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exliibition ; a good cropper and of excellent qutilifcy ; rather subject 

 to disease. 



Med Eegcnt. — A heavy-cropping late variety/ suitable for field 

 culture. 



WooiVs Scarlet Prolific. — A handsome late potato, productive, 

 and of good quality. 



Vermont Beauty. — A heavy-cropping second early variety, hand- 

 some in appearance, and of good quality. 



Jun^ of the Earlies. — A useful early variety, which, when first 

 distributed in America, was sold at the enormous price of 50 dollars 

 a root. The tubers are of medium size and good quality. 



SKIN STREAKED OR FLAKED. 



Hundredfold Fluke. — A'^ery distinct and good ; the tubers large, 

 long, and handsome ; tue skin pale, with large patches of purple. It 

 is a heavy cropper, aad of good quality. 



RlntouVs Striped Don. — Like the preceding, very distinct. The 

 tubers are large, roundish ; skin pale, straw streaked and flaked with 

 purple. It is a beavy cropper, handsome, and of good quality. 



The foregoin/ list includes twenty-six varieties, all of considerable 

 excellence, but :or the assistance cf those who will not require more 

 than ten sorts, we have selected the undermentioned as being most 

 Buitable for garden culture on all kinds of soils, and the best for main- 

 taining a supply throughout the year. 



Earliest, Kentish Ashleaf and King of the Earlies. Second early, 

 Excelsior Kidney, JBresee's Cliviiax, Dalmahoy, Late Rose. Late, 

 O.ifordshire Kidneij, FaAersons Victoria, Regent, Lapstone (type re- 

 presented by Headhfs Nonpareil). The Fluke should be grown 

 for the latest supplies, where it does well. Extra Early Vermont 

 and Vermont Beaidy are yet too expensive to be grown in quantity. 



HOW TO SAVE THE FRUIT CROP. 



DT WILLAil COLE, 



Head Gardener, Ealing Park, Middlesex, W. 



|E so frequently have sharp frosts during the time the fruit- 

 trees are in bloom, that protection in some form or 

 other is essential for the preservation of the flowers, and 

 a few remarks upon the subject will probably be useful. 

 The protection of fruit-trees from spring frosts is a 

 matter requiring a considerable amount of practical knowledge to 

 carry it out efficiently, for it is a very easy matter to injure the trees 

 and do a considerable amount of mischief to the crop by the improper 

 use of protecting material. Too much protection is in many 

 cases as bad, if not worse, than none at all, although a very general 

 impression prevails that provided the trees have a good cov'ering of 

 canvas or similar material, the crop will be safe ; but it is not so, 

 for the peach, and other trees usually trained to the open walls, are 



March. 



