YOUR SOURCE FOR QUALITY SEED POTATOES New for 2017! 8 New Potato Varieties! Onion and Leek Transplants! A Purple and Red Potato Trial Collection! Seed Potatoes and Sweet Potato Slips Organic Garlic, Onions, and Shallots Cover Crops, Fertilizers, Soil Inoculants 2017 CATALOG www.mainepotatolady.com Page 2 2017 Catalog The Maine Potato Lady The Maine Potato Lady 2017 Catalog Page 3 About Us Located in the foothills of Maine, the LaCourse Family Farm, home of The Maine Potato Lady,™ has been in operation for more than 25 years. Our 100-acre piece was once part of a 560-acre farm that dates back to the 1600s. Our custom-designed and hand-built log home crowns our hill-top farm. We gathered stones from field edges and milled our own lumber to finish the building, which has sheltered our family for many years. We are pleased to live "off the grid," with a solar system to provide electricity. Our south-facing fields are rich with fertile, well-drained silt loam. Our sugar bush produces fabulous maple syrup, and our cedar bog is a special habitat with sphagnum moss and rare pitcher plants. We are privileged to work and live in this rural environment, where deer, moose, turkey, ravens, eagles, and a variety of beautiful trees, plants, and birds are all around us. As a family, we have produced all our own vegeta- ! bles for many years. Each member of the family is Welcome involved in the planning, the everyday work, the HELLO! Welcome to the eleventh annual seed catalog from The Maine Potato Lady.™ In almost decisions, and the rewards. Each one of us is an twenty-five years' work with seed potatoes, I have become known to many of you as "The Potato integral part of this farm; everyone's participation Lady," helping you to select the right varieties for your garden, and offering growing hints drawn from makes it all possible and brings joy to all we do. my own experience as a successful organic farmer. In these uncertain times, growing our own food or partaking of locally grown foods has become more important than ever. We work in our gardens Please see "About Our Certified Seed" on page 4 and farms, feel the soil and plants, and reap the bounty that feeds our bodies and our souls. In this to learn about the seed growers whose products catalog, I am pleased to offer you a wide variety of certified seed potatoes, onion sets and onion and we are pleased to offer in this catalog. leek transplants, Dutch shallots, "potato onions," sweet potato slips, cover crops, soil inoculants, fertil- izers, and fall-planted garlic. Much of our seed, and many of our plants and products, are also certified If you have questions or suggestions, please call organic or approved for organic production. I have grown and eaten – and enjoyed! – just about all or write. Your ideas and experiences are always the varieties I offer. They are truly a feast for the eye and palate. of interest. Revel in the beauty and fruitfulness NEW THIS SEASON! Every year we look for new varieties and garden products that will appeal to of our earth. you. For 2017, we are delighted to offer eight new potato varieties, a collection of potatoes in a variety of colors, new onion and leek transplants, and another garlic variety, all to support your ongoing quest The LaCourse Family: for the healthy and productive garden. Roseanna, Paul, Alison, Lucien, with Billie Jean and Lucy Photography, art, and design by Roseanna LaCourse The Maine Potato Lady™ The Maine Potato Lady™ is a certified organic handler (#0706) through MOFGA Certification Services, LLC. All our seed is untreated. We do not knowingly use or sell any genetically modified plants or organisms (GMOs). Certificate is available on our website. Visit our website for inventory updates, more new products, and growing instructions. www.mainepotatolady.com 207.717.5451 [email protected] www.mainepotatolady.com 207.717.5451 [email protected] Page 4 2017 Catalog The Maine Potato Lady The Maine Potato Lady 2017 Catalog Page 5 About Our Certified Seed Sweet Potatoes Most of the seed we offer is produced at family farms with whom we have good working relationships, We are pleased to offer certified organic sweet O'HENRY (95 days) A relative of Beauregard some for almost twenty-five years. All our potato seed meets the State of Maine's seed certification potato slips, small plants that sprout from the roots. with creamy skin and white flesh. Good eating, requirements that establish acceptable tolerances for seed quality. (For more information about certified We have chosen four varieties that have been grown good yielder. Roots grow in a cluster under the successfully in our northern climate. Sweet potatoes plant. Green, mainly heart-shaped leaves on a seed, see "Coming to Terms" on page 20, or download from our website.) Many of our varieties are require 90-120 frost-free days to mature. Please vining plant. Limited supply. also certified organic. All our garlic seed has been tested free of the garlic bloat nematode, white rot, download "Growing Sweet Potatoes Successfully" 1008OH O'HENRY Organic and botrytis. Excellent farming practices, attention to detail, and scrupulous adherence to seed certifica- from our website for more information. 