22 BULLETIN 677, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
ties where it is found in New Jersey it constitutes the standard soil 
type for this class of farming. In Monmouth County the speciali- 

Fig. §.—Field of American Giant potatoes on Sassafras loam, near Freehold, We di 
Yield over 275 bushels per acre. 
zation in potato growing has been pushed a little further than in 
many other localities, but the extension during the last 10 years of 

Fig. 9.—Digging and shipping American Giant potatoes, Sassafras loam, near Freehold, 
N. J. Yield over 275 bushels per acre. 
the area devoted to potato growing in southern New Jersey has been | 
largely upon this soil. 
