B?'csccs No. 7 Potato. 



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handsome, somewhat flattened, and half or three fifths as wide as they 

 are long. The skin is white, and more or less rusty-coated. The 

 eyes ai'c slightly sunk, and of a bright, but not deep, pinkish color. 

 The stems are not quite so deeply set as those of No. 5. By the side 

 of the last named the tubers of No. 7 are somewhat more slender on 

 the average, and they are, further, of a paler color wdien first taken 

 from the ground. Mr. Bresce pronounces the quality excellent. 



Bresee's No. 7 Potato. 



With regard to the value of these new potatoes there can scarcely be 

 a question. There may be individual soils among them less meritori- 

 ous in some particulars than others, but as a class — health, hardiness, 

 productiveness, and quality considered — it must be admitted Bresee's 

 Seedlings stand without a rival. We have heard some anxiety ex- 

 pressed as to whether they will retain their fine qualitv or will speedily 

 '' run out ; " but their health and hardiness, in our opinion, give promise 

 that they will endure as long as any other varieties of this valuable 

 root. 



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