OLDS’ CERTIFIED 
SEED POTATOES 
(Plant 8 to 12 bushels to the acre.) Bushel = 60 lbs. 
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. For your protection demand Wisconsin Certified Seed not 
just seed potatoes. There is a big difference. 
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 60 years ago and have made a specialty of them ever since. If you 
are not already using our Certified Seed, change to good seed now. 
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Early Triumph. 
EARLY TRIUMPH 
Triumph is a standard extra early. It is a variety grown in tremen- 
dous quantities in northern Wisconsin for seed and shipped to the south- 
ern growers in the Fall who grow them during the Winter months and 
supply the first early new potatoes on the market, A heavy yielding va- 
riety in northern Wisconsin, but is inclined to yield light in the southern 
part of the state. Potatoes are nearly round, light red skin, moderately 
shallow eyes and always cook mealy and white, 
Prices, Wisconsin Certified Stock, by freight or express f. o. b. Madi- 
son: Pk.; 90c; bu., $3.00; 100 lbs., $4.35; 500 lbs, at $4.25 per 100 lbs. 
TREAT POTATOES WITH SEMESAN BEL. 

For better yields treat seed with Semesan Bel. 
Only 0.4 bushel of the average yield increase of 35.4 bushels were 
required to pay for the Improved Semesan Bel, leaving a return’ of 9,830 
per cent on money invested! 
Tests in 15 states have proved that most potato growers can usually 
expect better returns from seed potatoes if they treat them with Seme- 
san Bel, Costs only about 21¢ an acre—generally reduces seed-piece 
decay, seed-borne scab and Rhizoctonia. No mussy soaking—after cutting 
Just dip, drain, dry and plant! One pound treats 60 to 80 bushels of 
seed. Prices: 2 0z., 30c; 1 lb., $1.65; 4 Ibs., $5.70. By express or freight 
f. o. b. Madison: 25 lbs., $33.25; 100 Ibs., $125.00. Sizes and prices 
subject to change, 

Early Irish Cobbler seems to continue to 
white potato. ) 
market by the truckers of New Jersey and Virginia and other Atlantic coast 
rom there its popularity has extended throughout the whole of the United 
Bags are free. 
Dust tubers with Barsprout. 

Early Irish Cobbler 
EARLY IRISH COBBLER 
Most Popular Early White Variety 
increase in popularity. People like a 
It is famous now the country over. At first it was largely grown for 
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 
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 
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, 0. b. Madison: Pk., 85c; 
100 Ibs., $4.10; 500 Ibs. at $4.00 per 100 lbs. 
FOR 1947, All prices quoted are subject to change and are for shipment by 
express in late March or April, weather permitting, f. 0. b. Madison, Wis- 
Potato Sprouts in Storage. 
See page 
POTATOES 
BY MAIL 
All prices quoted are 
f. 0. b. Madison. If want- 
ed by mail postpaid, 
which is usually cheaper 
on pecks, add _ postage 
when ordering. See post- 
age table on order blank. 
Spray potatoes with 
Red River Potato Mix. 
Now contains D.D.T. 
See page 74, 


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 introduced 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 planting. 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 definite- 
ly 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, Wisconsin Red Tag. Certified Stock, by express or 
freight f. 0. b. Madison: Pk., 95c; bu., $3.10; 100 lbs., $4.60; 
500 lbs. at $4.50 per 100 lbs. 
POTATO STICK PLANTER No. 300A 
Jaws of special rolled steel treated with rust preventing 
solution. Has malleable i trip lever. Effective on all 
Vron 
soils. Price: $1.25; by mail, $1.40. 
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No. 
300A, 
Potato Planter. 

