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Large Bell, or Bull Nose Sweet Mountain. 
Culture. —Sow early in a hot-bcd, or in£the open 
ground, in a seed-bed, about the middle of spring, in 
light, warm ground. Transplant, when three inches 
high, one foot apart, in eighteen-inch drills, and earth 
up a little at one or two hoeings. Guano, hen dung, or 
any other bird manure, applied to the surface and hoed 
in, when the plants are about six inches high, will be 
found to increase the product wonderfully. 
POTATOES. 
Magnum Bonum.—y 48 bushels grown front one 
acre y without any manure , matured an-; dug sixty 
days after / lanting. This wonderful new potato is 
remarkable for earliness, large size, freedom from di¬ 
sease. and immense productiveness. Will produce a 
good crop on poor ground, where other varietic ; would 
entirely fail. If planted on good ground with manure, 
they will grow most too large for the table b ach stalk 
produces frcin four to six large tubers. They are nearly 
rouno, ^ little flattened, white skin , eyes very few, of a 
pinkish colo** and a little rough. Baked or ooiled they 
arc white as snow and very mealy. Yields less than 
one per cent, of sm^ll potatoes This variety must 
not be confounded with Sutton's Magnum Bonum , an 
English variety . and quite inferior to this. 
Mammoth Pearl.—This new and wonderful early 
variety was selected from over 2,500 seedlings. It will 
produce a good crop in spite of the bttgy. is free from 
rot, and never hollow. Skin and flesh pure, pearly 
white. Cooks like a snow ball. Eyes few, and even 
with the surface. Shape oblong-round. Ripens in 
August, and is immensely productive, yielding double 
most sorts. Vines short and thick, standing upright 
like a tree. 
Beauty of Hebron.—This is one of the best newly 
Beauty of Hebron. 
introduced varieties. The foliage is of remarkably rapid 
and luxuriant growth, and is likely to withstand tolera¬ 
bly well the ravages of the potato bug. The tubers are 
of the same shape as the Early Rose, slightly tinged 
with pink around the eyes, attaining a pure white in 
winter. Their yield is enormous, and as they lay closely 
together in the hill, are easily dug. It is ranked as 
twel7>e days earlier than the Early Rose. It is of 
large size, sound and solid to the center, and for rich¬ 
ness and delicacy of flavor and mealy qualities, is un¬ 
surpassed. 
Alpha.—Fit for table ten or fifteen days before the 
Early Rose. Twenty-eight and a half bushels were 
grown one season from one pound of seed. Medium 
size, oblong, a little flattened ; eyes but slightly de¬ 
pressed ; color clear white, with ^lightest tinge of red 
about the eyes ; flesh very white, fine-grained, dry and 
firm, and of excellent flavor. Was awarded a first class 
certificate by the Royal Horticultural Society of Lon 
don, 1874. 
Early Snowflake. 
Early Snowflake.—This superb variety is acknowl¬ 
edged by all who have tested it, to possess more good 
qualities than any variety heretofore introduced. It 
ripens about a week later than the Early Rose ; shape, 
symmetrical and uniform ; size medium ; skin white 
with russety tinge; flesh fine grain, snow white when 
cooked, and of a lightness and porosity almost approach¬ 
ing a snow flake. Its mealiness, pure, delicate flavor, 
and the evenness with which it cooks through, have 
never been excelled by any potato. It received a silver 
medal at the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, and 
always wins a prize wherever it is exhibited. 
Extra Early Vermont.—Similar in color, form and 
general appearance to the Early Rose. It is, however, 
much more hardy, a better keeper, more productive, of 
better quality, and from a week to ten days earlier, and 
is rapidly taking the place of that popular variety. In 
many places where the Early Rose has failed to produce 
a crop, this variety has given the most satisfactory re¬ 
turns. A first class certificate was awarded to this vari¬ 
ety in 1873. by the Royal Horticultural Society of Lon 
don. 
