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Richard Frotscher’8 Almanac and Garden Manual 
I£us$ets. This kind is still planted by some. It is round, red¬ 
dish and slightly russetted. Eyes deep and many. Very productive, 
but not so line a quality as some others. Does best in sandy soil, such 
as we have along the lake coast. If the season is dry it will do well, 
but in a wet season, this variety will rot quicker than any other. 
Extra Early Ver¬ 
mont. Very similar to 
the Early Rose, but of 
a stronger growth; a 
little earlier, and the 
tubers are more uni¬ 
form and larger. It is 
an excellent table vari¬ 
ety. 
Snowflake. This is 
a very early variety. 
Tubers good medium 
size; elongated, very 
uniform and quite pro¬ 
ductive. Eyes flat on 
the body of the tuber, 
but compressed on the 
seed end. Skin white, 
liesh very fine grained, 
and when boiled snow- 
white. 
lleauty of Hebron. 
I have tried this variety 
very thoroughly, and 
have found it all that it 
has been represented. 
It is earlier than the 
Early Rose, which re¬ 
sembles it very much, 
being a little lighter and 
more russetted in color. 
It is very productive 
and of excellent table 
quality ; more mealy 
Extra Early Vermont. than the Early Rose. 
White Elephant. This variety has given entire satisfaction 
the past season, the tubers are large and of excellent quality ; planted 
alongside of the Peerless, it produced fully one-third more than that 
variety. 
THE SWEET POTATO. 
Convolvulus batatas . 
The Sweet Potato is next to corn the most important food crop in 
the South. They are a wholesome and nutritious diet, good for man 
and beast. Though cultivated to a limited extent on the sandy lands 
of New Jersey and some of the middle States, it thrives best on the 
