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The Newer Potatoes. 
BY ISAAC F. TILLINGHAST. 
Having for the past ten years experimented 
argely with new and standard variet es «>f pota¬ 
toes, planting annually upwards <>f oi e hun¬ 
dred varieties, consisting of nil the standard kind 
and most of the novelties offered hy vnriou 8 
seedsmen, as well as’many seedlings sent for 
trial by friends in various sections of the Union, 
it may not be uninteresting to many rcales 
to give a few notes upon the newer offerings 
of this most important vegetable. 
The most popular variety now grown among 
the farmers in this section is the Burbank Seed 
ling which has, to a great extent, displaced tho 
N. Y Late Rose. It is so well known that a 
description is unnecessary and whateve * variety 
displaces it will certainly possess more G an 
ordinary merit. Early Ohio has tor several 
years been our best very earlv potat >, but I find 
that to produce paying crops oflar^e sized 
tubers it requires very rich toil and cart-fu 
attention. 
Beauty of Hebron is with us fast taking 
the place of Early Ohio being better adapted 
to field culture and giving better results with 
common cultivation. 
Pride of America. In spr ng «>f 1876 Mr. 
Browneli, of Vermont, sent me .for triala tuber 
labeled Early Williston which f r three years in 
succession has shown marks of decided superi - 
ority in my trial grounds. This varie y h»s 
recently oeen offered to the public as Pride of 
America, Mr. B. having decided to change the 
name before making it public. In color ami 
shape it somewhat resembles the Snowflake 
but is with me a better cropper aul of very fiue 
quality. I regard it as une of the best of Mr. 
Brownell’s offerings. 
La Plume Triumph. Some four years since 
a seedling was sent me from New Hamp¬ 
shire under the name of Triumph which has 
given a bountiful yield of large healthy look¬ 
ing tubers of fine quality. So highly pleased 
was I with this variety that I offered it for sale, 
the same season a variety differing entirely 
from it was offered by other parties under 
the same name. To prevent any misunder¬ 
standing in regard to it we have since called 
it the La Plume Triumph, and after three 
years trial find it one of our most valuable 
kinds for general field crop, for home and 
market purpose. 
Mammoth Pearl. I have now grown this 
for two years. It is a large, nearly round, white 
var'eiy, very heavy and solid. The vin* s arc ex¬ 
ceedingly cirong and thrifty, and it is very pro¬ 
ductive. I think however that its claims to eas¬ 
iness und fine quality have been a little over esti¬ 
mated by some of its admirers. Yet it usually 
satisfies it* purchasers. 
By cu ti g white eyes from the Blue Victor [ 
o tained a variety so closely resembling the 
Mammoth Pearl that I now believe it orig- 
na el just in that way. 
St.Patrick. So far as I have -e-m, reports 
of this variety have beeu only notes of praise 
1 grew it quite extensively last season and 
have nothing to say aga ust i . But I will 
say this much of it. It any man cau see, either 
in the appearance of the tubers or vines any dif¬ 
ference whatever f*oiu the already ^*11 known 
and popular Burbank he has belter f er« epdve 
acuities than I have. 
Defiance. This bea i i u vkrietv rigimt- 
t d in this c runty three years ago. It is a seed - 
ling < f the Climax produced by Mr. C'dlu • , a 
gen Jemau who has given the pronuc.hm or new 
seedlings a great deal of attention for m >r y years 
and i ffers this as one of the best lie ha* ev*r 
seen. It is handsome and symmetrical in shape, 
eyes few and’ not depresses. The vines grow 
very strong and cover the ground well. The 
tuber set v*-ry full ail I grow luge, bur do n« t 
spn a i much lu the hi 1. In co or it i- rus-ety 
whi r; q ralitv superb, in fine it s* ems o co ubine 
the habits and protective e.-s of ;he Burbank 
with the quality of the Sr ow flake 
Watson Seedi ING. This is one of the many 
sorts intended to take the place of trie Early Rose 
which it close'y resembles in shape and • olor, 
Tois might be thought no objection ly some, 
but I fii d that when people pure* a^e a half 
dozen new varieties all so ue-rly allied to 
something they already have that they ca .not 
tell them apart, they are usually disappointed 
and I think not without reason. This is the chief 
fault with Clatk’s No. 1 , and Chicago Market • 
foth being otherwise promising. 
The Belle is one of the most remarkable, and 
all things considered the most desirable variety 
that has yet come to my notice. In my judge¬ 
ment} it is of the best possible color, viz., a light 
red with skin slightly netted or covered with 
russet. It is very smooth and beautiful in form 
and proportions with eyes but slightly depress¬ 
ed. In size it is extra large and yet is solid 
never prongy or hollow. It is unsurpassed in 
cooking qualities, fairly eclipsing the old Peach- 
blow in its palmiest days, and in yielding quali- 
