This section is from the book "Cooking Vegetables. Practical American Cookery", by Jules Arthur Harder. Also available from Amazon: The Physiology Of Taste.
No. 1134. - Ripens very early, and in quality is claimed to be equal to the Snowflake. It is, in fact, a cross between the Snow-flake and Peachblow. The tubers are of medium size and run very uniform, being slightly flattened, oval shaped, and of a light lemon color. The skin is well covered with very fine netting, and has very few eyes. The flesh is white and solid. It cooks evenly and thoroughly, without falling to pieces, and has no hard core, so com- mon to other sorts.
No. 1135. - Unsurpassed as a table variety. Its color is very distinct, being of a decided orange hue, from which it derives its name. It is unequaled in quality and productiveness, and one of the strongest growers.
No. 1136. - This is one of the largest growing Potatoes in cultivation, being at least one-third larger than the Peerless. It seems to be entirely free from rot and is one of the very best keepers. The tubers are nearly round, the skin white, the eyes small and sunken and the flesh white and of excellent flavor. Either baked or boiled they are dry and mealy.
No. 1137. - The tubers are flesh-colored and the eyes carmine, small and even with the surface. It grows to an immense size on strong ground, producing tubers as heavy as three pounds in weight. It is a tremendous yielder, one of the best of keepers, and is not to be excelled for cooking purposes.
No. 1138. - A late variety that is white, oval-oblong and very uniform in size. An immense yielder and a handsome variety, excellent for table use.
No. 1139. - A handsome, smooth and regular variety, with very few and shallow eyes. A large yielder and of the best quality; excellent either baked or broiled being dry and mealy.
No. 1140. - One of the best early sorts with white skin and flesh. A good keeper, excellent for table use, either baked or boiled.
No. 1141. - The leading variety for earliness, quality and productiveness.
No. 1142. - A second early variety of medium size, very uniform and finely formed, with white skin slightly russeted.
No. 1143. - The best of the late varieties.
No. 1144. - A favorite variety for general use.
No. 1145. - A variety of medium earliness and unsurpassed for mealiness and delicacy of flavor.
No. 1146. - One of the best yielders, producing from one planted tuber as many as thirty or forty of good quality.
No. 1147. - Grows to an immense size; of fine shape and a good yielder.
No. 1148. This variety is well known, as it is planted in immense quantities all over the country. It is very productive and ripens about the same time as the Burbank. The tubers are of medium size, oval-oblong, and very handsomely formed. A good keeper, and one of the very best for transportation.
 
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