Von THE SOUTHERN STATES. 



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Snowflake. 



£arly Roi^e. This is, without any 

 doubt, the best potato for the table. 

 It is o^al, 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 variety 

 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 Peerless, Sixteen years 

 ago this variety was introduced, yet at 

 present it is the leading variety for mar- 

 ket as well as for family use. Skin dull 

 white, sometimes slightly russetted; 

 eyes few and shallow, round, occa- 

 sionally 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. 



K&issets. This kind is still planted 

 bv some. It is round, reddish and slight- 

 ly russetted. Eyes deep and many. 

 Very productive, but not so fine a qual- 

 ity as some others. Does best in sandy 

 soil, such as we have along the lake 

 coast. If the season is dry it will do 



well, but in a wet season, this variety 

 will rot quicker than any other. 



Extra Early Vermont. Yery sim- 

 ilar to the Early Eose, but of a stronger 

 growth ; a little earlier, and the tubers 

 are more uniform and larger. It is an 

 excellent table variety. 



Siiow/lake. This is a very early 

 variety. Tubers good medium size, 

 elongated, very uniform and quite pro- 

 ductive. 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 repre- 

 sented. It is earlier than the Early 

 Kose, which resembles it very much, 

 being a little lighter and more russetted 

 in color. It is very productive and of 

 excellent table quality; more mealy 

 than the Early Kose, but smaller. 



White Elephant. This variety has 

 again given entire satisfaction the past 

 season. The tubers are large and of ex- 

 cellent quality ; planted alongside of the 

 Peerless, it produced fully one third 

 more than that variety. 



KiiraS Blush. Second early, tubers 

 roundish flattened, blush skin, flesh 

 slighted with pink. Very dry and of 

 excellent quality. A heavy yielder. 



