94 ESCULENT ROOTS. 



The Purple-skinned is early and productive, but keeps 

 badly. It would probably succeed much better in cool cli- 

 mates than either the White or the Yellow. It is much 

 grown in the vicinity of Paris. 



Red-skinned, Tubers fusiform, long, and comparatively 

 or American 



Red. slender, the length often exceeding twelve 



inches, and the diameter rarely above two inches ; weight 

 from three to ten ounces ; skin purplish-red, smooth and 

 shining ; flesh yellow, very fine-grained, unctuous, sugary, 

 and farinaceous ; plant long and slender. 



This variety is early, quite hardy, productive, and excel- 

 lent, but does not keep so well as the yellow or white sorts. 

 It is well adapted for cultivation in the cooler sections of 

 the United States, where, in favorable seasons, the crop 

 has proved as certain, and the yield nearly as abundant, as 

 that of the common potato. 



Rose-colored. Tubers somewhat ovoid, or egg-shaped, often 

 grooved, or furrowed, and of extraordinary size. 

 Well-grown specimens will measure eight or nine inches in 

 length, and four inches or more in diameter ; frequently 

 weighing two and a half, and sometimes greatly exceeding 

 three pounds. Skin rose-colored, shaded or variegated with 

 yellow ; flesh sweet, of a pleasant, nut-like flavor, but less 

 soft or unctuous than that of most varieties. 



It is hardy, remarkably productive, and, its excellent 

 keeping properties considered, one of the best sorts for culti- 

 vation. 



Yellow-skin- Tubers from six to ten inches in length, thick- 



ned. 

 YELLOW CARO- est at the middle, where they measure from two 



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to three inches in diameter, and pointed at the 

 extremities ; weight varying from four to twelve ounces and 



