. 13th annual catalogue. Nursery stock Wisconsin Clinton Catalogs; Potatoes Seeds Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs. POTATO NOVELTIES. 3. (See "Field of Pingree" on fourth page of cover.) DATATA PINGREE ^e intr0(iuced this potato last year. It is a seed- â v â â ^ â iinff of Marvin Bovee's of Michigan, the origin- ator of the famous Bovee potato. He said of it: "They are from the Green Mountain, 1894, and are from three to six days earlier than the Bovee. They grow compact in the hill. You will see they grow sm
. 13th annual catalogue. Nursery stock Wisconsin Clinton Catalogs; Potatoes Seeds Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs. POTATO NOVELTIES. 3. (See "Field of Pingree" on fourth page of cover.) DATATA PINGREE ^e intr0(iuced this potato last year. It is a seed- â v â â ^ â iinff of Marvin Bovee's of Michigan, the origin- ator of the famous Bovee potato. He said of it: "They are from the Green Mountain, 1894, and are from three to six days earlier than the Bovee. They grow compact in the hill. You will see they grow smoother, not as many knotty or ill-shaped as the Bovee. As for quality about the same as ; Our field notes for 1899 show that Potato Pingree was eight to ten days ear- lier than either Bovee or Early Michigan and yielded twenty per cent, more than those two varieties. This is recommendation enough surely. It will pay you big to get hold of it. In every other respect it was fully equal to Bovee and Early Michigan. The Minn. Ex. Station gives it a yield of 360 bu. per acre. Last year we sold this potato at $ per bbl., and $ per bu. The stock was not large and we wanted to save a good lot for our own planting. This year we have a good supply of smooth clean stock and offer it at a very reasonable price for so valuable a variety. Remember it is decidedly extra early, the earliest of its class that we know of, and all right otherwise. Prices of Potato Pingree for 1900:âBy mail, post-paid, lb., 35c; 3 lbs., 65c. By freight, lb., 25c; K pk., 50c; pk., 75c; bu., $; bbl., $ A FEW CONDENSED PINGREE TESTIMONIALS. H. F. Smith, Vermont, originator of Polaris and Joseph. "As early as any variety we grew, and their general appearance was second to none I ever saw. The yield and quality was equal to any we ; Mr. Smith writes again, "I can say that all things considered it is the best potato for fam- ily use I have ever seen. You cannot reco
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