Title: Spring 1897
Identifier: CAT31282709 (find matches)
Year: 1897 (1890s)
Authors: John A. Salzer Seed Co.
Subjects: Nursery stock Wisconsin Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Cereal grasses Seeds Catalogs; Grasses Seeds Catalogs
Publisher: La Crosse, Wis. : John A. Salzer Seed Co.

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JOHN A. SALZER SEED CO.'S CATALOGUE OF PLANTS AND SEEDS, LA CROSSE, WIS. SIX-WEEKS POTATO IS THE GREATEST DROUGHT RESI5TER OUT. 134 This Potato has a «-eat record as a drought resister. That is, if you want a Potato for general crop, Salzer's Earliest is alwavs readv as 1 rule before anv drousrht comes, ftnd IS sold at a fancy price as this Potato as a rule is not put into the cellars on account of its faAcy price for ea?lv ^ ^ ^ ^ Now with Salzer s Six Weeks Market you have the game thing, and if you do not want it for early, it wfil do splendidly to put in vour cellars for late as it is a ereat H^^^IA f^"^^!?' the Six-V^eeks Market Potato not only is an extra early Potato, but is a Potato that is good all summer and aUfaUth^o^ fh fpSato Usth^a^^^^^^ Potatoes as you wili find by th; testimonials Vleitoftha^^^^^^ tms rotato, its snape, its color, its size. Us quality, its yield. In fact it is a perfect Potato in every respect, though not quite so early as Salzer's Earliest. HEAR SIX-WEEKS POTATO'S FRIENDS TALK. H. C. Rush, Meridian, Miss.: "The Early Six-Weeks^Potato is far superior to anything I have ever seen here for early Potatoes, and for table purposes Andrew Follweiler, Tannersville, Penn., says: "Your Early Six-Weeks Market Potato is the grandest Potato I ever raised. Everybody is astonished who sees them. We raised 75 bu. from 1 bu. of seed, having some tubers w«=^ighing over 2 lbs." they are unexcelled. My neighbors say they are the best they have ever eaten. It is a heavy producer.' Fred A. Sleezer, Newark, III.: "Last spring I thought you told big stories about big Potatoes, but having tried a barrel of your Early Six-Weeks, I am ready to swallow almost anything you say Everyone here wants some of your Early Six-Weeks Market Potatoes."
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It is the Qredt Mortgage-Lifting Potato, That is, 10 acres ol this early Potato fit or market in 6 weeks will bring, in nine out of ten markets in America, 90c. a bushel, or for lOacres, on an average yield of over 300 bushels per acre, $2,700.001 Now, that pays. That lifts the mortgage and buys lots of things you have long wanted I This^reat, early Potato, with our matchless Champion of the World for late, and then our wonderful Silver and Gold Mine Oats and oui lixtra Grrass Mixtures if generously planted by farmers in 1897, will positively prove a blessing, will positively make you money, yes, lift the old mortgage that has bothered you so long I Look at the rank and file of the great farmer army who have used this Potato, Is there one who was not pleased ? No, sir 1 everybody praises its beauty, earliness and great money-making qualities. Let it do the good work for you; let it make rr . . Now, Mr. Farmer and Gardener, We have had our say about this Splendid early Six-Weeks Potato - - - a barrel; a barrels for $6.00, It is the greatest bargain out. N. Barbeau, Belle Plaine, Wis.: "Your Six-Weeks Market Potato is the earliest I have ever grown," F. F. Matthews, DiJlsboro, Ind.r *'Your Early Six-Weeks Market Potato is fine. One man wants all I have to spare for seed, no matter what price." Ed. Grossraann, Reeder*s Mills, la.: "Your Six-Weeks Market Potatoes are unexcellable. They are the earliest-we have ever grown." Jackson Brown, Long Rapids, Mich.: "The Six-Weeks Market Potatoes we commenced to use 40 days after plant- ing and used them all summer. There is no better Potato. The Harvest King beats them all for yield." Mrs. Hannah Trovillo, Midland, O.: "We have just dug our Six-Weeks Market Potatoes. They are very fine— are the earliest we have ever seen." Geo. W. Beardslee, Wichita, Kan.: 'We beg to report that the seeds or- dered of you last spring are all right! notably so the Six-Weeks Potatoes and the Cabbage and Onion Seed." Hannah Asmussen, Junction City^ Kan.: "Your Six-Weeks Potatoes were as large as walnuts in 88 days. If we would have had plenty of moisture they would have be6n double the size." Geo. A, Triplett, Iron wood, Mich.r *;The Six-Weeks Potatoes did splen- didly. They will go fully 400 bu. per acre." M. M. Manville, Penn.: "I drove into town with 90 bu. Six-Weeks just 51 days after planting, and got $50.00 for the load." Q. Lindemann, Paw Paw, Mich.: *'I planted 3 barrels 5alzer's Six- Weeks. They are the grrandest Po* tatoes I ever saw. They are pro« nounced the finest, earliest and best in this county by all who saw them. Will yield fully 800 bu.'* R. Taylor, Ashland Co., Wis.: "One pound Early Six Weeks Market Po- tato yielded 147 pounds of fine, sound, smooth tubers; produced marketable Potatoes in 6 weeks, as you claimed." J. G. Koss, Tenn.: *'I had a load of your Six Weeks Potatoes in Nashville in just 42 days after planting." J. M. Sph&r/, Brown Co., S. D,: "Fit for table in 30 days. Nothing ever introduced like it." E. G. Smith, Minn.; "Sold a load in Minneapolis market for SLIO a bushel 48 days after planting." J. F. Hoffman, Mindora: "It is the earliest Potato. Ripe in 6 weeks.** Geo. Koenig, 111.: "It is the dandy. Potatoes in 40 days fit for a king." W. A. Walker, Ind : *'42 days aftc* planting I dug 1 peck from 3 hills." F. G. Hose, Miss.; "It is the best Potato I ever saw; sold some 40 days after planting." Joe Carson, Iowa: "I would not be- lieve it, but now I do, for I ate Six- Weeks in 40 days after planting." All Day Long. We could keen on with testimonials and good words and praises on this Potato all day long. The above suffices to demonstrate to you that it is one of the very earliest in the world and at the same time one of the very best early Potatoes that has ever been produced, and we accordingly rec- ommend same to any- body and everybody who wan t s a real I y good Potato. Several seedsmen are offer- ing a Potato for Six-' Weeks that is not genuine. To get the trueSalzer'sSix- Weeks Market buy only of us.

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