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little below the surface. Either boiled or baked It is 

 dry and floury, while the flesh is of fine grain and ex- 

 cellent flavor. The vines are very vigorous and healthy, 

 and in some cases have been entirely free from blight 

 when it has destroyed crops of other varieties in the 

 same field. 



Dunmore.— A large, smooth, round, white potato of 

 fine quality. Its general s^pearance somewhat resem- 

 bles the Peerless, but while fully equaling that variety 

 in productiveness it is of the finest quality, and in many 

 cases it proves to be the most profitable of any of the 

 varieties. 



Andrus' White Rose. — Vines medium size, but vig- 

 orous and well covered with large leaves, and very pro- 

 ductive. Tubers elongated-oval, uniform size. Skin 

 white, sJightly russeted. Flesh unusually white, fine 

 grained and of excellent quality. A good keeper, and 

 quite distinct from the other varieties offered under the 

 name of White Rose. Season two weeks later than the 

 Early Rose. 



St. Patrick. 



St. Patrick. — A most excellent medium early potato, 

 and enormously productive. Very handsome, smooth, 

 white skin and white flesh. Eyes few and shallow ; is 

 never hollow ; produces few small tubers, the whole crop 

 being uniform in size. A cross between the Early Rose 

 and Garnet Chili. 



Pride of America. 

 Pride of America.— Very productive, growing to a 

 large size. Flesh exceedingly fine-grained and of snowy 

 whiteness; cooks quickly and evenly, dry and floury, 

 and has no hard center or core. The tubers grow com- 

 pactly in the hill, so that the crop is easily harvested. 

 A remarkable keeper, and free from disease. As a table 

 variety, it is absolutely without a fault. 



Improved Peachblow.— A cross between the Jersey 

 Peachblow and Excelsior. This improved variety com- 

 bines all the good qualities of the old Peachblow, and 

 ripens earlier and is of more compact growth. It fully 

 equals the old favorite in quality, and yields double the 

 quantity per acre. The tubers resemble the Peachblow 

 in form, but are more round and regular. This variety 

 can scarcely fail to come into general favor with the 

 farmers. 



PUMPKIN, 



Fr. Courge. — Ger. Kuerbis. 



The Pumpkin more properly belongs to the farm than 

 the garden. It should never be admitted into the pre- 

 cints of a garden where th-ere are cucumbers, melons, 

 and others of a similar class. It would mix with and 

 contaminate the quality of the more valuable sorts ; be- 

 sides it would occupy more space than most could allow, 

 as their vines sometimes attain an enormous size. 



Culture. — Pumpkins are not so particular in regard 

 to soil as melons or cucumbers, but in other respects are 

 cultivated in a similar manner, though on a larger scale. 

 They are generally raised on cultivated farms between 

 hills of corn, and may be planted with success, in fields 

 by themselves. 



Large Yellow. 

 Large YeUow.— Grows to a large size, and is adapt- 

 ed for cooking -^urposes and feeding stock. It is irreg- 

 ular in shape and size, some being depressed and flat- 

 tened at the ends, others round or elongated ; of deep, 

 rich yellow color ; of fine grain, and excellent flavor. 



Cushaw. 



Cushaw. — A great favorite in the Southern States, 

 but too tender for general cultivation in Northern cli- 

 mates. In form, much resembling the Winter Crook- 

 neck Squash, though growing to a very large size, fre- 

 quently weighing seventy pounds ; color light cream, 

 sometimes slightly striped with green ; flesh salmon 

 ccdored. Very productive. 



