Alpha Potatoes
Fit for table ten or fifteen days before the Early Rose. Twenty-eight and a half bushels were grown one season from one pound of seed. Medium size, oblong, a little flattened; eyes but slightly depressed; color clear white, with slightest tinge of red about the eyes; flesh very white, fine-grained, dry and firm, and of excellent flavor. Was awarded a first class certificate by the Royal Horticultural Society of London, 1874.
Originally listed in: 1881 D.M. Ferry Catalog
Fit for table ten or fifteen days before the Early Rose. Twenty-eight and a half bushels were grown one season from one pound of seed. Medium size, oblong, a little flattened; eyes but slightly depressed; color clear white, with slightest tinge of red about the eyes; flesh very white, fine-grained, dry and firm, and of excellent flavor. Was awarded a first class certificate by the Royal Horticultural Society of London, 1874.
Originally listed in: 1881 D.M. Ferry Catalog