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distri(5ls. In all 59 varieties were mentioned. Tabu- 

 lating the data presented, we find that 21 of these 

 varieties were mentioned twice or more. In the South- 

 ern and Southern Trans-Mississippi States all vari- 

 eties mature about the same time and may be classed 

 as earlies, and early maturing varieties are usually 

 planted. Of these and the early varieties, as grown in 

 the North, Bliss Triumph and Early Ohio are the most 

 popular with ten votes each; Six Weeks Market re- 

 ceived five; Early Rose, four ; Burpee's Extra Early 

 and Bovee, three each; while Beauty of Hebron, Early 

 Fortune, Eureka, Irish Cobbler, Michigan, and Polaris 

 had two each. Among late varieties. Green Mountain 

 leads with eight votes, Carman No. 3 had five, 

 Rural New Yorker and Sir Walter Raleigh had four 

 each, and Burbank, Carman No. i, Vermont Gold 

 Coin, Rural New Yorker No. 2, and Freeman had 

 two each. Although the above method of determi- 

 nation may not be absolutely correct, undoubtedly the 

 varieties mentioned are among the favorites. 



Station Leading Varieties 



1. Alabama, Tuskegee . Early — Bliss Triumph. 



Medium — Early Rose. 

 Late — Peerless. 



2. Alabama, Auburn . . Triumph. 



3. Arizona Burpee's Extra Early, Triumph, 



Early Rose. 



4. Arkansas Red Bliss. Ohio, Michigan, Six 



Weeks, Crown Jewel. 



5. California .... Burbank. 



6. Canada, Ontario . . Extra Early — Pinkeye, Stray 



Beauty, Early Ohio. 

 Medium — Burpee's Extra Early, 



Rose of the North. 

 Late — Empire State, American 



Wonder. 



