Certified SEED POTATOES prom 
Farmers can be sure of getting a better potato 
crop, by using Certified 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 present in 
table stock or garden crops. Seed used from a 
bin of these potatoes may carry enough infection 
to reduce the vigor of the crop the second year. 
This is what is known as “running out.” 
Best New 
EARLY POTATO 
Extra Early WASECA 
Promising to Replace Warba! 
Here's Minnesota's new extra early red potato 
which has proved such a great improvement 
over Warba! Waseca tubers are oblong to round, 
medium thick, with shallow eyes and a thick 
red skin. The crop runs mostly U.S. No. 1 
Standard. Plants are medium to small in size, 
but produee yields equal or above other early . 
varieties. It has very wide adaptation, proving 
a good producer in the Red River Valley, and 
on peat land, as well as the late region and in 
early market areas. It 
is rated highest of all 
early varieties in gen- 
eral desirability stand- 
ards. Excellent for bak- 
ing, boiling or frying. 
See Blue Figure Price 
List. 
BEST LATE POTATO 
SEQUOIA 
Both Bug and Blight Resistant! 
Grows Potatoes without Continual Spraying! 
Resistant to Late Blight, Mild Mosaic and Im- 
mune from Wart. Also Resistant to Leaf Hop- 
per and Flea-Beetle. Requires Less Fertilizer to 
produce High Yields. 
Developed from a cross of Green Mountain and 
Katahdin by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. 
Produces large roundish, flattened smooth white 
tubers with shallow eyes and white flesh, of finest 
cooking quality. For best results Sequoia should 
be more closely spaced in planting than other 
varieties. See Blue Figure Price List. 
BEST NEW MEDIUM EARLY 
POTATO: OSAGE 
If you like those famous long type Idaho 
bakers, try Osage! (Introduced in 1953 as No. 
6316). Very popular with Minneapolis — St. 
Paul area market growers due to its exceptional 
market appeal and strong resistance to scab, 
It's a Colorado and Iowa selection producing 
very smooth, white, oblong tubers averaging 
high in No. l's. As a baker, it's the type that 
appeals to housewife and high grade restaurant 
trade. When planting, space more closely than 
others to avoid hollow-heart. Valuable in scab- 
infested soils. See Blue Figure List. 
Dip Your Seed Potatoes in 
SEMESAN BELL solution 
to control diseases and in- 
sure high quality and yield. 
2 oz. pkg. (treats 8 bu.) 50c; 
{ Ib. can (treats 75 bu.) 
$2.30 ppd. 
CHEROKEE KENNEBEC 
IMPORTANT! ABOUT SHIPPING: 
100 POUND BAGS: 
retrigerator service to destination. 
transit to distant points. : 
SEED. POTATO EYES: Shipped parcel post prepaid at our 
you specify desired shipping date on your order. 
Serer = 
OSAGE 
Shipped by freight (not prepaid) beginning about April 
10. Earlier shipments sent at purchaser’s risk as railroads do not guarantee 
We can’t be responsible for delays 1n 
NEW REDKOTE » 
New Red Skinned Potato in Great Demand 
on the Market and in America’s Kitchens! 
The reddest potato yet developed, and 
highest yielder of all in official Iowa tests, 
with 658 bu. per acre! Averaged 365 bu. 
per acre in five Minnesota locations, with 
87% to 95% No. 1 tubers! Redkote is 
resistant to scab, growth cracks, skin 
bruising. It has very high red color, 
shallow eyes, uniform size and shape, and 
is a fine cooker. See back cover. See Blue 
Figure list. 
NEW CHEROKEE 
Both Scab and Blight Resistant! 
The U. 8. Dept. of Agriculture’s first high 
quality potato with this double resistance 
to BOTH late blight and scab. Most valu- 
able where scab is troublesome. It's 
classed as mid-season, maturing 10 days 
after Cobbler, but it yields much heavier, 
equalling yields of Katahdin. The smooth, 
attractive, white-skinned tubers are far 
better cookers, bakers, and keepers. See 
Blue Figure Price List. 
New 
Kennebec 
RED PONTIAC 
Here's the big, attractive red potato that’s 
fast becoming such a popular favorite 
with the housewife because of its beauti- 
ful bright red skin (which does not skuff 
easily), its shallow eyes and crisp white 
flesh that cooks up mellow. 
It produces heavily on muck as well as 
upland soils. Its tremendous yields, long 
keeping quality, and persistent market de- 
mand make it very popular with commer- 
cial growers. See Blue Figure Price List. 
Freshly Cut from 
Certified Seed! 
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SEED ato 
pol eves 
Indicate on your order for 
potato eyes, which of these 
shipping times you prefer: 
discretion unless 
' FARMER SEED AND NURSERY CoO., 
NEW MIDSEASON POTATOES 
Redkote 
MINNESOTA 
MICHIGAN 
NORTH DAKOTA 
New 
DORMATONE PREVENTS 
Potato Sprouting in Storage! 
Store your home-grown potatoes for 
12 months without sprouting or 
shrinking! Improves quality, ap- 
pearance. Absoluiely harmless — 
just dust on tubers. Sifter can 
(treats 8 bu.) $1.10 ppd. 
NEW KENNEBEC 
Most Blight-Resistant of All! 
Here's the potato that has the greatest re- 
sistance of all, to troublesome Late Blight! 
Kennebec is midseason in maturity and has 
been widely tested throughout the U.S. The 
attractive tubers are white, smooth-skinned, 
with shallow eyes, and have excellent 
cooking quality and are good keepers. Also 
resistant to Mosaic and scab. It should be 
planted closer than other varieties, other- 
wise tubers tend to grow abnormally large. 
See back cover. See Blue Figure Price List. 
Red Pontiac 
jea Certified SEED POTATO EYES 
Guaranteed to reach you in Good Condition. 
Now you can grow the newest varieties without paying 
shipping charges on heavy, perishable tubers if you're 
some distance from Faribault. 
postpaid by mail at planting time. 
teed. 
treated and packed to keep fresh until suitable planting 
weather. 
use Boost ‘Em, page 67.) 
Postpaid Prices on Seed Potato Eyes: 
Order now—get your seed 
Live delivery guaran- 
specially 
Scientifically cut from certified stock, 
100 eyes plant 100 hills. (For bumper yields, 
Kennebec 
Redkote | 100 for $1.95 | Waseca | 100 for $1.60 
| Cherokee ~ >200 for $3.75 | Red Pontiac 200 for $2.90 
Osage { so0 for $8.50 | Irish Cobbler { 500 for $6.50 
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