. Burpee's farm annual : the best seeds that grow including rare novelties. Nurseries (Horticulture) Pennsylvania Philadelphia Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs. New Potato-'4GREAT DIVIDE"—for Main Crop " This day I first caught sight of the Rocky Mountains, 1 The Great. Divide' between Eastern and Western ;—Zebulon Pike. Nov. 15, 1806. DESCRIPTION.—The Great Divide was raised in Cass County, Iowa, by Mr. F. B. Van Ornam, from a seed-ball produced in 1887 on the Early Ohio, fertilized with the Old Cali
. Burpee's farm annual : the best seeds that grow including rare novelties. Nurseries (Horticulture) Pennsylvania Philadelphia Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs. New Potato-'4GREAT DIVIDE"—for Main Crop " This day I first caught sight of the Rocky Mountains, 1 The Great. Divide' between Eastern and Western ;—Zebulon Pike. Nov. 15, 1806. DESCRIPTION.—The Great Divide was raised in Cass County, Iowa, by Mr. F. B. Van Ornam, from a seed-ball produced in 1887 on the Early Ohio, fertilized with the Old California. Mr. Van Ornarn accurately describes it as follows :— Habit of Growth. Vines stout, erect, and branching direct from the main stem; foliage plentiful, with dark green leaves, withstanding drought, extreme heat, and attacks of insects better than any other variety. Season. Medium to late; perfectly free from disease, scab, or blight. Tubers of oblong, round form; eyes plentiful and on the surface, giving it a handsome appearance, with almost no waste in paring. Skin very white, firm, and tough. Grows compactly in the hill, and while the tubers are well under ground, they are borne near the surface of the soil. Size large to very large, with scarcely a small one. Our records show that in the past five years it has been an immense yielder of large, very smooth, fine-sized potatoes, and that it always sets enough tubers to produce a fine crop. Perfectly free from disease, its constitution seems ironclad. Table Qualities. Flesh clear white, and when baked or boiled breaks open like a snow- ball,—white and floury ; it cooks fineiy and very quickly, with a delicious nutty flavor. Keeping Qualities. It is the best keeper 1 have ever grown. Placed in a cellar October 15th, wben taken out for planting, June 2d. the tubers were without a sign of sprout, as firm and hard as when first dug. A tuber then tested for eating- showed it Lad retained its tine flavor. Although we
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