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with fancy prices, but these prices for new potatoes do not pay here, as we can keep none 

 over for seed, and any person raising for the 

 market would not realize a cent more for a new 

 lancy variety per barrel than for a barrel of good 

 Peerless or Early Rose. Earliness is no consider- 

 ation, as we plant from December to end of March. 

 -Somebody may plant Early Rose in December 

 and another in February, and those planted in 

 February come to the market first; it depends en- 

 tirely upon the season. If late frosts set in, early 

 planted potatoes will be cut down, and those just 

 coming out of the ground will not be hurt. 



Up to now the Peerless is the standard variety. 

 Among the new kinds tried here we find the White Elephant to t> c t n • p*«i<., I is a 

 very strong grower, tubers oblong, very productive, good quality aud rlivor. The Extra 

 Early Vermont, Beauty of Hebron, Bliss Early Triumph or Improved Bermuda, Early Ohio 

 and Early Rose for early, and Peerless, White Elephant and Rural New Yorker for late, are 

 as good varieties as exist, and it is not likely that we will have anything better by new intro- 

 ductions. The Rural Blush, which was introduced some years ago, may be added to the 

 late varieties; it is of excellent quality, strong grower and yields heavily. Most people 

 are not careful enough in selecting their seeds. Some of the potatoes sold in this market 

 for seed are not fit for planting. 



Bliss Early Triumph 

 or Improved Bermu- 

 da. One of the best of 

 all early potatoes, com- 

 bining the productive- 

 ness of the Peerless with 

 the excellent qualities of 

 the Early Rose. It is 

 more prolific than the 

 former, and much earlier 

 than the latter. Tubers 

 are medium in size, 

 round and very uniform 

 in shape; eyes slightly 

 depressed and color of a 

 beautiful light red. It 

 is rapidly growing in fa- 

 vor, and will soon be- 

 come a standard variety. 



Early Rose. This is, 

 without any doubt, the 

 best potato for the table. 

 It is ova], very shallow- 

 eyed, pink skinned, very 

 dry and mealy when 

 boiled. It has not be- 

 come so popular as it de- 

 serves as a market va- 

 riety, as pink or red po- 

 tatoes d© 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, aud if cut down by frost they 

 suffer more than other varieties; but they 

 want rich light soil to grow to perfection. 

 Breese's Peerless or Boston. Sev- 

 eral years ago this variety was introduced, 

 yet at present it is the leading kind for 

 market as well as for family use. Skin dull 

 white, sometimes slightly russeted; eves 



Bliss Early Triumph or Improved Bermuda. 



few and shallow, round, occasionally ob- 

 long; grows to a large size; very produc- 

 tive, and earlier than the Jackson White. 

 As white potatoes are more saleable than 

 pinkish kinds, and as this variety is hand- 

 some 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 



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