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smooth and uniform ; not a knobby or uneven tuber in the lot. In quality 

 it is fine grained, very white, and well flavored. Boiled and tested with 

 the Early Rose, it is scarcely distinguishable from it in taste ; but does not 

 cook quite as dry and mealy as the Rose, being evidently a variety of later 

 season, and will probably be better in this respect in winter and spring. 



One other, a white-skinned variety, cooked with the Early Rose, seemed 

 in all respects equal if not superior to it. It was handsome in shape, uni- 

 form in size, and yielded largely : but none of the tubers were as large as 



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EARLY-RO-E SEEDLING-POTATO THE FIRST YEAR FROM SEED. 



Longest diameter 3 and 6-10 inches. 



Breadth . 2 and 7-10 inches. 



Thickness 2 inches. 



Weicrht 6 and 1-2 ounces. 



the one figured ; the largest six weighing twenty-five ounces, or a little over 

 four ounces each. 



I shall, of course, carefully plant the most promising of these seedlings 

 next year, and note tlie results. If any prove specially worthy, you may 

 hear from them again. I car.not help regarding them as extraordinary as 

 seedlings of the first year; and the experiment seems to me worthy of record, 

 and as promising valuable results. 



