Catalóg, Henry G. Gilbert Nursery
From PETER MEMDEIRSOM CO 09 MEW YOU 55 H en s d e e l1^ seed potatoes NORTHERN GROWN HENDERSON'S BOVEE POTATO THE POPULAR EXTRA EARLY Delicious New Potatoes Can Be Produced Earlier With BOVEE Than Any Other It is not only early, but produces its crop in great abundance, and yields a very large percentage of perfectly formed tubers. The cul- tivator can be used to better advantage on a crop of Bovee than any other sort, owing to the short and compact growth of the vines, and its habit of setting the entire crop close in the hill. Bovee, perhaps more than any other sort, delights in a rich soil, and adverse conditions will not produce the best results; but, given the proper soil conditions, frequent and thorough cultivation and fairly good climatic conditions, it will yield an abundance of medium sized Potatoes of perfect shape and remarkably good quality. .See cut on opposite page.) Price, 80c. peck, $2.75 bushel, $5.50 barrel of 165 pounds net weight. By express or freight, at purchaser's expense. "The Bovee is the best early Potato I ever raised. It is not only early, but pro- duces a large crop, and is a good winter keeper." PETER F. O'REILLY, Long Branch, N. J. "For every pound of Bovee Potato seed I purchased from you last year I raised sixty-seven pounds of fine Potatoes." WM. BOUGHTON , Norlons, Ore. Henderson's EARLY PURITAN Potato A valuable early sort, which produces a heavy crop of roundish- oval tubers of good average size. Both flesh and skin are white. The plant is strong and resists disease well. The flesh is of fine texture, and when cooked is dry, floury and full-flavored. Price, 75c. peck, $2.50 bushel, $5.00 barrel of 165 pounds net weight. By express or freight at purchaser's expense. "We have been eating Early Puritan Potatoes since July 1st. They are the wonder of the neighborhood." Prof. J, H. CLARK, Franklin Falls, N. H. IKISH COBBLER POTATO A fine, early variety, producing large handsome tubers, uniform in shape and size. The flesh is white, and of excellent quality; the skin verylight brown, with whitish netting. It is a heavy cropper. .See cut. ) Price, 75c. peck, $2.50 bushel, $5.00 barrel of 165 pounds net weight. By express or freight at purchaser's expense. "On April 21st I planted J^ bushel of Irish Cobbler Potatoes and in spite of a late season (we had frost here on June 9th) we had good Potatoes the last week in June. The folks said they were too big for new Potatoes. They are certainly the finest early Potato I have seen in my experience of 37 years in gardening." S. RIKER, Gardener to Mr. F. H. Spaldings, Ellensbrook Farm. Southbury, Conn. Improved GREEN MOUNTAIN Potato A reliable medium late Potato which is rapidly increasing in popularity — in fact, in some sections it has superseded all other main crop varieties. It seems to thrive in all soils and in all localities, making heavy, healthy vines, and yielding big crops of large, smooth, white skinned tubers of handsome flattish oval form. It cooks white, dry and mealy, and has a desirable flavor exclusively its own. It keeps well, and is not liable to scab or decay. .See cut.) Price, 75c. peck, $2.50 bushel, $4.75 barrel of 165 pounds net weight. By express or freight at purchaser's expense. "We got over five bushels of fine Potatoes from one peck of your Green Mountain Potato Seed last season." W. J. MICKLETHWAITE, Yukon, West Fla. "The Green Mountain Potatoes I bought from you two years ago, gave far belter results than Potatoes purchased from local dealers." THOMAS F. GARRISON, Fairton, N. J. "You are so far away from Wyoming that it costs high to ship large quantities of Potatoes from New York, but I can honestly say I never got as good seed anywhere else." JOHN HORRIE, Hat Creek, Wyo. SIK WALTEK RALEIGH POTATO A FINE MAIN^CROP POTATO AN EXCELLENT KEEPER Sir Walter Raleigh is one of the best varieties for a main crop, and is admirably adapted to general cultivation. The vines are of average size, but so vigorous that they stand erect long enough to allow necessary cultivation. It produces an extremely large crop of round, slightly flattened tubers, smooth, white skinned, and very attractive in appearance. Its remarkably good quality is greatly improved when properly stored in a cool, dry cellar. When cooked it breaks up thoroughly, presenting a flaky, snowy appearance, at once appetizing and in- dicative of its superior flavor. .See cut on opposite page.) Price, 75c. peck, $2.50 bushel, $5.00 barrel of 165 pounds net weight. By express or freight at purchaser's expense. "I have excellent results from my 'Sir Waller Raleigh.' Season was very bad and Potatoes grew small all over the country except mine. They grew large and I am selling as I dig them for $1.00 per bushel, while ordinary Potatoes are selling for from 55c. to 70c. I used neither manure nor phosphate — simply planted on sod — broken autumn previous." Rev. W. L. RILEY, D.D., Kane, Pa. "The Sir Walter Raleigh Potatoes turned out well. We raised a good four and a half bushels from a peck. It is a good eating Potato and there are not many small ones in a hill." L. MAYER, Roxbury Sta., Conn. Our new pamphlet "Garden Culture of Root Crops " giving full instructions for growing Potatoes s ^edlo^