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The Delaware was most liable to scab, the Rural Blush 

 almost fiee from it. The experiment showed that the 

 white varieties were, as a rule, the most liable to disease, 

 while the pinks and reds as a rule were the least liable, of 

 course there is a great difference in the looks of the differ- 

 ent varieties; the Roberts Early, Monroe Seedling, Car- 

 man No. 3, County Gentleman being very handsome, the 

 eyes nearly smooth with the surface, while the rest run 

 from good to fair. 



There was a great difference as to earliness, the ripening 

 time running froni July 28th to September 10th. The 

 Rural Blush is the earliest potato with which I am ac- 

 quainted, ripening in about 85 days from time of planting. 



They were planted May 2nd, and were fit to dig, the 

 Rural Blush July 28th, Roberts Early Aug. 8th, Winslow 

 Seedling Aug. 20th, Delaware Aug. 30th, Monroe Seed- 

 ling and Carman No. 3 Sept. 10th, Bliss Triumph Aug. 

 1st. The others about the time of the Carmans. 



It will be seen by this showing that it makes a great 

 deal of difference to a farmer what variety of potato he 

 j)lants, and while one potato will not give the same results 

 on all farms and soils it will certainly pay every farmer to 

 experiment for himself until he finds one which will give 

 him satisfactory results, and not be satisfied until he has 

 found one which will pay him a profit to raise. 



I have been in the line for 30 years, and in that time I 

 have found many a gem, but the best of them deteriorate 

 in time, and when they begin to fail is the time to discard 

 them for something better, and the only way to find that 

 one is to experiment. 



THE WARFARE AGAINST INSECTS AND 

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The fanner of the [)reseiit day has miu'li In cnntend 

 against in the wav of haiiiifiil insects and destiuctive inn- 



