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| Keywords: Everything for the garden (Page 60) (16460959319).jpg 60 <br> Two Superior Main Crop Potatoes <br> SUPERIOR CROPPERS SUPERIOR KEEPERS <br> SUPERIOR QUALITY <br> 44 <br> UNCLE SAM <br> It is the handsomest Potato grown <br> ITS COOKING QUALITIES are Superior <br> ”WHITE DRY and FLOURY <br> A Luxuriant Healthy Grower free <br> from Disease Blight Scab or Rot <br> It outyields all other Potatoes nearly two to one <br> Its shape and size are wonderfully uniform <br> UNCLE SAM <br> Possesses more desirable qualities than any <br> otlier Potato Its cropping qualities are phe- <br> nomenal and we believe it to be the heaviest <br> yielding Potato known not even excepting <br> several varieties worthless in every other re- <br> spect than their heavy cropping qualities ” <br> varieties which produce coarse waxy and un- <br> palatable tubers On clay or heavy soils <br> UNCLE SAM is not a satisfactory Potato <br> and is apt to get coarse and unshapely but on <br> a loain or sandy soil there is no Potato which <br> will outyield it or give more satisfactory results <br> Its productiveness is largely attributable to the <br> uniform size of he Potatoes nearly all sizing <br> up alike none too irge and few too small but <br> its crowning niei is its superb cooking <br> qualities which will ultimately place UNCLE <br> SAM on every table where quality in Potatoes <br> is appreciated Its handsome pure white floury <br> appearance attracts the attention of all It is a <br> medium late variety ripening along with Bural <br> New-Yorker No 2 and has most luxuriant foli- <br> age completely shading the ground The tubers <br> are oval with pure white russet skin with very <br> shallow eyes near the surface and are so hand- <br> some in appearance and perfect in form that they <br> will always bring an enhanced price upon the <br> market See cut 60c peck 2 00 bushel <br> 4 00 bbl <br> Those wtio have grown UNCLE SAM <br> Potatoes write <br> I bought ten pounds of your 'Unrle Sam ' <br> and it hus proved to he a nood yielder with <br> me I have twenty-one busliels grown ftom <br> the ten pounds of seed <br> GUY W CI \ WFOHD Letcher S Dakota <br> I got three pounds 'Unrle Sam' Potatoes <br> and I got ninety pounds Iti st spring <br> JOSEPH EDGAR Hopewell Center N Y <br> We are enjoying the nice Potatoes A bout <br> eight bushels ftom the ten pounds of 'Uucle <br> Sam ' <br> C L QUIGLEY M rtinsburg W Fa <br> / am happy to state that we like your <br> 'Uncle Sam ' Potatoes very much Their table <br> quality is unsurpassed and they outyielded <br> everv other variety we planted <br> AMOS G GIIA Y North Cambridge Afa -is <br> To Every Customer <br> for Potatoes <br> We will send Free <br> If asked for our new pamphlet <br> Best Methods of Growing Pota- <br> toes for Home and Market in- <br> cluding how to keep Potatoes <br> prevent sprouting prevent scab <br> combat Insects spraying etc <br> Sir waiter Raieioti <br> A GRAND MAIN CROP POTATO <br> Mr Carman's best Seedling raised from <br> his Rural New-Yorker No 2 <br> A GRAND IMPROVEMENT OVER ITS PARENT <br> SIR ˘WALTER RALEIGH is the best ot <br> Mr Carman's iutroduoLions and Mr Carman <br> has raised some of the best and most popular <br> varieties notably the great pairs Eural Blush <br> and Rural New-Yorker No 2 and the Carman <br> No 1 and No 3 In most respects it closely <br> resembles Rural New-Yorker No 2 but Is more <br> uniform and yields practically no small tubers <br> every one being marketable It is from four to <br> six days later than the Rural New-Yorker; the <br> color of the skin is the same but the flesh is <br> whiter and of better quality ; in fact it is the <br> whitest-fleshed and finest-grained Potato ex- <br> celling even the Snowflake It is unquestlon- <br> ably the best of its type and will soon super- <br> sede all others for main crop See cut <br> Price 30c lb ; 3 lbs 70c ; 5 lbs 1 00 <br> post or express paid If by freight or express <br> at purchaser's expense deduct 8c per lb <br> Price 60c peck 2 00 bush 4 00 bbl <br> By express or freight at purchaser's expense <br> Those who have tried our Sir Walter <br> Raleigh Potatoes write <br> – – / am of a decided opinion that 'Sir Walter Raleigh' <br> will he the coming Potato for main crop It has certainly <br> far exceeded my expectations I have grown all of Mr <br> Carman's Potatoes and believe that in ' Sir Walter Ra- <br> leigh' Mr Carman has excelled all his previous elTorts <br> J L COXOVER Wickatunk Monmouth Co N J <br> The 'Sir Walter Raleigh' is a great yielder; all large <br> Potatoes no small ones; vines grow strong and upright <br> C W BEARDSLEY Milford Conn <br> 'Sir Walter Raleigh ' is an immense yielder offine qual- <br> ity and very few small ones <br> S O BENJAMIN Aquehogue Long Island S Y <br> it present ALL things considered we are inclined to <br> regard the 'Sir Walter Raleigh' as the best Potato we <br> have ever tried <br> RURAL NEW-YORKER <br> Our Seeds are no longer supplied through Dealers Our object L°haVc ÂŁa';t h e;' ots\td rtSe' 42383101 133997 66553 Page 60 Text http //www biodiversitylibrary org/page/42383101 1902 10 5962/bhl title 66553 Henry G Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection ; Peter Henderson Co NameFound Floury NameConfirmed Floury Baker NameBankID 1455272 Biodiversity Heritage Library Garden Stories Catalogs Flowers Peter Henderson Co Plants Ornamental Seed industry and trade Seeds Trade catalogs Vegetables U S Department of Agriculture National Agricultural Library bhl page 42383101 dc identifier http //biodiversitylibrary org/page/42383101 BHLinbloom peter henderson co plants ornamental u s department of agriculture national agricultural library bhlinbloom Information field Flickr posted date ISOdate 2015-02-25 PD-old-70-1923 Everything for the garden 1902 Photos uploaded from Flickr by Fæ using a script Files from the Biodiversity Heritage Library released as Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike | ||||
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