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Vol. XLIII. No. 1789 
NEW YORK, MAY 10, 1884 
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A BIG POTATO, 
The White Elephant Potato is a remakable 
grower and heavy yielder, and on rich soil 
sometimes grows to large size, and occasion¬ 
ally shows a tendency to grow prongy. 
A few days since, we received from Mr. A. 
Williams, of Homer, N, Y., a specimen which, 
he says in a note, was grown on an old pasture 
field never before plowed. The seed was 
planted in hills three feet apart each way, two 
pieces of two eyes each to the hilL They re¬ 
ceived good, but no extra culture. We have 
had this potato drawn and engraved, actual 
size, which we present in Fig. 134. In order 
to show the whole of it in one view, we had to 
break off two parts oF it, which we show in the 
upper part of the cut. Though somewhat ir¬ 
regular, this was fairly a single potato, and 
weighed fully IV pounds, which we regard as 
very large. Of course, we do not advise any 
attempt to fix this type in a potato, nor do we 
claim any advantage in so largea size; yet we 
would like to see how large, a good-shaped po¬ 
tato can be grown. 
We are trying several experiments to see 
what we can do, and in one of these we are 
using the central part of this enormous potato 
as seed. W e do hope some of our readers will 
try and excel us. Let us see if a nice, shapely, 
smooth potato cannot be grown that shall ex¬ 
ceed even this in weight. 
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A MONSTER POTATO, THE WHITE ELEPHANT, 
From Nature 
