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Title: American farmers' manual
Identifier: americanfarmersm19pete_1 (find matches)
Year: 1904 (1900s)
Authors: Peter Henderson & Co; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Farms Catalogs; Grasses Seeds Catalogs
Publisher: New York : Peter Henderson & Co.
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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HENDERSON'S **BOVEE" is praised in AMERICA. "The 'Bovee' is the best irame Potato I know of. Its eating qualitj is extra Sne." —N. BuTTEBBACH, Gardener to C. N. Bliss, Esq. "The 'Bovee' is the best early Potato we have. It was the best and earliest among ten varieties."—S.O.Benjamin, Aquebogue, L. I. "The 'Bovee' is at least twelve days earlier than Early Ohio. The almost perfect shape of the 'Bovee' would win the p.rize every time over the poor- ly shaped Early Ohio. Will yield more per acre, with a smaller proportion of unmar- ketable tubers."—The Rural New-Yorkek. " Uncommonly prolific for such an early variety."—Ohio Agricultural Expt. Station. " Yielded at arateabove any other in trial, and a very prom- ising new variety."—Massachu- setts Agricultural Expt. Station. " The'Bovee' is exceptionally promising."—Minnesota Agri- cultural Expt. Station. "I was very much pleased with the 'Bovee' Potatoes I ordered ft-om you last year. They yielded better than anj' potato 1 ever planted."—Mrs. J. P. Feabs. Athens, Kn,. HENDERSON'S "BOVEE" POTATO. k Marvel in Quality I A Marvel in Earliness I White, dry and mealy. The earliest of all. A Marvel in Yield! Outyieldiag all of the Earlies, and equaling the heaviest cropping Lates. A Marvel in Uniform Size and perfect shape. A Marvel of Popularity in Europe and America. WHEN we introduced Henderson's "Bovee" Potato, our own tests and the opinions of others led us to claim a good deal for it, and our confidence has not been misplaced. Not only is it the earliest, but it takes a leading place among the heavy cropping varieties, an unusual thing among first earlies. It is even earlier than Early Ohio, and compares favorably with Triumph, a light- cropping variety that has ODly extreme earliness to recommend it, while the "Bovee" in all competitive trials has outyielded all the early Potatoes, and in many of the tests conducted by Experiment Stations and private growers it has outyielded even the late varieties. The vine is dwarf and stocky, enabling it to be planted six inches closer than nearly all other varieties, which results in a much larger return per acre, and is a feature of the utmost value where land is valuable. The tubers grow remarkably close, all bunched together in the hill close up to the vine. They size up to a marketable size more evenly than any Potato we ever saw; none too large or too small; practically the whole crop being merchantable and the quality is perfect. We have only one warning—it is apt to prove disappointing on poor soil or with poor cultivation, as it sets so freely the tubers are apt to be small. But on good Potato ground, well fertilized and cultivated, no other early Potato to-day compares with it. PRICE OF HENDERSON'S BOVEE POTATO: 75c. peck, $2.50 bushel, $5.00 barrel of 165 lbs. net weight, by express or freight, at purchaser's expense. HENDERSON'S BOVEE" is praised in EUROPE. From England, — It is very early and quite whiteanddry." —John Crook, Forde Abbey Gardens. From Germaay.—" Of a fine oval form and almost all of a uniform medium size, fit for table use. Was ripe ten days sooner than Early Rose and a week earlierthan our Improved *';,vVreeis."-HAAGE & Schmidt, Ei-rurt. From Sweden.—"' Bovee' is a most valuable addition to the many you have sent out. I had a splendid crop of the finest quality, and it is the best this season out ot thirty sorts."— SvENSONS Fkohandbl, Stock- holm. From Italy.—" Your 'Bovee' Potato will becomethe leading variety in our country. I found them far superior to any of the num ero us varieties I have tried totbisday. The plant is strong and very healthy."—Gdiseppe Sada, Milan. From Holland.—" The crop was simply marvellous, and there does not exist here a heavier cropping variety. It not only excels in earliness and beautiful shape of the tubers, but the flavor is also excellent." —L. Van Waveben& Co., Hlllo- gom.

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