GARDEN MANUAL FOR TH3 SOUTHER.* STATES. 



over for seed, and any person raising foi the market would not realize a cent more for a 

 new fancy variety per barrel, than for a barrel of good Peerless or Early Rose. Earliness 

 is no consideration, 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 entirely 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 variet}-. Among the new kinds tried here we 

 find the White Elephant to be a fine potato. It is a very strong grower, tubers oblong, 

 very productive, good quality and flavor. The Extra Early Vermont, Beauty of Hebron, 

 Bliss Early Triumph or Improved Bermuda and Early Rose for early, and Peerless, White 

 Elephant and Rural New Yorker for late, are as good varieties as exist, and it is rot likely 

 that we will have anything better by new introductions. The Rural Blush, which was in- 

 troduced 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 Tri- 

 umph or Improved 

 Bermuda. Ohe of the 



best of all early potatoes, 

 combining the product- 

 iveness of the Peerless, 

 with the excellent quali- 

 ties 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 grow- 

 ing in favor, and will 

 soon become a standard 

 variety. 



Early Rose. This is, 

 without' any doubt, the 

 best potato for the table. 

 It is oval, very shallow- 

 eyed, pink skinned, very 

 dry and mealy when 

 boiled. It has not be- 

 come 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 



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Early Ohio. 



Bliss Early Triumph or Improved Bermuda. 



that they make sraaU stalks, and if cut down 

 by frost they suffer more than other varie- 

 ties; but they want rich, light soil to grow 

 to perfection. 



Breese's Peerless. Several 

 years ago this variety was intro- 

 duced, yet at present it is the lead- 

 ing kind for market as well as for 

 family use. Skin dull white, some- 

 times slightly russeted; eyes few 

 and shallow, round, occasionally 

 oblong; grows to a large size; 

 very productive, and earlier than 

 the Jackson White. As white po- 

 tatoes are more saleable than pink- 

 ish kinds, and as this variety is 

 handsome in appearance and of 

 good quality, it has become the 

 general favorite in this section. 



