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Climax Potato. 



CLIMAX POTATO. 



The Climax is a seedling of the Early Goodrich, and originated with 

 the writer in 1864. It has a stout, erect stalk, of full medium height, inter- 

 nodes of medium length, and very large leaves ; the tuber is quite smooth, 

 in form of a short cylinder swelled out at the centre, occasionally slightly 

 flattened, and terminating rather abruptly ; eyes shallow, sharp, sometimes 

 swelled out or projecting, and always strongly defined ; skin medium thick- 

 ness, considerably netted or russety, tough, white ; flesh entirely white, solid, 

 brittle, heavy, and never hollow : and it boils through quickly, with no hard 

 core at centre ; is very dry, mealy, of floury whiteness, and of superior 



table quality. In pioductiveness, it is fully equal if not superior to the 

 Early Rose ; bears few small tubers ; matures nearly with the Early Rose; 

 while its keeping qualities are as good as the Peachblow. 



During the heated term of July and August last, the foliage of the Early 

 Goodrich burned badly, that of the Early Rose slightly, while the leaves 

 of this seedling were unaffected. 



What I said of the Early Rose in " The American Journal of Horticul- 

 ture," March, 1868, after another year's trial, I can now conscientiously 

 apply to the Climax ; viz., that / esteem it, all things considered, the most 

 promising early potato with which I am acquainted. D. S. Heffron. 



Utica, N.V., November, iS68. 



