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the Eastern and Southern states for Northwestern-grown 

 potatoes. Under cultivation, in Minnesota, they seldom 

 yield more than 150 bushels per acre of marketable tubers, 

 and the average even in favorable years is probably not over 

 120 bushels per acre. There are, however, recorded 

 yields here of 800 bushels per acre, and they often yield 

 over 400 bushels. 



Varieties. There is a very great difference in varieties, 

 but many kinds closely resemble one another. There is 

 quite a difference in the adaptability of varieties to soils. 



Fig. 113. Four good varieties of early potatoes; 1, Acme; 2, Early Ohio; 

 3, Early Harvest; 4, Irish Cobbler. (3 and 4 are on a smaller scale.) 



The large coarser kinds are good for starch but not 

 desirable for table use. Most markets prefer a white or 

 pink potato, moderately long, oval in form, and smooth; 

 but the fashions change and vary considerably. Some 

 of the varieties at present regarded with much favor are : 



Early Ohio. The most popular early kind and a good 

 sort for the general crop; productive and very early. 



Rural New Yorker No. 2. Form roundish to round- 

 ish-oblong, flat. Eyes shallow. The variety is very 

 productive. The quality is a little inferior, and the tubers 



