The Early Maine Potatoes
Having carefully tested the Early Maine on my experimental grounds for year beside all standard sorts and with scores of seedlings received from every part of the United States, I have found it to be a decided acquisition to the potato family and well worthy of the attention of all farmers who wish in the potato they raise the best combination I have yet found of earliness, yield and quality. It originated seven years ago from a seed ball of the Early Rose and in general appearance closely resembles its parent. On my own ground, raised on a large scale on land that did not suffer from the drought, the yield was four hundred and ten bushels to the acre. Of twenty acres of potatoes made up of twenty-two varieties raised on my Middleton seed farms in 1883, my foreman, Mr. Carleton, says that the Early Maine decidedly took the lead. Of about as many varieties raised on my seed farms in Marblehead, my foreman there, Mr. Lackey, told me that the Early Maine was equalled in yield by but one variety, while in quality it was very superior. Those who have grown it recommend it highly. It is high time this variety went abroad.
Originally listed in: James J.H. Gregory's 1885 Retail Catalogue
Having carefully tested the Early Maine on my experimental grounds for year beside all standard sorts and with scores of seedlings received from every part of the United States, I have found it to be a decided acquisition to the potato family and well worthy of the attention of all farmers who wish in the potato they raise the best combination I have yet found of earliness, yield and quality. It originated seven years ago from a seed ball of the Early Rose and in general appearance closely resembles its parent. On my own ground, raised on a large scale on land that did not suffer from the drought, the yield was four hundred and ten bushels to the acre. Of twenty acres of potatoes made up of twenty-two varieties raised on my Middleton seed farms in 1883, my foreman, Mr. Carleton, says that the Early Maine decidedly took the lead. Of about as many varieties raised on my seed farms in Marblehead, my foreman there, Mr. Lackey, told me that the Early Maine was equalled in yield by but one variety, while in quality it was very superior. Those who have grown it recommend it highly. It is high time this variety went abroad.
Originally listed in: James J.H. Gregory's 1885 Retail Catalogue