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1879 - RICHMOND, VIRGINIA 

Plant 10 bushels 
to the acre. 
WOOD'S PEDIGREE SEED POTATOES 
1 peck=15 lbs. 
1% bushel=30 lbs. 
1 bushel=60 lbs. 
Fancy Maine Grown froth Certified Seed 
CHIPPEWA POTATOES 
A Prize Winner 
Their smooth appearance and fine table quality give them pref- 
erence over all other varieties for spring planting. Won first 
prize and also special prize for the best exhibit of Irish potatoes 
at the Virginia State Fair every year from 1938 to 1941. 
This outstanding potato was developed by the U. S. Department 
of Agriculture with the object in view of having a potato with the 
general features of the Cobbler, extra earliness, but with shallow 
eyes, instead of the deep eyes of the Cobbler. Chippewa is re- 
sistant to disease, and in official tests from Maine to Florida it has 
yielded consistently higher than Cobbler and Green Mountain. We 
first introduced Chippewas three years ago and reports from our 
customers are of the highest praise. From our seed grown in 
Caroline County, Va., for three successive years, Chippewa won 
first prize at the Virginia State Fair. On the Richmond market 
they have been commanding a large premium over other varieties 
and housewives are more than pleased with their fine eating quali- 
ties and appearance. Maturity slightly later than Irish Cobbler. 
Don’t fail to plant Chippewas this spring. 
KATAHDIN POTATOES 
The Long Keeping Potato 
Originated by the U. S. Dept. of Agriculture and promises to be- 
come the outstanding medium late potato for market or storage. 
Originated in Maine and in yields has consistently surpassed 
Rural New Yorker and Green Mountain, producing a much higher 
percentage of No. 1 potatoes. The Katahdin produces a smooth 
tuber of excellent shape and the ability to maintain this desirable 
shape under adverse soil and climatic conditions is an important 
characteristic of this new variety. E 
This variety, like the Chippewa, has very shallow eyes, with 
crisp white flesh and distinctly desirable cooking qualities which 
appeals to the housewife. It is highly resistant to disease and one 
of the best keeping potatoes on the market today. The Chippewa 
is about a week later than the Cobbler and Katahdin about ten 
days later. 
We suggest the Katahdin for the Piedmont and mountain sec- 
tions of Virginia and North Carolina and states to the north and 
west. For spring and summer planting in these sections we believe 
it will replace Green Mountain. Best variety to plant during April 
and May for a late crop. 

Our seed potatoes grown in Aroostock County, Maine, the finest potato producing section in Maine. 
Potato Planting Recommendations by the Virginia 
Extension Division 
Maximum yields per acre at a low unit cost of production should 
be the aim of every grower. To that end the following recom- 
mendations are made: 
Plant only such land to potatoes as will normally produce 50 
barrels or more of No. 1 potatoes per acre. 
Wherever possible, turn under a green manure crop. Experi- 
ments at the Virginia Truck Experiment Station show increased 
yields ranging from 44 per cent to 61 per cent as a result of this 
practice. 
Use only good seed. Sufficient quantities of certified seed should 
be available to supply the demand. 
Lime where necessary. Fertilize adequately and properly. 
Spray Your Potatoes 
Potato planters who grow for market all recognize the value of 
spraying; they know from experience the increased yield and the 
better quality of the potatoes. For these same reasons, those who 
grow for their own use should spray. Spraying costs but little, but 
pays handsomely. 
BORDEAUX MIXTURE is the recognized fungicide, preventing 
disease and stimulating the plants to yield better crops. 
SEMESAN BEL prevents diseases in potatoes. 
ARSENATE OF LEAD AND PARIS GREEN are the universally 
used insecticides to kill leaf-eating insects. Both can be put into 
bordeaux mixture and applied at a single spraying. 
SPRAY MATERIALS AND SPRAYERS are described on pages 72 
to 75. 
PEDIGREE BRAND POTATOES 
Grown from Certified Seed Especially for Seed Purposes 
In conformity with our policy of supplying the highest grade 
seed obtainable, we are only offering this season our Pedigree and 
Certified Brand Seed Potatoes. 
Every bag has been carefully selected as to freedom from dis- 
ease, uniformity in size, and seed that you can depend on to give 
large yields of high quality potatoes. 
There have been many home gardeners and farmers who lost 
more than the cost of seed in planting just ordinary table potatoes. 
Planting them means lower yields, not uniform in maturity, and 
diseased crops that will not bring top prices. There is no economy 
in buying just potatoes. Demand Certified or Pedigree Brand seed 
potatoes for planting this spring. 
CULTURE OF POTATOES 
Potatoes thrive best in a sandy loam that contains plenty of 
vegetable matter. Cut the potatoes, leaving two eyes to each piece, 
and plant 15 inches apart in three-foot rows, 4 inches deep for 
early plantings, 6 inches deep for later plantings; cultivate fre- 
quently to keep down the weeds and conserve moisture. Before 
the plants appear above ground, run a light harrow over them to 
kill the weeds and break the crust. Apply fertilizer either in the 
row or broadcast before planting, and be sure to work it into the 
soil so that it will not come in contact with and burn the pota- 
TREAT WITH Quick, EAsy toes. Do not use stable manure— 
SEMESAN BEL unless applied to a preceding crop 
or spread in fall or early winter, 
Die FoR LARGER POTATO CRopPsS 
otherwise it means scabby pota- 
toes. Continue cultivating till the 
plants attain full growth and the vines begin to spread. 
SEE PAGE 65 FOR PRICES 
