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CHAPTER XXIV. 



BEST VARIETIES TO GROW. 



IN the following pages we give classified selections of up-to- 

 date First- Early, Second-Early, and Maincrop varieties, sub- 

 divided into sections, according to the shape and colour of the 

 tubers as white and coloured kidneys, also white and coloured 

 rounds. The varieties described have been chosen for their 

 good cooking qualities, their productiveness, and their more or 

 less immunity from disease attacks. The selection includes 

 some of the latest as well as a few of the older and well-tried 

 sorts, the aim being to give a limited number rather than a 

 lengthy list, and thus avoid causing embarrassment to the 

 beginner in making a choice of what kinds to grow. Further 

 on, brief selections for light and heavy soils ; floury (when 

 cooked) ; yellow-fleshed varieties ; remarkable for their size ; 

 also those suitable for exhibition purposes. For southern 

 districts it is advisable to procure and plant north-grown 

 seed tubers. 



FIRST EARLY VARIETIES. 



A. WHITE KIDNEYS. 



ASHLEAF KIDNEY (Myatt's Early Prolific). Tubers, medium - 



sized, long and tapering- ; skin, smooth, straw coloured ; 



flesh, pale straw-yellow ; excellent cropper, very early ; 



cooks well ; haulm, dwarf ; flowers, pale lavender, tipped 



white. 

 BEAUTY OF HEBRON. Tubers, medium size, handsome in 



shape ; good cropper ; flesh, white ; cooks floury ; skin, pink 



tinted ; an old variety 

 CARISI5ROOKE CASTLE (Sutton's). Tubers, large, handsome 



shape ; shallow eyes ; very heavy cropper ; cooking quality, 



first rate ; white flesh ; haulm, dwarf ; flowers, pale lilac. 



