. 1902 year book : everything for the farm and garden. Nursery stock Massachusetts Worcester Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Grasses Seeds Catalogs; Agricultural implements Catalogs. 20 ROSS BROTHERS' ANNUAL CATALOGUE. POTATOES - Continued Late or Main-Crop Cambridge Russet. In shape round to oblong, skin a beautiful light rus- set-brown covered with fine vein- ings. Uniform in size—none .over- grown, few small ones. Never hollow. Of finest quality. Has a rich growth of vines which resist blight and drouth remarkably. Very productive. Pk. 50c, bush. $1.
. 1902 year book : everything for the farm and garden. Nursery stock Massachusetts Worcester Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Grasses Seeds Catalogs; Agricultural implements Catalogs. 20 ROSS BROTHERS' ANNUAL CATALOGUE. POTATOES - Continued Late or Main-Crop Cambridge Russet. In shape round to oblong, skin a beautiful light rus- set-brown covered with fine vein- ings. Uniform in size—none .over- grown, few small ones. Never hollow. Of finest quality. Has a rich growth of vines which resist blight and drouth remarkably. Very productive. Pk. 50c, bush. $ bbl. $ Green Mountain. A white skinned variety of flat oval form, smooth and attractive. Ripens slowly and is a good keeper. Quality excellent when well grown. Pk. 50c, bush. |, bbl. $ Carman No. 1. Originated by Mr. Elbert S. Carman, late editor of the Rural New Yorker. Has been very popular wherever grown. Shape round or globular, skin white, shal- low eyes; not inclined to rot in field or cellar; of excellent quality. Late in ripening, but yields large crops of fine marketable potatoes. Pk. 50c, bush. $, bbl. $ Carman No. 3. Also originated by Mr. Carman, who said of it: "First, it is the handsomest round white po- tato ever produced; second, it will outyield any potato of its class; third, practically every potato is of merchantable size; fourth, its table qualities are up to the highest ; It has yielded over six hundred bushels per acre, and in one instance twenty-two acres have produced 7,600 bushels. The vines grow very large and vigorous, rich dark green in color, and are not troubled by blight or bugs as much as many varieties are. Pk. 50c, bush. $, bbl. $ Rural New Yorker No. 2. This was one of the first varieties originated on the experimental grounds of the Rural New Yorker. Very large and smooth, in form oblong inclined to round; skin and flesh white. Of superior qualitv. A large cropper. Pk. 50c, bush. $
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