Contified $ 

LATE MAIN - CROP 
EED POTATOES “wee 
NOW 
Farmers can be sure of getting a better potato crop, by using Cer- 
tified Seed, instead of local stocks, that may have run out, according 
to R. C. Rose, Plant Pathologist at University Farm. Virus diseases, 

such as spindle tuber, mosaic, yellow dwarf, and leaf roll are often 
STANDARD EARLY | 
POTATOES 





























Bug & Blight-Resistant 
SEQUOIA 
Resistant to Late Blight, 
Mild Mosaic and Immune 
from Wart. Valuable also 
for its Resistance to Leaf- 
hopper and Flea-beetle In- 
jury. Requires Less Fer- 
tilizer than Most Varieties 
for the Production of High 
Yields. 
Developed from a _ cross 
of Green Mountain and .Ka: 
qtahdin, «byp..fherm U..5 8. 
_ Department of Agriculture. 
. Produces. large’ roundish, 
flattened smvoth white tu- 
bers with shallow eyes and 
- white flesh, of finest cooking 
quality. For best results Se- 
quoia should be more close- 
ly spaced in planting than 

‘other varieties. See Blue 
_ Figure Price List. 
See Color Photo Sequoia 
Potato Eyes on Back Cover. 


PONTIAC 
Developed by the U. S. Department of Agriculture from 
a Cross of Triumph and Katahdin, and first grown by 
the Michigan Experiment Station. Valuable in sections 
where a late red variety is in demand. 
April 10th, if 
Pontiae is oblong to round in shape, of large size | 27© requested, 
with medium deep eyes; the skin is red, smooth and 
sometimes netted. The flesh is crisp and white. A 
vigorous upright grower, producing heavy yields, 
and especially adapted to growing in muck soils. 
See Blue Figure Price List. 
not guarantee 
nation. 
For Vigorous Plants and Good 
Stand 
with Semesan Bel before planting. 
treat your seed potatoes 

distant points. 

See Page 27 for 
“Girasol,’ the 
Diabetics Potato. 
Sweet Potato 
Plants see Page 
27. 


Pontiac— 
Famous For High Yields, 
Good Quality, Vigorous Growth 
SEBAGO Shows Definite Resistance 
To Blight & Yellow Dwarf Disease 
Late Blight and Yellow Dwarf disease have caused h i 
doduele ae recta is recent years. Tests Shae Reb eonig 
C istant to bo and tha b 
internal coloration and papdeaiie eee ee oe 
A cross of Chippewa 
and Katahdin, developed 
by the U. S. Department 
of Agriculture. Sebago 
is a heavy yielder of 
fine quality tubers if 
grown on fertile goil. 
Does not yield well on 
poor sandy soil. Tubers 
are large, oval to oblong 
in shape, ivory-white, 
thin-skinned with  ghal- 
low eyes and _ white 
flesh. The vines are 
large and vigorous of 
upright habit. See Blue 
Figure Price List. 
Have You Read About 
‘“BAR-SPROUT’’ 
—it improves quality, 
prevents sprouting in 
storage. Page 71. 
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present in table stock or garden crops. 
potatoes may carry enough infection to reduce the vigor of the crop 
the second year. 
This is what is known as ‘‘running out.”’ 
IMPORTANT! 
We usually begin ship- 
ping Seed Potatoes about 
conditions are normal. 
When earlier shipments 
they are 
sent at purchaser’s risk, 
as railroad companies do 
ator car service to desti- 
We cannot be responsible 
for delays in transit to 
Seed used from a bin of these 
POTATOES 

Extra 
pee WARBA 
Disease-Resistant, Heavy 
Yielding, Excellent Cooking 
Quality. Keeps and Stores 
Better than any other Early 
Variety. 
White Warba was devel- 
oped by the Minnesota Ag- ; 
ricultural Experiment Sta- 
tion—a cross of Triumph 
and a selected seedling. The 
tubers are uniform in size, 
short, round and_ blocky, 
with rather deep red eyes. 

The skin is creamy white 
and the flesh white. 
Red Warba, a sport of 
White Warba, is like it in 
every respect except ‘skin 
color, which is red, Flesh 
cooks white and mealy, 
with an exceptionally fine 
flavor. See Blue Figure 
Price List. 

A Money Maker 
EARLY OHIO pene), Masket 
Adapted to Every Locality, Heavy Yielding, Always Depend- 
able. Extra Fine Cooking Qualities. 
Tubers run uniform, medium to large in size, oval in shape 
with blunt rounded ends and shallow eyes. Skin is light red- 
dish pink, smooth, and the fiesh is white, firm, fine-grained 
and unexcelled in quality. See Blue Figure Price List. 
Popular Early White 
IRISH-COBBLER (pewtieat Quality 
Does Well on a Wide Range of Soils, Resistant to Mosaic and 
Immune from Wart. Cooks Dry and Mealy. 
Attractive creamy white tubers, medium to large in size, 
smooth, nearly round in shape, with blunt ends; eyes are 
strong, well-developed and slightly indented. Flesh white, of 
fine quality. Cobblers are famous for their heavy yield, ex- 
cellent cooking and keeping qualities. See Blue Figure Price 
List. 
BEST MIDSEASON POTATO 
U.S. D.A. CHIPPEWA Husky, Disease-Resistant. 
Yields Enormous Crops 
Introduced by the U. S. Department of Agriculture. Especially Adapted 
to Growing in the Northwest. Has Yielded 464 Bu. per Acre at Grand 
Rapids Test Plot. 
A handsome potato, oblong in shape, with smooth creamy-buff skin and 
shallow eyes. Large to medium in size, with sparkling white flesh that 
cooks up dry and mealy and is unexcelled for baking, Highly resistant 
to mild mosaic and: entirely free from net necrosis, See Blue Figure 
Price List. 


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QUICK EASY TREATMENT FOR POTATOES 
A Semesan Bel dip before planting will protect them 
from scab and other diseases, insure a good stand of 
healthy plants and give a much higher yield. Price: 
2-0oz, pkg. (treats 6 to 8 bu.) 30c, 1 lb. can (treats 60 
to 80 bu.) $1.75, postpaid. 
—Certified SEED POTATO EYES 
Freshly Cut at Shipping Time— 
Guaranteed to Reach You in Good 
Condition. 
For those of our customers who do not 
care to pay transportation on tubers to 
distant points, we offer Potato Eyes, while 
stocks are available. Not less than 100 
eyes of a variety can be offered, 
and this will plant 100 hills. See 
Back Cover. ; 
In Ordering, Name Your Prefer- 
ence, though We Reserve the Right 
, to Substitute. Prices are postpaid, 
PRICE OF POTATO EYES 
are 100 for $1.75 
Certified 
Senucia 1 200 for $3.35 
500 for $7.75 
SEMESAN 
BEL 















100 for $1.25 
o Other } 200 for $2.35 
AM Postpdid arieties: } 500 for $5.75 

Additional Potato Varieties are Offered on Blue Figure Price List. 
