OBLONG AND LONG YELLOW POTATOES 571 



as soon as they commence to sprout, by the pink colour of the shoots, 

 which are also hairy and covered with leaves; flesh yellow. Stems 

 slender, generally unbranched and spreading along the ground, from 

 20 in. to 2 ft. long, and slightly winged. Leaves rather far apart, 

 short, composed of a few oval-rounded, very much reticulated dark 

 green leaflets. Flowers white, opening early, in not very numerous 

 clusters, and sometimes producing seed. A very good variety for 

 an early crop, coming in almost as soon as the Early Marjolin and 

 quite as productive, but it keeps badly. It is very extensively 

 grown for an early crop in the open fields in the vicinity of Paris. 



Prince of Wales Potato. Tubers generally smooth, but some- 

 times knobby ; almond or pear-shaped ; flesh yellow, fine grained, 

 floury and light. Stems pretty vigorous, brown, mostly lying on 



Prince ol Wales Potato. 



the soil The foliage is reticulated, resembling that of the Royal 

 Ash-leaved Potato. The flowers are lilac-blue, and very seldom 

 seed. It is an excellent, very productive Potato, and of easy sale. 

 It is especially apt for producing fresh tubers in August and 

 September, but, like the Royal Ash-leaved, does not keep very well. 

 Yorkshire Hybrid Potato (jQuarantaine de la Halle or 

 Hollande). Tubers medium-sized, seldom more than from 3^ to 

 4 in. long by 2 in. in diameter, oblong or almond-shaped ; skin 

 yellow, usually smooth ; eyes hardly visible ; flesh very yellow and 

 of excellent quality; shoot pink, slightly hairy, and slow in growth. 

 Stems half-erect, quadrangular, winged, sometimes branching, and 

 from 2 to over 2j ft. long. Leaves large and broad, composed of a 

 great number of leaflets of very variable dimensions : in the lower 

 leaves they are broad, flat, and almost glazed ; in the upper ones 



