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The Early Market Favourite is a comparatively new 

 variety. In our private trials during the past three 

 years it has consistently proved itself the heaviest 

 cropper of the earliest varieties. It crops very heavily, 

 and is perfect in quality. Its early and heavy cropping 

 powers render it suitable for forcing or for maturing. 

 It is equally suitable for the garden and the field. The 

 Early Puritan, Duke of Albany, Monarch, and Early 

 White Beauty, represent a type of Early slightly 

 later than the foregoing. They possess good quality 

 and good cooking properties. The Thorburn and 

 Beauty of Hebron are very similar. The Beauty 

 of Hebron is of such good repute that it is representa- 

 tive of best quality on the London markets in summer 

 time. High-class ware, even that which is not 

 coloured, is often sold as Beauty of Hebron. It has 

 been on the market for several years. It hardly ranks 

 as an early First Early, and in later districts is looked 

 upon as a late Early, or early Late variety. The Early 

 Rose, the American Rose, and many other closely allied 

 species, have had a long run. The quality is often 

 variable in some seasons excellent, and in others 

 difficult to sell. They have proved valuable in the 

 production of new varieties of Earlies and Second 

 Earlies. Cole's Favourite is the best of the Snowdrop 

 type. It is the heaviest cropper we have experience 

 of as an Early. It is excellent when dug green, and 

 equally good if allowed to mature. On our soils it is 

 the most profitable Early in open field culture. 



