THE“BOVEE”POTATO 
The Earliest of all, and a great Cropper. (See Colored Plate on page 14.) 
NEW 
Though offered for the first 
time this year, this Potato 
has had a considerable dis¬ 
tribution in small quantities, 
and the reports received pro¬ 
claim it to be a wonderful 
introduction among early 
Potatoes. Not only is it the 
earliest, but it takes a lead¬ 
ing place among the heavy 
cropping varieties, an un¬ 
usual thing among first 
earlies. It is even earlier 
than Early Ohio, and com¬ 
pares favorably with Tri¬ 
umph, a light cropping 
variety that has only extreme 
earliness to recommend it, 
while the “Bovee” j n 
competitive trials has out- 
yielded all the early Po¬ 
tatoes, and in many of the 
tests conducted by Experi¬ 
ment Stations and private 
growers, it has outyielded 
even the late varieties, in¬ 
cluding such heavy-cropping 
kinds as Carman No. 1, Em¬ 
pire State, Rural New-Yorker 
No. 2, Irish Daisy, Brown¬ 
ell’s Winner, Maggie Murphy, 
Great Divide and others. 
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THE MOST MARVELOUS RESULTS WERE OBTAINED BY THE PENNSYLVANIA EXPERIMENT STATION, 
where it ripened ten days ahead of Early Oliiof and other varie¬ 
ties, and in an average yield for two years was fifty bushels 
per acre more than any other varieties under test, most of 
which were late and admittedly heavy-cropping varieties, including 
Irish Daisy, Delaware, Maggie Murphy, Great Divide, Carman No. 
1 and Carman No. 3. The vine is dwarf and stocky, and the tubers 
row remarkably close, all bunched together in the hill close up to 
the vine. (See, 'cut .) They size up to a marketable size more 
evenly than any Potato we over saw; none too large or too small; 
practically the whole crop being merchantable. 
THE PENNSYLVANIA EXPERIMENT STATION GIVES THE FOLLOWING REPORT: 
YIELD OF VARIETIES IN 1895. 
Order 
of merit. 
name; of variety. 
* The Bovee . 
Early Everett. 
New Queen. 
Freeman. 
Pennsylvania Best. 
Carman No. 1. 
Total 
yield 
per acre, 
bushels. 
403 
350 
338 
329 
327 
322 
Bate of 
ripening. 
Aug. 22 
Sept. G 
“ G 
Aug. 30 
a 2*2 
Sept. 10 
Per cent, 
of mer¬ 
chantable 
tubers 
AVERAGE YIELD FOR TWO YEARS, 1895-1896. 
Order 
of merit. \ 
NAME OF VARIETY. 
The Bovee. 
Carman No. 1. 
Delaware. 
Late Puritan. 
Rose of Erin. 
Brownell’s Winner. 
Irish Daisy. 
Total 
yield 
per acre, 
bushels. 
35G 
312 
305 
30G 
29G 
277 
255 
Date of 
ripening. 
1S9G. 
Aug. 14 
Sept. 2 
“ 2 
“ 2 
Aug. 25 
Sept. 2 
“ 2 
Per cent, 
of mer¬ 
chantable 
tn iters. 
t The Early Ohio stands No. 18 in order of merit in this report, with a total yield per acre of 204 bushels, or about half the yield o f The Bovee. 
* The Bovee was the only variety that was up on May 13th. the night of the heavy frost (31 degrees F.), and was frozen off level with the ground. By May 
31st it had completely recovered and was considerably in the lead of the other varieties.__ 
Those who have tried the “BOVEE” POTATO write: 
“From our small trial, it would appear that The 
* Bovee ’ is at least twelve days earlier 
tlian Early Ohio, but, even though no earlier, 
the almost perfect shape cf the 4 Bovee ’ 
would win the prize every time over the 
poorly shaped Early Ohio. It is as perfect in 
shape as tlio well - advertised Freeman and less 
variable. It is probably three weeks earlier, and will 
yield more per acre, with a smaller proportion of 
unmarketable tubers.” The Rural New-Yorker. 
Wickatunk. N. J. 
“The ‘Bovee* Potato was planted at the same 
time alongside Early Ohio, Early Acme, Quick Crop 
and Triumph, and, though the vines matured no 
earlier than Triumph and Early Ohio, the tubers 
sized up more quickly and could be mar¬ 
keted ten days ahead of any of the above. 
The 4 Bovee ’ also yielded one-third, to one- 
lialf more than Early Ohio and Quick Crop, 
and more than double the Triumph and 
Early Acme, growing* alongside.” 
John L. Conover. 
Aquebogue, L. I.. October in, 18%. 
“I think the The ‘Bovee’ is the best early 
Potato we have both for yield, good quality 
and earliness. It was the best and earliest among 
ten varieties.” S. O. Benjamin. 
Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station, Wooster. 
“Because of the blight which has been unusually 
prevalent here, we have not been able to determine 
the relative earliness of The 4 Bovee,’ but there is 
no doubt that it is quite early. 
“ It seems to be quite as early as Early Ohio, 
and there is no doubt but it is more prolific. 
We regard it as very promising, and think that wo 
have had a chance to test it quite thoroughly, as wo 
had three plantings. It has uniformly given good re¬ 
sults, hence we confidently recommend it. Below we 
give the comparative yields of several early varieties : 
The 4 Bovee ’.bushels per acre, 503 
Early Harvest. “ “ “ 449 
“ Norther. . 14 “ 14 415 
** Thoroughbred “ ** “ 378 
“ Ohio. “ “ “ 294 
“ Rose. “ “ “ 263 
W. J. Green, Horticulturist.” 
Milford, Conn. 
“The ‘Bovee* is the best early Potato I 
know of. I have grown all the new kinds of Pota¬ 
toes, and was one of the first to grow the Early Rose 
and the Early Goodrich when they came out. For 
eating purposes it is first-class, very dry and fine 
grain, and I think better than the Early Rose 
ever was in its best days. Ibelieveitisatleasta 
week earlier than any variety I know of. It turned out 
over 3o0 bushels to the acre.” C. W. Beardsley. 
St. Anthony Park, Minn., October 10, 1896. 
“ The 4 Bovee ’ seems to be exceptionally prom¬ 
ising.” Agricultural Experiment Station. • 
Wooster, Ohio. 
“Uncommonly prolific for such an early variety.'V 
The Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station. 
Rural Experiment Grounds, Bergen County, N. J. 
“You know that one of my trials was to find out 
what varieties (new) are really earlier than Early 
Ohio. Well, I found that The ‘Bovee* is at 
least ten days earlier. Furthermore, it is 
as good in shape as the Freeman and more 
uniformly so ; the quality is fine.” 
E. S. Carman, 
Editor of the Rural New- Yorker. 
Amherst, Mass. 
“ The * Bovee * yielded at a rate above any other 
in trial, and wo consider it to be a very promising 
new variety.” The Hatch Experiment Station. 
Dubuque, Iowa, October 12,1896. 
“The ‘Bovee’ is far more prolific than the 
Early Ohio, which was tried alongside.” 
E. Lindenbf.ry. 
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