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Potato Notes. 
BY W. H. RAND. 
I was much surprised not long since, to 
see the statement in one of our leading ag¬ 
ricultural journals, that there is a differ¬ 
ence between the Late Beauty of Hebron 
and White Elephant. I had supposed that 
this question was definitely settled. Having 
grown both these varieties side by side in 
test plots every year since their introduc¬ 
tion, I can confidently affirm that the two 
are identical. 
The Pearl of Savoy is justl} r having quite 
a run. It certainly has the merit of being 
distinct from other varieties of its class. So 
that the Messrs. Breck cannot be accused of 
the worn out dodge of sending out an old 
variety under a new name. 
Wall s Orange seems to be condemned 
from almost every quarter. But it does 
nicely with us, and we are this season 
raising a quantity for city customers who 
are willing to pay an extra price for them, 
as they consider them very nearly perfect 
for a baking potato. 
Speaking of baking potatoes, how much 
account our fore-fathers used to make of 
the old Lady-finger for this purpose. 
Although they were yellow-fleshed and 
deep-eved, they were considered par excel¬ 
lence, and were then no doubt of good 
quality. But the red variety still in my 
collection has so degenerated as to be hard¬ 
ly fit for eating. Thus the old “reliables” 
are superseded by the new, and I doubt if 
a single tuber can be found to-day in many 
counties where thousands of bushels were 
grown fifty years ago. 
Another old variety, now almost extinct, 
is the English White. This kind, with 
another usually mixed with it, viz., the 
Flesh-colored or Leopard potato, was rais¬ 
ed in immense quantities for the starch 
factories, which, in years gone by, formed 
a prominent business interest in Northern 
Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine, but 
is now mostly confined to the latter State. 
The old English White retains its vitality 
better, I think, than any other of the older 
varieties, as even now it will produce a 
fair crop under good conditions. 
Mr. Andross, of East Hartford, Conn., in 
a recent issue of the New England Home¬ 
stead, touches upon a point which should 
have far more weight with introducers of 
new potatoes, viz., the keeping qualities. 
I do not refer to the power of resisting dis¬ 
ease but to the characteristic which some 
varieties have of retaining their plump 
appearance and good table qualities late in 
the season. A prominent potato grower 
said to me a few years ago, that no early 
variety, planted and harvested early, could 
possibly possess the quality in a marked 
degree; but this same grower has proven 
the contrary in his new seedling the Early 
May-flower, which is not only one of the 
very earliest varieties, but even when dug 
early, will keep nearly as well as the best 
of the later varieties, and the same might 
be said of the Telephone. 
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