1 small package (6 slips) ½# $ 8.00 tion guidelines (when applicable) set good seed growers apart from the rest. All the farms from which 1 large package (12 slips) 1# $13.25 BEAUREGARD (95 days) A great choice for we obtain seed meet our stringent requirements. It is an honor to work with these farmers, and it is a northern growers with short growing seasons. We ship sweet potato slips according to the zone privilege to supply you with their seed. Rose skin and moist orange flesh. Fat and heavy chart below. All orders that include Covington will roots have good flavor and store well. Vigorous, ship in the week of June 5, 2017. Please note that high-producing plants have heart-shaped leaves orders are filled on a first come, first served basis. Our Promise to You and prolific blooms. If we can't fill your order in the weeks of May 15, The Maine Potato Lady Guarantees Your Satisfaction. At The Maine Potato Lady,™ we 1001BG BEAUREGARD Organic May 22, or May 30, we will do our best to fill it in take pride in the quality of our products and our service. Our goal is to provide you with quality products 1 small package (6 slips) ½# $ 8.00 the week of June 5. We make our best effort to fill for a healthy garden. If you like our products and our service, please tell your friends! If you are not 1 large package (12 slips) 1# $13.25 every order, but due to unpredictable weather and slip production, demand sometimes exceeds supply. pleased with our products or our service, please call or e-mail right away to let us know. Smooth, rose-colored COVINGTON (95 days) We reserve the right to substitute Covington for skin with deep orange flesh. Yields and cooking Our Guarantee. We promise that our products are of the highest quality and are sound when they Beauregard as needed. Please see "Availability of qualities are comparable to Beauregard. Malty leave our warehouse. Our certified seed potatoes meet the inspection standards established by the State Live Plant Material" on page 30 for more informa- sweet when baked. Another good choice for north- of Maine. Live plant materials, including potato seed, onion sets and onion and leek transplants, sweet tion. Handling and growing instructions are included ern growers. with each order. potato slips, and garlic, are perishable products which can be damaged by improper handling and storage. 1005CV COVINGTON Organic With every order, we provide instructions for immediate inspection and for proper handling, storage, and 1 small package (6 slips) ½# $ 8.00 SWEET POTATO SHIPPING SCHEDULE planting. Failure to inspect your order upon receipt, or failure to follow these instructions or to follow 1 large package (12 slips) 1# $13.25 accepted good farming practices may void our guarantee. Good crops also depend on good weather, 100 slips (8#) $90.00 Week Variety States AL, AR, AZ, FL, good soil, and good growing practices. Because we cannot control these conditions, our liability is limited 500 slips (40#) $250.00 Beauregard Week of GA, LA, MS, NC, Japanese Red to the refund of the purchase price or replacement of the product. If you are not satisfied with a product, May 15, 2017 NM, OK, SC, JAPANESE RED (105 days) Bred for the O'Henry or if a product is unsound or defective when you receive it, please notify us within 7 days of receipt in Asian market, these roots have rich red skin and TN, TX order to qualify for a refund or replacement. Items to be returned with prior approval are eligible for a Beauregard CO, KS, KY, MD, light cream-colored flesh. Sweet and dry taste. Week of Japanese Red MO, NV, UT, refund (excluding shipping costs). Replacement products may not be available. When you purchase our 1007JR JAPANESE RED Organic May 22, 2017 O'Henry VA, WV products, you accept these conditions and limitations. 1 small package (6 slips) ½# $ 8.00 Beauregard DE, DC, IA, ID, IL, 1 large package (12 slips) 1# $13.25 Week of Knowledgeable Customer Service. We have many years' experience growing potatoes, onions, Japanese Red IN, NE, NJ, OH, May 30, 2017 shallots, garlic, and cover crops. 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