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Green Mountain Improved 
Chippewa* 
A Companion Potato with Green Mountain. 
The Chippewa is a recent introduction of the 
United States Department of Agriculture. It is a 
high yielding Potato, highly resistant to mild mosoic. 
It has a velvety white skin with very shallow eyes; 
‘regular in outline, oblong to elliptical-in shape. It 
matures earlier than the Green Mountain and other 
late maturing varieties. It consistently produces an 
attractive tuber with a very high percentage of No. 1 
Potatoes. A distinct advantage possessed by the 
Chippewa is its maturity before the usual time of 
digging the late crop. While it is not classed as an 
early variety, it matures somewhat earlier than 
Green Mountain and other late maturing varieties. 
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ROSS BROS. CO., Worcester, Mass. 
Culture. Cut the seed into pieces, having 
2 or 3 eyes. Plant in furrows 8 feet apart 
and 12 to 15 inches apart in the row. One 
peck of potatoes should be sufficient to plant 
75 to 100 hills; 10 to 14 bushels are’ re- 
quired to plant an acre. Potatoes do best 
on new soil and will respond generously to 
fertilizer applications. Cultivate by bring- 
ing the soil well up around the plant. Spray 
or dust the plants for insects and blight. 
Green Mountain 
Improved* 
The most popular Potato 
in the world; ideal for main 
crops, and excellent for bak- 
ing. A dependable winter 
keeper. 
A reliable medium late Po- 
tato that is so popular in 
some sections it has super- 
seded all other main crop 
varieties. It seems to thrive 
in all soils and in all locali- 
ties, making heavy, healthy 
vines and yielding big crops 
of large, smooth white thin 
tubers of handsome flattish 
oval form. They cook white, 
dry and mealy. 
This Improved Green Mountain is 
approved and recommended by Ross 
Brothers. 
Irish Cobblers 
An early, white-skinned variety, very short, thick, inclining 
to round. This is yearly increasing in popularity for the early 
market. Ready for market about ten days earlier than the 
Early Rose; tubers are uniformly larger and in average pro- 
duction of Jarge crops it is not equaled by any of the extra 
early varieties, nor greatly surpassed in yield by any of the 
main crop varieties. The vine is very stocky and vigorous, not 
as liable to be affected with blight or to suffer by drought as 
most others. A dependable early variety. 
Katahdin 
The Long Keeping Potato. 
Originated by the U. S. Department of Agriculture and 
promising to become the outstanding late Potato for market or 
storage. It was originated in Maine, by double crossing un- 
named seedlings of Rural New Yorker No. 2 and Aroostook 
Wonder parentage. It was bred for disease resistance, quality 
and yield. During the eight years it was under observation, it 
has been entirely free from mild mosiac. In yields it has con- 
stantly surpassed Rural New Yorker or Green Mountain. The 
tubers are smooth, short, elliptical to roundish, and have few, 
very small eyes. The crisp white flesh has a distinct desirable 
cooking quality which appeals to the housewife. 
Due to changes in the market price of potatoes and be- 
cause of varying ceiling prices for the months of April and 
May, we are omitting prices for 1944. Prices will be sent 
if requested. 

We Recommend POTA-TOX for Use as a 
Spray or Dust on Potatoes 
Pota-Tox is for use on potatoes, and other vegetables hav- 
ing hardy foliage, for the control of potato bugs and other 
leaf-eating insects, and to aid in the prevention of leaf-hopper 
injury and blight. It has a high arsenical and a moderate 
copper content. When Spraying or Dusting with Pota-Tox, 
cover all parts of the plants. Applications are usually made 
at 10- to 14-day intervals. When combating leaf-eating in- 
sects make an application at their first appearance and make 
additional applications when necessary. See page 70. 
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