. Catalogue of home grown seeds. Gardening United States Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds United States Catalogs; Flowers Seeds United States Catalogs; Fruit Seeds United States Catalogs; Grain Seeds Catalogs; Gardening Implements Catalogs. 27 POTATOES — Continued. THE NEW POTATO. CARMAN NO. 3. (Xovelty of 1S96.) The Carman No. 3, with the ex- ception that the tubers are a little more elongated, is in its origin and appearance like the Carman No. 1, a seedling from seedlings raised through several generations. Its average form is shown in our illus- tration. The eyes are very
. Catalogue of home grown seeds. Gardening United States Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds United States Catalogs; Flowers Seeds United States Catalogs; Fruit Seeds United States Catalogs; Grain Seeds Catalogs; Gardening Implements Catalogs. 27 POTATOES — Continued. THE NEW POTATO. CARMAN NO. 3. (Xovelty of 1S96.) The Carman No. 3, with the ex- ception that the tubers are a little more elongated, is in its origin and appearance like the Carman No. 1, a seedling from seedlings raised through several generations. Its average form is shown in our illus- tration. The eyes are very shallow and,but few in number. It is of the shapeliest form, and even in droughty seasons its perfect shape is retained. It is a great yielder of large potatoes. It may fairly be claimed that it does not yield any small tubers at all in ordinary sea- sons. It bears its tubers very close to the plant, a single turn of the fork turning out every potato. It is of the largest size. It is a perfect keeper. Both skin and flesh are of extreme whiteness. At digging time our workmen preferred this to any of the numerous white varieties on the grounds. Very valuable for the main field crop. Our claims for the Carman No. 3 are: 1st. It is one of the handsomest large potatoes ever produced. 2d. It will outyield most varieties. 3d. Practically every potato is of marketable size. 4th. Its table qualities are good. It has no hollow hearts and no dark EARLY SIX WEEKS. The Six Weeks is very evidently a seedling from the Ohio, which it very closely resembles in everyway, but is earlier, makes rather taller stalks, and appears to yield better on up- land than that fine variety. The potatoes grow so rapidly that, under favorable circumstances, they are as large as hens' eggs, and therefore fit for family use, in six weeks from time of planting, and mature in between ten and eleven weeks. We rind it a fair yielder, and though not so extraordinarily pro- ductive as some claim, still a good
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