OBLONG AND LONG YELLOW POTATOES 573 



bright yellow, smooth ; eyes prominent rather than sunk ; flesh 

 very yellow ; shoot smooth, copper-coloured. Stems half-erect, 

 20 in. to 2 ft. long, quite green, thick, quadrangular, and winged. 

 Leaves long and abundant, composed of numerous leaflets, large 

 and small, of a pale green, slightly yellow, colour. Flowers very 

 large, lilac-red, not numerous, and seldom seeding. This variety is 

 particularly suitable for frying and for salads ; the flesh is very firm 

 and compact. The tubers ripen middling early. If planted in 

 April, new potatoes may be dug about the end of August. 



Joseph Rigault Potato. Tubers smooth, almond-shaped, skin 

 and flesh quite yellow ; the eyes very faintly marked ; the shoot 

 copper-coloured. The stems are thin and weak, generally lying 

 on the ground ; the foliage is light, pale green, and glazed. The 

 flowers are few and purple-red. A half-early variety, well shaped 

 and clean, with a fairly tough skin and of pleasant flavour. It has 

 all the qualities valued in a table Potato, and is altogether a garden 

 Potato, not being productive enough for market-gardening or 

 agricultural purposes. 



III. ROUND RED VARIETIES 



Red-skinned Flour-ball Potato (Synonyms : Garnet Chili, 

 or Brinkworth Challenger). Tubers large, deeply marked with 

 hollows from the eyes being very much sunk, often 4 in. or more 



Red-skinned Flour-ball Potato (natural size). 



