Vegetable and flower seeds catalogue : free for all . acre, ofwhich per cent were merchantable, large and smooth. NEW QUEEN. This has become exceedingly popular. It is very early, a capitalcropper, yielding fine, large tubers, so handsome that half of them,without culling, would be good enough to exhibit at any agriculturalfair. Under high cultivation, there are almost no small ones. Inquality it is most excellent, the flesh being a pure white and of thatsparkling, mealy texture that we all like so well in a potato whenbrought on the table. In shape and color it closely resembles itspare
Vegetable and flower seeds catalogue : free for all . acre, ofwhich per cent were merchantable, large and smooth. NEW QUEEN. This has become exceedingly popular. It is very early, a capitalcropper, yielding fine, large tubers, so handsome that half of them,without culling, would be good enough to exhibit at any agriculturalfair. Under high cultivation, there are almost no small ones. Inquality it is most excellent, the flesh being a pure white and of thatsparkling, mealy texture that we all like so well in a potato whenbrought on the table. In shape and color it closely resembles itsparent, the Beauty of Hebron. GREEN MOUNTAIN. The tremendous cropping qualities and excellent quality of thisstandard sort are so universally known to our customers, that thereis no need of our spending ink and paper to set them forth. EARLY FORTUNE POTATO. (Mezv.) We have raised this potato on a large scale, and find it to be avery early sort ami a splendid cropper. They are of good qualityand cook dry. Our customers can make no mistake in planting the. Early Fortune. It will give the best results, if cut to single eyesand these are planted twelve to fourteen inches apart on land thathas been liberally manured. The extra profit of the early market iswhat we are all after, and it is these extra early varieties of potatoesthat bring it. In our own experience we are not prepared to saythat either the Early Roberts or the Early Fortune are earlier thanEarly Six Weeks, but we find that they yield much better and thatthe tubers are less liable to scab or rot. CARMEN NO. 3. The eyes are very shallow and but few in number. Of the shape-liest form, and even in droughty seasons its perfect shape is great yielder of large potatoes. It may fairly be claimed that itdoes not yield any small tubers in ordinary seasons. It bears itstubers very close to the plant, a single turn of the fork turning outevery potato of the largest size. A perfect keeper. Both skin andflesh are of«extreme
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