DIBBLE’S 
STANDARD 
WHITE POTATOES 
FOR MAIN CROP 
Rural New Yorker No. 2 
The first of the late Mr. Carman’s in¬ 
troductions that proved to be of great 
value. The Rural New Yorker No. 2 is a 
late variety, growing vines dark green in 
color, upright in habit of growth, with 
purple blossoms. The tubers are round to 
oblong, unusually large in size, white in 
color, eyes near the surface, and it sets, as 
a rule, only two to four tubers per plant 
or hill, but usually all large ones. 
Carman No. 3 
Also originated by Mr. Carman and intro¬ 
duced by him several years later, as an improve¬ 
ment over the No. 2, which it resembles in every 
respect, except that it sets more heavily in the 
hill, averaging, with us, three to five tubers per 
hill and mostly merchantable. 
Number 9 
Very similar to Carman in every way, but a 
variety of later introduction. Very strong, rank 
grower. 
Pioneer Rural 
The Pioneer Rural was originated by Fred S. HoIIenback of TuIIy, N. Y., and 
is a sport of the Russet. It combines the yield and drought-resistance of the Russet 
with the white color and sales value of the well-known Carman or other smooth 
Rurals. You should try a few of this variety. We believe they will outyield any 
smooth Rural you have ever grown. 
Sir Walter Raleigh 
The first six varieties 
following are of the well-known 
Carman or smooth Rural 
family, the best- 
known type of market 
Potato now in cultivation 
Heavyweight 
A selection of the smooth Rural type with 
characteristics similar to Sir Walter Raleigh, 
except that tubers are inclined more to the 
round form. 
The last of the Carman creations and introduced by Peter Henderson & Co. 
some thirty years ago. The Sir Walter Raleigh is similar to the other two but has, 
in our opinion, the most desirable quality of setting more tubers per hill and smaller 
in size, no large or overgrown tubers at all, but of desirable size and shape to com¬ 
mand the top price in the best markets. 
Dibble’s Improved Green Mountain 
Dibble’s Improved Green Mountain 
In the Improved Green Mountain we have a better 
Potato than was the old Green Mountain at its best, a 
score of years ago. The tubers are uniform in shape, 
oblong, with two good ends, slightly flattened, creamy 
white skin absolutely free from disease in any form, and 
with pure white flesh of excellent quality. They are 
particularly well adapted to northern latitudes where 
the rainfall is abundant and the temperature is not 
excessively high. As a rule, they do not succeed as well 
in localities where they are subjected to unfavorable 
conditions of growth during the time they are forming 
tubers, as do the members of the Rural group. 
Katahdin 
The Katahdin was originated from a seed ball by the 
U. S. Department of Agriculture at its experimental 
station at Presque Isle, Maine. 
After it had proved its worth as a new variety, it was 
released to the public. It is a handsome shallow-eyed, 
glossy, white-skinned variety which matures a little 
later than Green Mountain, but earlier than the Rurals. 
It has very few tubers of unmarketable size and has all 
varieties beaten in uniformity of shape, size, and in gene¬ 
ral appearance. It does well on light, friable soil, but is 
not adapted to heavy soil subject to drought conditions. 
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