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and brown. Leaves broad, and light green. Flowers violet, in 

 strong clusters, and seeding abundantly. Somewhat subject to 

 disease. 



Wormleighton Seedling. A half-late variety with medium- 

 sized stems and very large smooth almond-shaped tubers, handsome 

 in appearance, but only fair in quality. * 



III. AMERICAN VARIETIES 



For the last thirty years the Americans have been active 

 in sowing Potato-seed for raising new varieties, and now rival the 

 English raisers in the success which has attended their efforts. A 

 great number of their new varieties such as the Early Rose, 

 Snowflake, etc. were at once adopted by Potato-growers in 

 Europe as well as in America. These varieties have already been 

 described by us as of the first rank, and we shall now mention 

 some others, which, perhaps, only require to be better known in 

 order to be as well appreciated. 



Adirondack. A vigorous mid-season variety. Tubers round 

 or slightly flattened, smooth, pale red ; flesh white ; shoot pink. 

 Stems erect ; leaves broad ; flowers reddish violet. 



Alpha. An early variety. Tubers white, slightly elongated, 

 somewhat flattened ; stems short ; leaves fairly large, but scanty. 



Bresee's Peerless. Tubers handsome, very much flattened, 

 almost as broad as long, oblong or sometimes heart-shaped, and 

 almost always notched at the bottom ; skin and flesh white ; shoot 

 pink. Leaves pale green, broad, and somewhat curled ; flowers 

 white. A half-early and exceedingly productive variety. 



Bresee's Prolific. In productiveness and quality comparable 

 to Early Rose. The tubers are flattened, oblong, sometimes almost 

 square at both ends ; skin smooth, pale yellow more or less tinged 

 with salmon-red, flesh white ; eyes faintly marked ; shoot pink. 



Brownell's Beauty. Tubers oblong, rather flattened, and 

 usually very broad ; skin somewhat wrinkled, and a dark, slightly 

 vinous, red ; flesh white ; shoot pink. Stems erect and vigorous ; 

 leaves rather broad, and yellowish green ; flowers lilac-red. A 

 very productive mid-season variety, of great merit. The tubers are 

 very handsome and generally very regular in shape. 



Calico. Productive, half-late. Tuber rounded or oblong, but 

 always flattened, skin very smooth, bright yellow, with broad red 

 stripes ; eyes scarcely marked, flesh pale yellow ; shoot red. 



Centennial. Tubers bright red, spherical or slightly flattened, 

 and very smooth ; eyes hardly marked ; shoot red. Stems of 

 medium size ; leaves broad, pale green ; flowers reddish. A 

 half-early and rather productive variety. The tubers keep well for 

 an American kind. 



* Select List of Varieties, see pp. 770, 771. 



