of cultivation, seven hills have produced
a bushel of potatoes.

The tubers are of good size, red, nearly round, though sometimes more or
less flattened. Eyes deeply sunk, and not very numerous; flesh nearly
white, slightly tinged with pink beneath the skin when cooked; quality
good, being dry, farinaceous, and well flavored. It requires the full
season for its complete perfection, and resists disease better than most
varieties. As a winter potato, or for extensive cultivation for market,
it is one of the best of all varieties; and commends itself to the
farmer, both as respects quality and yield, as being greatly superior to
the Peach-blow, Pink-eye, Vermont White, and many similar varieties,
which so abound in city markets.

DYKEMAN.

Plant of medium strength and vigor, rarely producing seed or blossoms;
tubers large, roundish, often oblong; color white, clouded at the
stem-end and about the eyes (which are moderately sunk and rather
numerous) with purple; flesh white, or yellowish-white, its quality
greatly affected by season, and the soil in which the variety may be
cultivated. In certain descriptions of rather strong, clayey land, the
yield is often remarkably great, and the quality much above medium. In
such land, if warm and sheltered, the tubers attain a very large size
quite early in the season, and find a ready sale in the market at
greatly remunerative prices. Under other conditions, it frequently
proves small, waxy, and inferior in quality, and profitless to the
cultivator. Notwithstanding these defects, its size, earliness, and
productiveness render it worthy of trial.

EARLY BLUE.

Tubers of medium size, roundish, of a bright purple or bluish color;
eyes moderately deep; flesh, when cooked, white, or yellowish-white,
mealy, and well flavored.

This old and familiar variety is one of the earliest of the garden
potatoes, of fine quality, and one of the best for forcing for early
crops. It retains its freshness and flavor till late in the spring; is
of comparatively healthy habit; and, though but moderately productive,
is worthy more general cultivation.

EARLY COCKNEY.

Plant of medium strength and vigor, recumbent, rarely blossoming, and
usually ripening and decaying early in the season, or before the
occurrence of frost; tubers white, large, roundish, rough; flesh
yellowish-white, or nearly white, dry, farinaceous, and of good flavor;
hardy, moderately productive, and recommended as a desi