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new ones come on. The cooler the storage of sweet po- 

 tatoes without freezing the better they will keep. 

 Just after they are put into piles there will be a period 

 of sweating ; during this time the temperature is liable 

 to run up to 80 R, but no trouble need be anticipa- 

 ted from this source. 



VARIETIES. 



The varieties that give a very large yield do not 

 make, as a rule, good table potatoes, so we mi^ht as 

 well make two general classes those used for stock, 

 and those for table use. Six most productive varieties 

 tested at the Louisiana Experiment Station are as fol- 

 low : 



Providence ......... 1,072 bushels per acre. 



Shanghai 758 " " " 



Eed Nansemond.. 717 " " " 



Peabody 696 " " < 



Norton 654 " " " 



Hyman... 651 " " " 



These are the highest yields for the year 1893, but it 

 should be mentioned that in the same tests some varie- 

 ties yielded less than 200 bushels per acre. 



As a rule, the Southern consumer prefers a sugary 

 potato, while the Northern people usually prefer a 

 starchy one. Sugar yam, Spanish yam, Yellow yam, 

 Barabadoes, Georgia yam, Hy man, Vineless, and Pump- 

 kin yam are the favorite table varieties for the South. 

 Yellow Nansemond and Jersey are standard varieties 

 for the North. Other varieties that may be recom- 

 mended for shipping to Northern markets are, Early 

 Carolina, Eed Nose, Strasburg, Southern Queen, and 

 Vineless. 



There are about a hundred varieties, or about that 

 many different names occur for varieties. The term 

 Yam should be omitted whenever practicable, as this 



