the Cen¬ 
tral West today. It is a good keeper; popular 
with the home cooks and one that you can 
depend on year after year, to give 
yields. Shallow eyes, pink skin, 
white flesh, no waste in peeling. 
These mature about two weeks 
earlier than southern grown seed. 
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IRISH COBBLER. The Irish Cobbler is a 
white, smooth skinned potato, shallow eyes 
and is good for baking, cooks dry, and— meal 1 
is a wonderful keeper. The plant 
is a thrifty, vigorous grower. 
Matures only 3 to 6 days after 
the Early Ohio. 
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The Newest and Best Potato 
—Introduced by the U. S. 
Government 
Again Katahdin has proven its worth as a 
high yielding, fine cooking potato here in 
the Middle West. 
A year ago Mrs. J. S. Hamm of Sham- 
baugh, Iowa, had a fine exhibit of Katahdin 
potatoes at our Horticultural Show. Even 
in the bad hot year of 1935, they yielded at 
the rate of 350 bushels per acre, ran very 
uniform in size and kept extremely well. 
She gave me a peck of Katahdins which I 
kept in our heated office building for about 
three months before they started to sprout 
and go to pieces. Their wonderful keeping 
ability is a very valuable characteristic. 
Katahdin has a distinct uniform oblong 
shape, very, very shallow eyes, a light firm 
skin and solid, all white mealy flesh. It 
is a real prize winner. Housewives like it 
because there is no waste in peeling. 
Due to the dry weather, 
stocks of genuine certified 
Katahdins will be scarce this 
year. Reserve yours now. 
$4.25 per 100 Lb. Bag. 
CHIPPEWA 
Another New Potato Introduced by 
the U. S. Department of Agriculture 
Matures just after Irish Cobbler and be¬ 
fore Katahdin; a smooth, regular shaped, 
oblong potato slightly longer and larger 
than Katahdin. It sets the tubers early and 
matures before the usual time of digging 
the late crop. The Iowa State College con¬ 
siders it one of the most promising of the 
new varieties in this State. 
Our Chippewa potatoes are also genuine 
State certified and put up in ^ I □ C 
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convenience. 100 Lbs. $4.25. ■ ■■ LBS. 
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MAY SEED CO., SHENANDOAH, I O W A—P A G E 
