. Burpee's novelties for 1890. Nursery stock Pennsylvania Philadelphia Catalogs; Flowers Pennsylvania Catalogs; Vegetables Pennsylvania Catalogs; Seeds Pennsylvania Catalogs. 8 W. ATLEE BURPEE & CO., BURPEE'S EXTRA EARLY POTATO. THE EARLIEST AND BEST OF ALL EXTRA EARLY POTATOES. Distributed last year for advance trials as Van Omani^s Seedling No. j/, this distinct new Potato will hereafter be known as BURPEE'S EXTRA EARLY. Thoroughly tested by several thousand growers throughout America and England, it has proved itself from ten days to two weeks earlier than Early Rose, Bea
. Burpee's novelties for 1890. Nursery stock Pennsylvania Philadelphia Catalogs; Flowers Pennsylvania Catalogs; Vegetables Pennsylvania Catalogs; Seeds Pennsylvania Catalogs. 8 W. ATLEE BURPEE & CO., BURPEE'S EXTRA EARLY POTATO. THE EARLIEST AND BEST OF ALL EXTRA EARLY POTATOES. Distributed last year for advance trials as Van Omani^s Seedling No. j/, this distinct new Potato will hereafter be known as BURPEE'S EXTRA EARLY. Thoroughly tested by several thousand growers throughout America and England, it has proved itself from ten days to two weeks earlier than Early Rose, Beauty of Hebrotiy Early Puritan, Polaris, etc., while fully one week earlier than the Early Ohio and nearly tivice as productive. The Potatoes are uniformly of good size, entirely free from rough or scabby tubers, with very few small ones; oblong in shape, very smooth, eyes set well on the surface, skin creamy white sHghtly shaded with pink; the flesh is pure white, remarkably fine- grained, and of the very best table quality. The tubers grow very compact in the hill, with strong and vigorous foliage of an intensely dark green; it is a sure cropper, immensely productive and will undoubtedly become the standard extra early Potato of the near future. PpTVp RFPOR '^^^ claims made above are in no way extravagant, as they I I^I^L WlVlO. are fully substantiated by the prize reports and testimonials received from all parts of America and England. The $ in cash prizes ofiered last year were distributed as follows : The first prize, of $, for the largest crop, to W. O. Ligon, Gloster, Amite Co., Miss., who raised 597^^ POUNDS from one pound of seed planted; the second prize, of ^, to Samuel Klock, Freetown Corners, Cortland Co., N. Y., whose crop was 417 pounds from one pound of seed; the third prize, of $,to ]\Irs. S. J. Browx, Bode, Humboldt Co., Iowa, whose crop from one pound of seed weighed 366 pounds. The prize for the be=t report descriptive of the characteris
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