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STATEMENT OF A. G. HANFOUD, 

 Respecting the Potatoes placed by him on Exliibition. 



I have at no small expense collected from various sections of 

 country a large variety of potatoes under name. My chief ob- 

 ject has been to procure such as are noted for hardiness, produc- 

 tiveness and table qualities, A few of these are old well known 

 sorts, many are new and bid fair to prove valuable acquisitions. 

 One variety, the " Eough Purple Chili," obtained from C. E. 

 Goodrich, of New York, and by him imported from its native 

 soil, has every appearance of great vigor, health and produc- 

 tiveness. Another, the " Mexican "Wild Potatoe," brought from 

 its native land by a returned soldier, has improved so rapidly 

 under cultivation as to be scarcely surpassed as a table variety. 



The " Yam" has proved very valuable in New Jersey and 

 Eastern New York. Productive, hardy and never known to 

 rot, and on our light, rich soils promises to do even better still ; 

 particularly excellent for late spring use — not yet extensively 

 disseminated. The "Early Manly" and "Hall's June," are 

 both excellent early sorts — quite as early as the "Old True 

 June" — of larger size and better yield. The " Carter" is an old 

 valuable sort, unaffected by rot, yields well, and is excellent for 

 the table. Selected seedlings of " Eough Purple Chili,' " Yam," 

 "Mexican," and others, all possessing valuable points, peculiar 

 to their several varieties. I exhibit this fall the following vari- 

 eties: — Eough Purple Chili, Mexican Wild, Early Manly or 

 June, Hall's Early June, Ash-leaved Kidney, Black Pink Eye, 

 Yam, Penfield or Black Imperial, Carter, White Mecca, Blue 

 Mecca or Mammoth Pink Eye, and Cow's Horn. A few of 

 each kind are offered for sale as seed, with full confidence that 

 from among the number will be found some varieties peculiarly 

 adapted to the soil and climate of our own State, proving so 

 hardy under ordinary circumstances as to resist rot — which has 

 been so prevalent for some years past — and at the same time of 

 excellent table quality, and highly productive. 



Respecting the White Beans placed by him on Exliibition. 



In presenting a bushel of White Beans for exhibition, I would 



