POTATOES: AMERICAN VARIETIES 597 



Compton's Surprise. A vigorous half-early variety ; tubers 

 purple, oblong, resembling those of Early Rose, except that they 

 are purple ; flowers white. 



Early Cottage. A very productive variety. Tubers large or 

 very large, rounded, and thick ; eyes rather deeply sunk ; skin 

 often wrinkled, and very pale yellow ; flesh white. Stems rather 

 scanty in growth compared with the weight of the crop of tubers ; 

 leaves gray-green and rather curled ; flowers lilac, usually abortive. 



Early Goodrich. Tubers oblong, thick, not much flattened, 

 often almost pointed at the top ; flesh and skin white ; shoot pink. 

 Leaves of a very light green, almost yellow ; flowers white. A hand- 

 some and productive variety, but too often attacked by the disease. 



Early Ohio. Tubers pink, smooth, oblong ; eyes very faintly 

 marked ; shoot red. Stems erect, stiff, slightly tinged with copper 

 colour ; leaves very broad, flat, with extremely large leaflets of a 

 light and grayish green. This variety does not flower. 



Eureka. Tubers long, rather flattened, often square at the 

 ends, and sometimes slightly notched ; skin white, hardly yellow, 

 and very slightly wrinkled ; flesh white ; shoot pink. Stems of 

 scanty growth ; leaves of a very light green ; flowers white. A 

 very productive and rather early variety. The tubers are rather 

 irregular in shape, and sometimes quite nondescript in this respect. 



Extra Early Vermont. There is only an exceedingly slight 

 shade of difference between this Potato and the Early Rose, so 

 that they are often mistaken one for the other. The tuber of the 

 Extra Early Vermont is a little broader and flatter, and ripens two 

 or three days earlier than that of the Early Rose. 



King of the Earlies. Tubers somewhat angular or irregular 

 in shape, rounded and slightly flattened in their general outline, 

 and with the eyes rather deeply sunk ; skin smooth, but dull in 

 hue, of a salmon-tinted and grayish pink colour ; flesh white and 

 floury ; shoot pink. Stems of very scanty growth ; leaves broad, 

 of a pale grayish green, withering very early, without any flowers. 

 This is really one of the earliest of all Potatoes. 



Late Rose. In many respects this variety is very like the 

 Early Rose, and even the difference in earliness which exists 

 between the two varieties does not exceed ten days. The Late 

 Rose, however, is distinguished by the greater size of its tubers, 

 which, on the other hand, are not so numerous as those of the 

 Early Rose. They are also of a purer pink, and not so much 

 tinged with salmon colour. 



Manhattan. Tubers round, slightly flattened, and variegated 

 with yellow and violet colour ; shoot pink, spotted with violet. 

 Stems short and stiff, about 2 ft. high ; leaves rather abundant, 

 broad, rounded, gray-green, much folded and reticulated ; flowers 

 generally wanting. 



