OLDS’ CERTIFIED SEED POTATOES 
(Plant 8 to 12 bushels to the acre.) Bushel = 60 Ibs. 
EARLY VARIETIES 
WHAT IS CERTIFIED SEED? 
WISCONSIN CERTIFIED STOCK is your guarantee of quality seed. 
The seed fields must be inspected at least twice while growing in the 
fields by an official State Inspector and again in the bin after being dug, 
and both times pass the necessary requirements. The fields must be 
sprayed for disease on the order of an official inspector. The stock 
must be practically 100% pure in type, must be free from late blight 
rot, blackleg, powdery scab, leaf roll, tuber moth, Sclerotium Rolsfii 
Wilt, potato wart, ring rot, brown rot, and conform reasonably to the 
correct vine and tuber characteristics of the variety. The seed used in 
planting the crop must be proven certified seed that has a history start- 
ing from carefully selected plants, true to type and free from mixture. 
Complying with all the above requirements, the potatoes are eligible for 
certification and are placed in official branded bags and sealed with offi- 
cial tags. In less than full bags, orders are filled in our bags and with 
our labels. Why gamble a crop on poor quality seed when certified seed 
is so reasonably priced and will pay big profits in increased yields? 
The L. L. OLDS SEED COMPANY has had a nation-wide reputation 
for years with its seed potatoes. We began with nothing but seed pota- 
toes 59 years ago and have made a specialty of them ever since. If you 
are not already using our Certified Seed, this is the year to change to 
zood seed. 
Prices for 1946. All prices quoted are subject to change and are for 
shipment by freight or express in late March or April, weather permitting, 
f. 0. b. Madison, Wisconsin. Bags are free. 

Early Irish Cobbler. 
EARLY IRISH COBBLER 
Most Popular Early White Variety 
Early Irish Cobbler seems to continue to increase in popularity. Peo- 
ple like a white potato. It is famous now the country over. At first 
it was largely grown for the early market by the truckers of New 
Jersey and Virginia and other Atlantic coast states. From there its 
popularity has extended throughout the whole of the United States and 
it is a standard, well-known variety now nearly everywhere. 
It is a pure white potato, nearly round in shape with eyes rather 
more pronounced than in the Early Triumph. It usually outyields Early 
Triumph although not quite as early. 
The potatoes are very attractive looking and of most excellent quality, 
rather ahead of all other earlies in that respect, always cooking up 
dry and mealy. This variety will please anyone who wants a few earlies 
for home use as well as the large grower and the market gardener. 
Prices, Wisconsin Certified Stock, by freight or express f. o b. 
Madison Pk:, 80c; bu., $3.10; 100 Ibs., $4.20; 500 lbs. at $4.05 per 
100 lbs. 
POTATO EYES 
Customers who want just 
a few hills of potatoes or 
who live a long distance 
ffom Madison and find the 
transportation cost on po- 
tatoes excessive can try our 
Certified Seed by ordering 

Early Triumph. the eyes. 
We f ish potato eyes in 
EARLY TRIUMPH boxes of 160 eyes each, 
labeled and carefully packed 
in damp moss in wax paper. 
Triumph is a standard extra early. Largely grown now for 
Winter market by southern growers. It is a variety grown in 
tremendous quantities in northern Wisconsin for seed and shipped 
to the southern growers in the [all who grow them during the 
Winter months and supply the first early new potatoes on the 
market. A heavy yielding variety in northern Wisconsin, but is 
inclined to yield light in the southern part of the state. Pota- 
toes are nearly round, light red skin, moderately shallow eyes 
and always cook mealy and white. ‘ 
Prices, Wisconsin Certified Stock, by freight or express f. 0. b. 
Madison: Pk., 80c; bu., $3.10; 100 lbs., $4.20; 500 lbs. at $4.05 
per 100 lbs, 
TREAT POTATOES WITH SEMESAN BEL. 


Potatoes: The spotty stand of potatoes at left grown from un- 
treated seed did not produce the yield the vigorous plants at the 
right did from seed treated with ‘‘Semesan Bel.’’ 
Tests in 15 states have proved that most potato growers can 
usually expect better returns from seed potatoes if they treat 
them with Semesan Bel. Costs only about 21¢ an acre—generally 
reduces seed-piece decay, seed-borne scab and Rhizoctonia. No 
mussy soaking—just dip, drain, dry and plant! One pound 
treats 60 to 80 bushels of seed. Prices: 2 oz., 30c; 1 lb., $1.65, 
4 Ibs., $5.70. By express or freight f. 0. b. Madison: 25 Ibs., 
$33.25; 100 Ibs., $125.00. Sizes and prices subject to change. 
Orders will be filled at the 
right time. 
HOW TO PLANT. Plant 
two eyes to the hill 5 inches 
deep in rows 3 feet apart 
feet apart in the 
and 1% 
rows. 

PRICES OF EYES 
160 eyes (one box), 
one variety, your selec- 
tion. $1.50 by mail, 
postpaid. 
160 eyes (one box), 
two varieties, your se- 
lection, $1.70, postpaid, 
160 eyes (one box), 
four varieties, $1.75, 
postpaid, 
320 eyes (two boxes), 
one variety, your selec- 
tion, $2.80, postpaid. 
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Red Warba, 
NEW EARLY RED WARBA 
Earliest of All Potatoes 
The Red Warba was developed by Dr. Krantz 
of the University of Minnesota and was intro- 
duced in 1937. 
Red Warba is the earliest variety grown in 
America. It matures ten days earlier than 
Triumph and two weeks earlier than Cobbler. 
It has a vigorous sprout which has a tendency 
to emerge quickly through the soil after plant- 
ing. Yields very heavy on southern Wisconsin 
muck soils. The plants are stocky and rugged 
and they produce a heavy set of tubers. The 
eyes, while deep, are not noticeable. 
Some of the potatoes have a cream colored 
marbling on the deep red tubers which seems 
to be an advantage rather than an objection. 
Cooking tests over a period of four years at the 
Wisconsin College of Agriculture of tubers taken 
from nine separate potato producing areas proved 
that it had a definite tendency to cook white 
and mealy. Very little hollow heart was found 
in this variety. This variety is also definitely 
resistant to mild mosaic under field conditions, 
a disease that seems to be susceptible to most 
early varieties. It keeps and stores better than 
any of the other early varieties. As an early 
market variety, it has no equal. 
Prices, Certified Stock, by express or freight 
f. 0. b. Madison: Pk., 95c; bu., $3.60;100 Ilbs., 
$5.05; 500 lbs. at $4.90 per 100 lbs, 
