VARIEGATED POTATOES 



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purposes, being very productive, rich in starch, and keeping well. 

 It is besides of sufficiently good quality for the table. 



La Bretonne Potato. Tubers rounded or oblong, flattened 

 on one side. The skin rosy white, slightly red near the eyes. 

 The flesh is white and of good quality ; the stems tall and stout, 



La Bretonne Potato. 



with vigorous branches ; the foliage light gray-green in colour, and 

 the flowers white. This Potato, though not a cattle-feeding one, 

 is remarkable for the abundance of its yield. Its flesh is floury, 

 and it is one of the best among table Potatoes. 



Peake's First Early Potato (Blanchard}. Tubers round, 

 sometimes flattened, yellow, plentifully variegated with violet, 

 especially towards the top and around the eyes; skin smooth; flesh 

 yellow ; shoot violet-coloured. Stems stout, usually prostrate, 

 almost always branching, from about 2j to over 3 ft. long, tinged 

 with brown, especially towards the base. Leaves medium-sized, 

 composed of oval-acuminate, rather reticulated leaflets, light green. 



