E8 Richard Frotscher’s Almanac and Garden Manual 
Breese’s Prelifie. This is anothernewsort. Thevines are short, 
tubers from medium to large, very regular and very smooth. Skin 
dull white, slightly russetted; eyes shallow and pinkish; flesh white, 
very mealy and of fine quality; not quite so productive here as. the 
foregoing kind. ; 
Russets. This kind is still planted by some. It is round, reddish 
and slightly russetted. Eyes deep and many. Very productive. but 
not so fine a quality as some others. If the season is dry it will do 
well, but in a wet season, this variety will rot quicker than any other. 
Extra Early Ver- 
mont. Very similar to 
the Karly Rose, but of 
a stronger growth; a 
little earlier, and the 
tubers are more uni- 
form and larger. It is 
an excellent table vari- 
ety. 
Snowflake. Thisis 
a very early variety. 
Tubers good medium 
=| uniform and quite pro- 
= ductive. Eyes flat on 
=== the body of the tuber, 
= but compressed on the 
a seed end. Skin white, 
== flesh very fine grained, 
and when boiled snow- 
2 white, 
Beauty of Hebron. 
T have tried this variety 
very thoroughly, and 
have found it all that 
it has been represented. 
It is earlier than the 
Early Rose, which re- 
sembles it very much, 
being a little lighter 
and more russetted in 
eolor. It is very pro- 
ductive and of excellent 
table quality, more 
mealy than the Early 
Rose. 
Extra Early Vermont. 
White Elephant. This variety has given entire satisfaction the 
past season, the tubers are large and of excellent quality; planted 
alongside of the Peerless, it produced fully one-third more than that 
variety. 
size; elongated, very - 
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