Identifier: seedsbulbsshrubs1914wwba (find matches)
Title: Seeds, bulbs, shrubs : catalogue 1914
Year: 1914 (1910s)
Authors: W.W. Barnard & Co Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Seeds Catalogs Vegetables Seeds Catalogs Flowers Seeds Catalogs Fruit Seeds Catalogs Nurseries (Horticulture) Catalogs
Publisher: Chicago, Ill. : Barnard
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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Potato Growers' Requisites Leggett's Powder Gun. Distributes Paris Green, Hellebore, Sulphur, and all dry powder. Price, $8.00 complete. Bug Death. Safe and sure on potatoes and gardentruck generally. For price, see page 93. Dickey's Duster (25c) and Acre-an-Hour Sifter (75c) are adapted to applying Bug Death. POTATOES---Continued Prices of Potatoes are subject to market changes. Potatoes are forwarded by express or freight, as directed, purchaser paying charges. We assume no risk on Potatoes, and ship strictly on purchasers' responsibility. Sacks contain two and one-half bushels.
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McKinley THE CHAMPION LATE POTATO The McKinley is a white-skinned potato of the Green Mountain type. The tubers (as shown in the illustration from a photograph) are square to oval in shape and somewhat flat in appearance. As will be seen below, its records prove this potato to be an enormous yielder, while as a keeping variety it is equal to the best. Tubers properly kept in root cellars through winter will bake just as mealy and fine as in December. The flesh cooks up dry and mealy with a flavor all its own. The original McKinley potato came from the East. A Minnesota grower greatly improved the strain by hill-to-hill selection. His practice was to take nothing for seed from a hill which did not produce at least ten standard-sized, typical-shaped potatoes, and from those the very best were selected for seed. It is from such most carefully chosen tubers that our stocks were grown. In field culture 76 tubers yielded 26 1/2 bushels. One acre made over 525 bushels, while twelve acres averaged over 400 bushels to the acre.

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