NOVELTIES AND SPECIALTIES 
VICK’S GARDEN AND FLORAL GUIDE 
ii. 
NEW EXTRA EARLY POTATO 
Fox* Earliness, Yield, and Quality, it Leads Them All 
No. 9 
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A few years since was discovered in this vicinity and brought to our notice a 
new variety of Potato, which appeared to have some unusual merits, one 
particular feature being its extreme earliness.- To determine the true 
character of this variety, we planted it by the side of other early varieties 
on our trial grounds at Despatch. The result was so remarkable that we 
then secured from the owner his entire crop, and have since continued to 
raise it until we now have a quantity sufficient to warrant placing it on the 
market so that our friends may have the benefit of this lucky find. 
In regard to its earliness, we can truthfully say that this 
EARLINESS. variety is earlier than any other known variety, maturing 
in a shorter time than Early Ohio, Early Rose, Bovee, 
or any other extra early sort. 
As a rule the extra early varieties are poor 
PRODUCTIVENESS, yielders compared with the later sorts, but this 
grand variety, which at present we call No. 9, 
will greatly outyield any of the extra early sorts now on the market, 
and compare favorably with the best yielding late varieties, and maybe 
profitably grown as a general crop potato. Its early ripening secures this 
variety from blight, and thus assures a large crop of sound tubers, and 
these are found to keep as well as those of the late varieties. 
The plants are of very strong, healthy growth, pro- 
DESCRIPTION. ducing the tubers compactly in a small space. The 
tubers are large, of uniform size, rounded, and slightly 
flattened, skin white, somewhat russeted. Either baked or boiled the 
flesh is dry and mealy. The illustration correctly represents the shapely 
tubers. 
In view of our years of experience in growing, testing, and introducing 
some of the best and leading varieties of Potatoes, 
COMPARATIVE wc ,. an sa y with perfect sincerity, we never before 
EXCELLENCE. offered a new variety with more pleasure and confi¬ 
dence, knowing it will win its way into public favor wherever grown. 
SUMMARY. The points of superiority over others are: Earliness, Pro¬ 
ductiveness, Quality, Color, Shape, and Proof against Blight. 
TESTIMONIALS. 'The following testimonials are from the growers from 
whom we procured the original stock. 
Albion, N. Y.. December 15, 1902. 
T have grown the No. 9 Potato for three years. They are the best early 
variety I ever raised. Last year 1 grew sixty bushels from two bushels of 
seed, with ordinary field culture. They can be-used for cooking before they 
are ripe, and cook dry and mealy. Geo. B. Murray. 
Kent, N. Y., December 15, 1902. 
I wish to say that I have grown the No. 9 Potato for four years, and 
consider it the best early potato I have ever raised. It produces a 
rank growth of vine, and has always matured sufficiently early to 
escape injury from blight. I have had it ripen as early as the 
first of July. As to yield it will yield a third more than any 
potato that I know of. It is an excellent eating potato, and 
grows, as a rule, very smooth. I shall continue to grow it 
until I find something better. H. E. Hobbs. 
A T^T p We want a name for this new vari- 
ety, jq 0> an( j would like to have 
names suggested by all who may plant and raise it the 
coming season. 
$25-00 for a. Name 
Anyone purchasing a pound or more of the New 
Potato, No. 9, will have the privilege of sending in a 
name, and to the fortunate one sending in the most 
acceptable name, a prize of $25.00 in cash will 
be paid. The new name and the name of the 
person entitled to the prize will be announced 
in our Bulb Catalogue, issued about the first 
of September. Send name with your order. 
Our stock for this season is limited, but we 
are holding a sufficient quantity to plant a 
considerable acreage, and hope to secure a 
crop which will enable us to 
have an agent in every sec¬ 
tion of the country. If, after 
testing you find you can con¬ 
fidently recommend it to 
your neighbors, write us for 
the agency in your section. 
Pound, 50 cents; three lbs., $1.25; by mail, prepaid. Half 
peck, $1.50 ; peck, $2.00 ; bushel, $5.00 ; by express or freight 
at expense of purchaser. 
