Hoffman’s 
POTATOES 
One Sure Helper Toward Better Crops 
NORTHERN MICHIGAN "RUSSET" 
(Certified) 
Hardy grower. Fine root system—resists 
disease—easy to harvest—stores well—good 
cooker. A dependable, heavy yielder. 
The famous Tuber-Unit Seed method pro¬ 
duces this seed—removes everything unde¬ 
sirable. You are assured top-notch, heavy- 
yielding seed. One Bucks County (Pa.) 
yield was 624 bushels per acre. 
NEW YORK "RUSSET" (Certified) 
Some prefer this seed. Cost is lower. 
Many records show it equal in quality, free¬ 
dom from disease, and yielding ability to 
seed from other sources. ... It is likewise 
of Tuber-Unit parentage. One user aver¬ 
aged 460 bushels per acre. Some forty checks 
in eleven counties revealed very good yields. 
"WHITE RURAL" (Certified) 
Known by some as "Rural New Yorker.’ 
An old favorite. Bred and developed by 
same methods as above "Russets.” Worthy 
seed of a heavy-yielding white potato. 
GOOD POTATO CULTURE 
Fertilizer should be applied in bands 
about 2 inches on each side of the seed 
piece at the same level or below. Broad¬ 
casting is not advisable. 
Get at your potatoes early. Use the 
weeder before the crop is up and con¬ 
tinue after it has broken through the 
ground. 
Spraying or proper and careful dusting 
for blight is so very important. Many 
a crop was lost because of a lack of 
proper blight prevention. Start spraying 
or dusting when the plants are 4 inches 
high or even less. Then continue through¬ 
out the season. 
Dr. E. L. Nixon showing out 
men over his experimental plots 
—.Potter County, Pa. — where 
some 10,000 seedlings are undei 
his close observation. 
Inspecting Certified Russets, 
growing in Michigan. Clean, 
weed-free fields—showing ex 
treme freedom from disease. 
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