


Richard Frotscher’s. Almanac and Garden Manual 
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Russets. This kind is still planted by some. It is round, red- 
dish and slightly russetted. Eyes deep and many. Very productive, 
but not so fine a quality 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 Ver- 
mort. Very similarto 
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. 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 
Z = seed end. Skin white, 
== == (lesh very fine grained, 
== == and when boiled snow- 
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= eZ “ lite. 
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sg Beauty of Hebron. 
SS 
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 color. 
It is very productive 
and of excellent table 
See oe quality; more mealy 
Extra Early Vermont. than the Early Rose. 
White Elephamt. 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. = 
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 

























































































