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the drying action of the atmosphere, until February 16, 1875. 
They were then weighed, shelled, and the cobs weighed. The re¬ 
sult is given in the following table: 
Variety. 
Early Yellow Dent 
White Australian.. 
Cherokee. 
Yellow Dent. 
Each 100 lbs.weighed 
in October, gave in 
February— 
CD 6 
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O 3 
o 
o 
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o 
o 
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co 
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Lbs 
mo 
*-3 
77pi 
14% 
61 
14 % 
24% 
64* 
134- 
22 
77 t 7 2 
111 0 
AA T2 
io T % 
POTATOES. 
The following varieties have been in cultivation for the first tim e 
from small quantities of seed. The quality has not been tested: 
Alpha .—Ripe August 16. 
Sutton's Red-skin Flower-ball .—Ripe October 1. 
Acme .—Killed by frost October 12. 
Eureka .—Ripe September 8. 
Nonsuch .—Ripe September 1. 
Hundred-Fold .—Killed bv frost October 12. 
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The table below gives the time of ripening and yield per acre of 
.the other varieties in cultivation, all of which were planted May 10 
in rows 4 feet apart, hills 2 feet apart in rows. 
Variety. 
Bushels 
jier acre. 
Time of 
ripening. 
Quality. 
Early Hose. 
93 
Aug. 13 
Excellent. 
Early Favorite. 
95% 
Aug. 10 
Excellent. 
Snow-Flake. 
169 
Aug. 30 
Excellent. 
Extra Early Vermont.. 
145% 
Aug. 27 
Excellent. 
Brownell’s Beauty. 
17% 
Oct. 1 
Excellent. 
Compton’s Surprise. 
119 
Sept. 3 
Good. 
Peachblow. 
Sept. 29 
Excellent. 
