OBLONG AND LONG YELLOW POTATOES 563 



very well in the sandy soil of the reclaimed marshes near Mont 



Saint- Michel, from 

 whence large quantities 

 of it are exported into 

 England, where it is 

 much liked. 



White Horn Potato. 

 Tubers very numerous, 

 light yellow, and thin, 

 considering their length; 

 their diameter scarcely 

 exceeding the thickness 

 of the thumb, while their 

 length is often 3^ to 

 4j in. The flesh and 

 flavour are delicate. 

 A vigorous half -late 

 variety. 



Magnum Bonum 

 Potato. Tuber large, 

 oblong, slightly flattened, 

 sometimes irregular in 

 shape ; skin pale yellow, 

 smooth or wrinkled, 

 according to the kind 

 of soil in which the 

 plants are grown ; flesh 

 yellow ; eyes pretty well 

 marked, and prominent 

 rather than sunk ; shoot 

 pink. Stems very erect, 

 vigorous growing, quad- 

 rangular, winged, tinged 

 with coppery red above 

 the joints, and growing 

 from about 2j to 3^ ft. 

 high. Leaves rather far 

 apart, composed, especi- 

 ally those towards the 

 base of the stem, of very 

 broad, oval-rounded, not 

 very numerous, almost 



Queen of the Polders Potato. fl . at > a " d , b ^ adl y ~ 



ticulated leaflets. The 



prevailing tint of the foliage is a pale or grayish green. Flowers 

 lilac-red, most abortive. An extremely productive mid-season 



