54 ESCULENT ROOTS. 



of its size and beauty. For general 

 cultivation it is probably one of the 

 most profitable sorts known, as it yields 

 abundantly, even with ordinary atten- 

 tion. Under a high state of cultiva- 

 tion seven hills have produced a bushel 



Davis's Seedling. of potatoes. 



The tubers are of good size, red, nearly round, though 

 sometimes more or less flattened. Eyes deeply sunk, and 

 not very numerous ; flesh nearly white, slightly tinged with 

 pink beneath the skin when cooked ; quality good, being dry, 

 farinaceous, and well-flavored. It requires the full season for 

 its complete perfection, and resists disease better than most 

 varieties. 



As a winter Potato, or for extensive cultivation for market, 

 it is one of the best of all varieties ; and commends itself to 

 the farmer, both as respects quality and yield, as being 

 greatly superior to the Peach-blow, Pink-eye, Vermont 

 White, and many similar varieties, which so abound in city 

 markets. 



Plant of medium strength and vigor, rarely Dykeman. 



, 111 11 T EARLY DYKEMAN. 



producing seed or blossoms ; tubers large, round- 

 ish, often oblong ; color white, clouded at the stem-end and 

 about the eyes (which are moderately sunk and rather nu- 

 merous) with purple ; flesh white, or yellowish-white ; its 

 quality greatly affected by season, and the soil in which the 

 variety may be cultivated. 



In- certain descriptions of rather strong, clayey land, the 

 yield is often remarkably great, and the quality much above 

 medium. In such land, if warm and sheltered, the tubers 

 attain a very large size quite early in the season, and find a 

 ready sale in the market at greatly remunerative prices. 

 Under other conditions, it frequently proves small, waxy, and 



