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POTATOES FOR EARLY USE 



TN CONNECTION with suggestions on this and the 

 - following page, bear in mind the remark made on 

 page 165, that nearly every section has its own favorites 

 which have made good crops for others. Inquire of 

 your neighbors! Find out which sorts seem to be par- 

 ticularly well adapted to your local conditions. 



On the general principle that thoroughbred sorts 

 do well most anywhere, four extra early sorts will be 

 found adapted to nearly all sections. These are Early 

 Ohio, Early Six Weeks, Early Rose, and Irish Cobbler. 

 Perhaps the earliest of these is Early Ohio, which, under 

 favorable soil and weather conditions, has produced large 

 tubers in seventy days after planting. 



Early Ohio and Early Rose have a pinkish skin, while 

 Early Six Weeks and Irish Cobbler are white. The latter 

 forms round to square tubers while the other three sorts 

 are of elongated shape. Irish Cobbler, as shown above, is 

 perhaps the best keeping of the early kinds. 



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