. Landreths' seeds : American-grown. Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Grasses Seeds Catalogs; Commercial catalogs Pennsylvania Philadelphia. 52 POTATOES—SWEET POTATOES. POTATO. One Quarter Bushel of Eyes will Plant 100 Yards. An Acre will Yield from 100 to 400 Bushels. Solatium tuberosum—Pomme dv terre—fiartoffcl— Patatas Papa]. Potato Seed. We here record our protest against the expression " Irish Potatoes " as applied to any of the many- forms of round or Kidney Potatoes, the plant being a native American, found growing wild from Arizona to Chili. New varieties of
. Landreths' seeds : American-grown. Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Grasses Seeds Catalogs; Commercial catalogs Pennsylvania Philadelphia. 52 POTATOES—SWEET POTATOES. POTATO. One Quarter Bushel of Eyes will Plant 100 Yards. An Acre will Yield from 100 to 400 Bushels. Solatium tuberosum—Pomme dv terre—fiartoffcl— Patatas Papa]. Potato Seed. We here record our protest against the expression " Irish Potatoes " as applied to any of the many- forms of round or Kidney Potatoes, the plant being a native American, found growing wild from Arizona to Chili. New varieties of Potatoes are alone derived from the true seed, which is obtained from the seed balls ; these seed balls are generally borne upon late Varieties. The development of new varieties of valuable qualities is tiresome and disappointing, as often ten years of labor may not bring a single truly valuable sort. It is, however, a matter of chance, and the first experiment may develop a novelty of the highest merit. The Potato, as ordinarily propagated, is not grown from the seed, but from the tuber, a cutting of which resembles a graft or bud from a tree, and perpetuates the good or bad qualities of the parent. The true seed which is borne in a seed-pod following the blossom, is very seldom seen, is very difficult to gather, and consequently is very expensive. In appearance resembles a Tomato seed of about one-tenth development; the Potato belonging to the Tomato family. The seed germinates very easily, and the plants can be cultivated by any one ; producing tubers the first year about the size of buckshot, these planted the second year, double in bulk, and after about three or four years, become of edible size. As entirely new sorts are thus produced, the cultivation is very interesting and often profitable. Per pkt. 30c. Barrels. The barrels we ship in are round-hooped, full diameter and standard measure. Potatoes are generally sold in flat-hooped, straight-sided, undersized ba
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