HOME VEGETABLE GARDENING 



LATE POTATOES FOR WINTER USE 



BESIDES being better keepers than early sorts, the 

 late maturing kinds usually yield heavier crops, due 

 generally to the greater size attained by the individual 

 tuber. But this again depends largely on the soil, season, 

 and the adaptability of different varieties to different 

 sections. 



Green Mountain is perhaps the most popular of all 

 the late varieties in most sections. The individual tubers 

 grow to good size, are generally borne six to eight to the 

 hill, averaging a total of three to four pounds. The pota- 

 toes vary from flat round to elongated oval, have a white 

 netted skin and are of excellent cooking qualities. (See 

 a good "hill" above.) 



Carman No. 3, Rural New Yorker, and Vermont Gold 

 Coin are other excellent late sorts. Carman No. 3 is a 

 particular favorite because of the compact manner in 

 which it grows its hills of tubers. The prize for quality in 

 cooking mealy goes, perhaps, to Vermont Gold Coin. 



169 



