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POTATOES FOR EARLY USE 
I N CONNECTION with suggestions on this and the 
following page, bear in mind the remark made on 
page 165, that nearly every section has its own favorites 
which have made good crops for others. Inquire of 
your neighbors! Find out which sorts seem to be par- 
ticularly well adapted to your local conditions. 
On the general principle that thoroughbred sorts 
do well most anywhere, four extra early sorts will be 
found adapted to nearly all sections. These are Early 
Ohio, Early Six Weeks, Early Rose, and Irish Cobbler. 
Perhaps the earliest of these is Early Ohio, which, under 
favorable soil and weather conditions, has produced large 
tubers in seventy days after planting. 
Early Ohio and Early Rose have a pinkish skin, while 
Early Six Weeks and Irish Cobbler are white. I he latter 
forms round to square tubers while the other three sorts 
are of elongated shape. Irish Cobbler, as shown above, is 
perhaps the best keeping of the early kinds. 
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