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Excerpt from Seed Catalogue for 1900: Seed Potatoes, Corn, Grain and Seeds Grown in the Cold North EastN. T. Lester, West Alexandria, Penn., writes: From the half-peck Gems of Aroostook you sent me last spring I raised some gems indeed all large, beautiful potatoes, and just the best table potato you ever introduced. Just the potato for the farmer to grow. It pays to buy seed of you.Our -898 Prize Of in Gold went to Mrs. Valentine Stoddard of Spokane, Washington, who raised a tuber of Gem of Aroostook, smooth and perfect, weighing three pounds six ounces.We could fill this Catalogue from cover to cover with interesting reading that has come to us from our customers who bought the Gem of Aroostook of us last season, but the few brief mentions we present below, furnish all the facts our this year's folks will want to know. Thaxter Scott Son of Massachusetts raised ninety-five bushels from one-half bushel seed. J. A. Snow of Maine raised ninety-one bushels and eleven pounds from one-half bushel planting. Lafay ette Brown of New Hampshire raised Two hundred-twelve bushels from one bushel seed. Isaac Johnson of New York raised forty-six bushels from one peck planting.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.