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as some; quality good. Total yield' about the same ae Early Har- 

 vest. Sprouts quite quickly but keeps fairly well. 



Early Ohio. — Plants twenty to twenty-four inches tall; an upright, 

 spreading grower; large stems, medium sized leaflets. 



Tubers medium size; medium, rather short, cylindrical, run quite 

 even; color pink; skin quite smooth but not as smooth as Early 

 Fortune or Early Norwood; eyes medium size, quite shallow, rather 

 conspicuous. Potatoes grow quite close together and medium in 

 depth. This is still the standard early variety. Does not sprout 

 quickly and keeps as well as any early variety. 



Early Thoroughbred. — Plants twenty-two to twenty-six inches tall; 

 spreading, covering a good deal of ground; medium sized leaflets, 

 dark color; not much inclined to blight. 



Tubers medium size; form variable, quite long, some taper toward 

 one end and some toward the other and some toward both end»s, flat- 

 tened; color dark pink, much like Early Norwood; skin inclined to be 

 rough over a part of the surface; eyes medium size, shallow. A good 

 early variety. Possibly an improvement upon Early Rose. Sprouts 

 quite quickly. A fairh' good keeper. 



Early Trumbull. — Plants eighteen to twenty-two inches tall; quite 

 spreading vines, thrifty; foliage thick, medium dark color. 



Tubers medium to large; form variable, some medium length, some 

 quite short; slightly flattened, a little irregular; color white; skin 

 usually smooth, sometimes roughened; eyes small, shallow, incon- 

 spicuous. Has proven to be one of the best early sorts tested here, 

 yielding ahead of most early varieties. Sprouts quite quickly. Keeps 

 about the same as Early Thoroughbred. 



Early White Ohio. — Plants sixteen to twenty-two inches tall; a 

 medium sized grower, with upright tendency; does not spread much; 

 slender stem; medium to large leaflets; foliage medium density; light 

 color. 



Tubers meddum to large; medium length; some quite short, slightly 

 flattened; a little irregular; color white; skin inclined to be rough 

 over about half of the surface; eyes medium size, shallow. Appears 

 not to be very prolific. Sprouts quite quickly. Keeps fairly well 

 but not as well as most other Ohio sorts. 



Enormous. — Plants twenty to twenty-two inches tall; rather tall, 

 spreading variety; large stems; large leaflets; foliage medium in 

 density; light in color. 



Tubers large to very large; rather long; slightly flattened; often 

 irregular; color white; skin inclined to be rough on many specimens; 

 eyes variable in depth, but mostly shallow and inconspicuous. A 

 heavy yielder and a good market variety but of rather poor quality. 

 This variety has not given satisfactory yields generally, but has near- 



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