120 POTATOES AND POTATO CUliTUKE 



EXPEKIMENT VIII. 



Description of Varieties. 



17. Delaware. — Season medium early to late. Tubers round 

 and flat; size medium to large; skin white, finely netted; qual- 

 ity excellent. A very strong-growing and heavy-yielding vari- 

 ety. Highly recommended as a main crop variety for home or 

 market use. 



23. Early Rose. — This potato needs no introduction to New 

 Hampshire growers, having long been the standby for early 

 planting. While new varieties are annually introduced that 

 promise to excel this variety in yield and earliness, yet we are 

 unable, after testing them all, to point out one that has given 

 as good average results in the two above-mentioned respects, 

 I)rovided a good selected strain of seed was used. See Fig. 4. 



99. Bed American Wonder. — Tubers large; color light red; 

 vines large; bloom purple, shape oblong, flattened, somewhat 

 irregular. Inclined to crack on seed end. Not as desirable for 

 market as some of the white-skinned sorts. See Fig. 5. 



108. Wonderful. — Size medium; shape long and regular; 

 color white heavily overlaid with russet. A fair yielder. 



109. Pingree. — Shape oblong; color white shaded with pink. 

 Season medium. Tubers somewhat irregular. 



110. Admiral Dewey. — Season early to medium; shape irreg" 

 ular; color white. Undesirable. 



111. Washington. — A strong-growing medium to late variety; 

 tubers large and regular; shape oblong, somewhat flattened. 

 It has a very clear, white skin, with a small amount of netting. 

 Quality fair. An attractive and desirable variety for main 

 crop. See Fig. 6. 



112. Erie. — Early Kose type. Size medium; shape regular. 

 Yields well for an early. 



113. Battle's Best. — Season medium to late. Tubers large, 

 white, smooth, and regular; shape round to oblong, flattened. 

 A good cropper. 



* For other varieties, see descriptions in previous bulletins of this Experi- 

 ment Station. 



