POTATOES, SUITABLE SORTS. 384 POTATOES, TRENCHING. 



Sukreta, a roundish potato, of handsome form 



and excellent quality. 

 Surprise, a splendid keeper, an enormous 



cropper, flesh white and floury. 

 The Cannon, a heavy cropper; one of the best 



main crop kidney potatoes ever raised. 



2. FROM MESSRS. DANIELS BROS.' LIST. 



Colonel Long, Tubers large, smooth, long, and 

 handsome ; very good croppers, floury, and of 

 very good flavour when cooked. New seedling. 



Dreadnought (4), new disease-resisting main 

 crop variety, resembling but excelling " M.ignum 

 Bonum." 



Early Crimson Flourball (i), A handsome 

 round red potato, of excellent quality. 



Early Puritan (i), an early variety of great 

 excellence, vigorous constitution, and very pro- 

 ductive. 



Early White Hebron (i), the finest first early 

 white-skinned potato in the world. 



Emperor Frederick, Fine exhibition potato ; 

 tubers large, and of kidney shade, of rich purple 

 colour mottled with crimson ; flesh white, dry, 

 mealy, and of good flavour when cooked. 



Future Fame (4), "Magnum Bonum'' type, 

 but earlier; great disease-resister, heavy cropper. 



Golden Flourball (4), a fine, late, yellow-fleshed 

 potato ; a good keeper. 



Harbinger (i), a first early round variety of 

 great excellence ; haulm short. 



Indian Prince, very handsome black kidney, 

 flesh white and floury when cooked ; excellent 

 cropper ; looks well when exhibited. New 

 seedling. 



King Kidney (4), robust grower and disease- 

 resister, producing heavy crops. 



Long Keeper (4), fine red round variety of Red 

 Skin Flourball type ; good cropper ; late keeper ; 

 tubers when cooked are white, firm, and dry, but 

 not mealy. 



Lye's Seedling, handsome tubers of long white 

 kidney shape ; excellent croppers, good cooker ; 

 fine for exhibition. 



Norfolk Blackbird (4), a black potato, the 

 colour of the skin penetrating deeply into the 

 flesh, and sometimes producing a marbled 

 appearance when cut. 



Princess May, very handsome red kidney, 

 flat in shape ; flesh of excellent quality when 

 cooked ; good cropper, and useful for exhibition. 

 New seedling. 



Purple Prince (4), tubers round, and bright 

 purple in colour shaded with crimson ; heavy 

 cropper ; cooks well ; and most desirable lor 

 exhibition. 



Red Robin (4), a late variety of kidney potato ; 

 a good cropper, and delicious in flavour. 



Reliable (2), handsome white kidney, of ex- 

 cellent cooking qualities ; excellent cropper ; 

 useful for exhibition. New seedling. 



Remarkable, a first-class cropping variety; a 

 good keeper, of splendid table qualities. 



Royal Norfolk Russet (4), one of the most 

 remarkable potatoes ever raised ; tubers rough, 

 flesh white, floury when boiled. Synonymous 

 with "Village Blacksmith." 



Special (4^, a novelty, of handsome appearance, 

 of excellent quality. 



Table King (4), a second early, forming a. 



valuable market variety. 

 The Daniels (4), cross between Magnum Bonum 



and White Elephant, combining good qualities 



of both. 

 Universal (4), round white potato ; first-rate 



cropping variety, and excellent keeper. 



3. FROM MESSRS. SUTTON AND SONS' 

 LIST. 



Abundance (4), excellent disease resisting potato 



for field crops ; superior to Magnum Benum in 



productiveness ; excellent when cooked ; useful 



for exhibition. 

 Ashleaf (i), splendid potato, earlier, heavier 



cropper, shorter in haulm than others of this 



class. 

 Best of All (4), has few equals as cropper ; very 



free from disease ; flesh white and excellent when 



cooked. 

 Early Eclipse (i), especially valuable for 



forcing and early borders ; white flesh, excellent 



shape, short, small haulm. 

 Early Regent (2), excellent keeper; disease 



resisting ; flesh white and floury when cooked. 

 First and Best (i), a flattish-round potato; 



excellent for forcing and early borders ; abundant 



cropper ; haulm short and compact. 

 iv. agnum Bonum (4) Enormous cropper, of high 



quality, and almost free from disease. 

 Masterpiece (4), tubers round and heavy, with 



rough skin ; flesh firm and white, excellent when 



cooked ; heavy cropper, and disease-resisting. 

 M atchless (3), abundant cropper ; very free 



from disease ; flesh white, and of excellent quality 



when cooked ; keeps well for winter use. 

 Perfection (3), Tubers kidney -shaped ; flesh 



white and of good flavour ; cooks well ; excellent 



cropper ; haulm strong and erect. 

 Ringleader (i), earliest kidney in cultivation ; 



white in flesh, short in haulm ; robust. 

 Satisfaction (4), splendid cropper; tubers of a 



thick pebble shape, with rough skin ; very free 



from disease. 

 Button's Seedling (2), large handsome tubers 



with russet skin ; cooks well, and of good flavour. 

 I riumph (4), tubers white, with rough skin 



resembling the old Fluke ; enormous cropper ; 



originally raised from Magnum Bonum. 

 Vv hite Kidney (2), disease-resisting ; enormous 



cropper ; flesh white ; haulm short and compact. 

 Windsor Castle (2), may be described as a 



dwarf Magnum Bonum, of erect habit and dark 



green foliage ; flesh white, firm, and of good 



flavour ; excellent cropper. 



Potatoes, Trenching. 



There are better modes of planting 

 potatoes than by dibbling, which is not a 

 desirable method, if the soil is inclined to 

 be heavy, or has a tendency to dry and 

 harden into cakes and clods in dry weather 

 One of these modes, in which the soil is 

 disposed in a series of ridges, is shown in 



