. Catalogue of Northern grown seed potatoes. Nurseries (Horticulture) Minnesota Catalogs; Vegetables Catalogs; Potatoes Seeds Catalogs. GREAT DIVIDE. Originated in Iowa, by Mr. F. B. Van Ornain, who describes it as follows: Habit of Growth. Vines stout, erect, 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, wi
. Catalogue of Northern grown seed potatoes. Nurseries (Horticulture) Minnesota Catalogs; Vegetables Catalogs; Potatoes Seeds Catalogs. GREAT DIVIDE. Originated in Iowa, by Mr. F. B. Van Ornain, who describes it as follows: Habit of Growth. Vines stout, erect, 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 live years it has been an immense yielder of large,ver3' smooth, fine sized potatoes, and that it always sets enough tubers to produce a fine crop. Per- fectly free from disease, its constitution seems ironclad. Table Qualities. Flesh clear white, and when baked or boiled breaks open like a snowball, — white and floury; it cooks finely and very quickly, with a delicious nutty flavor. Keeping Qualities. It is the best keeper I have ever grown. Placed in a cellar October 15th, when 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 had retained its fine flavor. Although we cut the tubers to single eye pieces, which we planted eighteen inches apart,every eye grew, coming up quickly and finely, and producing a perfect stand. Taking the results of my careful records, supplemented by reports from Agricultural Experiment Stations and Potato experts, received from almost every State, also from Europe, I consider the Great Divide the most robust growing, finest bearing, longest keeping, and best shipping main-crop Potato i
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