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Fig. 15. Sir William Potato (65). 



NOTES OX \'ARIETIES 



Si. Sir Walter Raleigh (Peter Henderson & Co., New 

 York). This variety is a seedling of the Rural New Yorker 

 No. 2, and another of Mr. Carman's productions. The intro- 

 ducers claim that it closely resembles the Rural New Yorker 

 No. 2, but is more uniform, and yields practically no small 

 tubers ; also that it is of better quality and a few days later. 

 The above claims are true of the behavior of the variety here 

 at the Station during the past two seasons. It made strong, 

 heavy vines, and continued to grow late and gave a very fair 

 yield. The tubers were practically all marketable. 



82. Bovee (Henderson). A new extra early variety, first 

 grown here in 1S97. From the reports, this new variety has 

 been quite generally liked. The vines are dwarf and stocky, 

 dark green in color, and the stem is roundish. The flower is 

 purple. Shape of tuber, elongated, tapering at both ends. I 



