VIOLET-COLOURED POTATOES 



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seldom showing, and never seeding. This is a mid-early variety, 

 not very productive, but of very good quality. It keeps well and 

 without sprouting, and is, perhaps, the best of all varieties for table 

 use in spring, becoming more floury and improving in quality as 

 the season advances. 



Negresse Potato. Tubers long, cylindrical ; eyes deeply set 

 like those of the Vitelotte : skin almost black, also flesh. Stems 



weak, purple ; foliage curled and reticulated ; flowers white. A 

 variety not productive, but curious for the colour of its flesh. 



Vicar of Laleham Potato. Tubers very large, regular spherical 

 in shape, or slightly flattened, smooth, with eyes faintly marked. 

 The skin is purple, sometimes rather rough ; the flesh is white, 

 floury and light. The stems strong, but not long compared with 

 the great productiveness of the plant and the size of the tubers. 

 The flowers are white, scarce, and usually sterile. A fine half-early, 

 very productive Potato, succeeding best in light rich soils ; the 

 tubers not very numerous, but large and keeping quite well. 



