. Bliss & Sons' abridged catalogue and gardeners' almanac for 1874 : containing a list of the best known and most polular varieties of garden, field and flower seeds, selected from out large assortment of nearly three thousand varieties, with brief directions for their culture. Nursery stock New York (State) Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Gardening Catalogs. B. K. BLISS & SONS' ABRIDGED CATALOGUE. POT ATOE S—(Continued.) NEW VARIETY NOW OFFERED FOR THE FIRST TIME. BROWiSrELL^S BEAUTy/ We take much plensure in announcing another new Potato, raised by M
. Bliss & Sons' abridged catalogue and gardeners' almanac for 1874 : containing a list of the best known and most polular varieties of garden, field and flower seeds, selected from out large assortment of nearly three thousand varieties, with brief directions for their culture. Nursery stock New York (State) Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Gardening Catalogs. B. K. BLISS & SONS' ABRIDGED CATALOGUE. POT ATOE S—(Continued.) NEW VARIETY NOW OFFERED FOR THE FIRST TIME. BROWiSrELL^S BEAUTy/ We take much plensure in announcing another new Potato, raised by Mr. E. S. Brown- ell, an enthusiastic farmer in Northern Vermont, and named by him ''Browneh's ; This variety was obtained in 1870, after a long series of experiments, by feriihzing the blos- som of the" Early Kose with the pollen of the Wliite Peach Blow, and poesesses. in addition to the excellent qualities of these two popular and well-known varieties, that of being, out exception, the handsomest Potato in cultivation, and a most excellent keeper, which will make it particularly valuable for shipping purposes. Potatoes kept in an ordinary cellar from October to the following August were tested by some of the best judges in the country, and pronounced superior to any of the new varieties then in the market. Samples for trial have been placed in the hands of competent judges the past season with the most satis- factory results. Samples were also sent to the gardens of the Royal Horticultural Society of London, where they rece'wed a jirst-clnss certijicate, and have also received many premiums at various Agricultural Fairs in this country. At the State Fair in Albany they attracted much attention, and sold readily at $ each. Size, medium to large, growing very fair and sniooth. Eyes few and small, nearly even with the surface; shape oval, somewhat flattened ; skin reddish, or adeeptleslicolor; flesh white, tine-grainedand very delicate. For the tabl
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