. Bliss and Sons' illustrated hand-book for the farm and garden for 1881 : containing a list of the best known and most poplular varieties of garden, field & flower seeds, selected from our large assortment of nearly three thousand varieties with brief directions for their culture. Nursery stock New York (State) Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Seeds Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Agricultural implements Catalogs; Gardening Catalogs. For this new and perfectly distinct variety, we are indebted t,o E. S. Browneil, Essex Junction, Vt., now so long a
. Bliss and Sons' illustrated hand-book for the farm and garden for 1881 : containing a list of the best known and most poplular varieties of garden, field & flower seeds, selected from our large assortment of nearly three thousand varieties with brief directions for their culture. Nursery stock New York (State) Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Seeds Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Agricultural implements Catalogs; Gardening Catalogs. For this new and perfectly distinct variety, we are indebted t,o E. S. Browneil, Essex Junction, Vt., now so long and favorably known as a successful potato hybridizer. Tlie originator reports having selected it in 1875 from a collection of seedlings, raised from seed-balls of the Excelsior, fertilized with pollen from the White Peach Blow. The foliage is dense, dark green; vines strong, stockj-, and vigorous, on which account it is well calculated to resist the ravages of the Colorado beetle. The tubers are oblong, large, uniform, and handsome: • while in yield it has proved remarkablj' prolific, and so far has effectually resisted bUght. It is medium ADFRONDACK. Tlus new variety is the result of a hybridization of a favorite sort with the White IPeaeh Blow, and takes jirecedence over that well-known stand- ard sort on account of several distinct and com- mendable features. In habit, the vines are readily distinguished from those of the White Peach Blow, being more upright; the foliage is bright green, and the individual leaves rather large, which imparts a vigorous and robust appearance. The roots take a strong hold on the soil, enabling it to resist the evil eftects of a prolonged drouth, it may be classed as a medium or second early variety. The tubers are red-skinned, remarkably symmet- rical, being almost a perfect ball, and grow more in clusters than in the parent variety. It possesses excellent table qualities, being pure white in flesh, floury, and of faultless flavor. It is an a
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