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rather stiff ; leaves dark gray-green ; flowers white. A mid- 

 season variety, productive, and, many years ago, well known and 

 highly esteemed. 



Violette {Hundred-fold Potato). A very old and productive 

 variety, grown for about a century, and occasionally comes still to 

 the Paris market. Tubers round and often squared at both ends, 

 notched, eyes deeply sunk ; skin deep purple ; flesh yellow ; shoot 

 violet. 



Xavier (Patte Blanche]. Tubers oblong, almost cylindrical, pale 

 pink, slightly notched ; flesh yellow-white ; shoot pink. Stems 



Violette (Hundred-fold) Potato. De Zelande (Red Regent) Potato. 



rather long ; leaves gray ; flowers white. This variety is worthy 

 of recommendation on account of its good quality, but it is very 

 liable to be attacked by the disease. 



Yam, or Igname. Like the preceding variety, this one also 

 suffers greatly from the disease, and it is difficult now to meet with 

 it in a perfectly healthy and vigorous condition. The tubers are 

 oblong, rather large, almost cylindrical, and slightly notched ; skin 

 pale red, smooth ; shoot red. 



De Zelande (Red Regent or Gosforth Seedling}. An excellent 

 half-late variety, keeping well. Tubers round, medium-sized ; skin 

 bright red, slightly rough ; eyes faintly marked ; flesh yellow ; 

 shoot red. 



II. ENGLISH VARIETIES 



Alice Fenn. Tubers oblong, kidney-shaped, very regular ; 

 skin yellow, smooth ; flesh pale yellow ; shoot violet. Stems very 

 scanty, slender and pliant ; leaves small and few ; flowers violet. 

 A handsome, rather early, but not very productive kind. 



Bovinia. Tubers very large, long, broad, flattened, rather 

 deeply notched, and yellow variegated with red, especially towards 

 the top and near the eyes ; flesh yellow-white. Stems vigorous 

 growing ; leaves large. A very late variety, producing tubers 

 which sometimes weigh over two pounds each, but are not very 



