62 RICHARD FROTSCHER’S ALMANAC AND GARDEN MANUAL 
Up to now the Peerless is the standard variety. Among the new kinds I have tried, i find 
the White Elephant to be a fine potato. 
ductive, good quality and flavor. 
with the earlier varieties. 
It is a very strong grower, tubers oblong, very pro- 
It islate, and will come in at the end of the season, if planted 
The Extra Early Vermont, Beauty of Hebron, Snowflake and Early 
Rose for early, and Peerless, White Elephant and Rural New Yorker for late, are as good yarie- 
ties as exist, and it is not likely that we will have anything better by new introductions. 
The 
Rural Blush, which I introduced some years ago, may be added to the late varieties; it is of 
excellent quality, strong grower and yields heavily. 
selecting their seed. 
Early Rose. This is, without any doubt, 
the best potato for the tabie. It is oval, very 
shallow-eyed, pink-skinned, very dry, and 
mealy when boiled. It has not become so 
popular as it deserves as a market variety, as 
pink or red potatoes do not sell so well here as 
the white kinds. This yariety should not be 
planted too soon, from the fact that they make 
small stalks, and if cut down by frost, they 
suffer more than other varieties: but they 
want rich, light soil to grow to perfection. 
Breese’s Peeriess. Several years ago 
this variety was introduced, yet at present 
itis the leading kind for market as well as 
for family use. Skin dull white, sometimes 
slightly russetted; eyes few and shallow,round, 
oceasionally oblong; grows to a large size; 
very productive and earlier than the Jackson 
White. As white potatoes. are more salable 
than pinkish kinds, and as this variety is 
handsome in appearance and of good quality, 
it has become the general favorite in this 
section. 
Extra Early Vermont. Very similar | 
to the Early Rose, but of a stronger growth; 
a little earlier, and the tubers are more uniform 
and larger. It is an excellent table variety. 
Snowflake. This is an early variety. 
Tubers good, medium size, elongated, very 
uniform and quite productive. Eyes flat on 
the body of the tuber, but compressed on the 
seed end. Skin white, flesh very fine grained, 
and when boiled, snow white. 
Beauty of Hebron. I have tried 
this variety thoroughly and found it in every 
particular as has been represented. It is ear- 
lier than the Early Rose, which resembles it 
very much, being a little lighter and more 
russetted in color. It is productive and of 
excellent table quality; more mealy than the 
Early Rose. 
White Elephant. This variety has 
cent introduction. 
celled quality, very productive. 
Most people are not careful enough in 
Some of the potatoes sold in this market for seed are not fit for planting. 
again given entire satisfaction. The tubers 
are large and of excellent quality; planted 
alongside of the Peerless, it produced fully one 
third more than that variety. j 
Rural Blush. Second early, tubers 
roundish flattened, blush skin, flesh slighted 
with pink. Very dry and of excellent quality. 
A heavy yielder and good Keeper. 
Rural New Yorker No. 2. Of re- 
This potato is the nearest 
to perfection of any yet introduced, and ex- 
ceeds all others in yield. It is of large 
size, very smooth skin; few eyes, distinct and 
shallow. Flesh very white, of excellent table 
_ quality. 
The Thorburn. This is one of the 
earliest potatoes introduced. It is of unex- 
It is a seed- 
ling of the Beauty of Hebron, which it resem- 
_ bles, but is earlier and more productive. 
Early Sumrise. A variety of recent 
introduction. - It_is early and fairly produc- 
tive. The tubers are medium, oblong and 
solid, uniform in shape and size. They are 
fit for the table when quite young. , 
Triumph. An early variety of good 
quality; cultivated extensively in Tennessee 
and other Southern localities for shipping to 
Northern markets. Itis of a nice round shape, 
light red in color; earlier than the Early Rose 
and more prolific. 
Early Sunrise. 
THE SWEET POTATO. 
Convolvulus Batatas. 
The Sweet Potato is next to corn the most important food crop in the South. They are a 
wholesome and nutritious diet, good for man and beast. Though cultivated to a limited extent 
on the sandy lands of New Jersey and some of the middle States, it thrives best on the light 
rich lands of the South, which bring their red and golden fruits to greatest perfection under 
the benign rays of a Southern sun. It is a plant of a warm climate, a child of the sun, much 
more nutritious than the Irish Potato on account of the great amount of saccharine matter it 
contains, and no Southern table should be found without it from the first day of August till the 
last day of May. Some plant early in spring the potato: itself in the prepared ridges, and cut 
the vine from the potato when large enough, and plant them out; others start the potatoes ina 
bed prepared expressly for that purpose, and slip off the sprouts as they come up, and set these 
out. The latter method will produce the earliest potatoes; others who set the vines, say that 
they make the largest tubers. In preparing the land the soil should be thoroughly pulverized, 
the ridges laid off about five feet apart, well drawn up and rather flaton top. If everything is 
ready, and time for planting has arrived, do not wait for a rain, make a paste of clay and cow 
