22 THE POTATO CEOP. 



Farmer. Stem rather upright, about 3 feet high ; tuber 

 hollowed at both ends, with large deep eyes ; colour red, 

 but white about the hollowed points ; skin rough ; mealy, 

 very good flavour, and very healthy. 



East -Lothian Red. A round potato of great merit, 

 bearing some resemblance to the Perth Red; eyes large 

 but not deep ; skin of a deep red ; pretty good flavour. 



Fill Basket. Stem loose and straggling, about 2 feet 

 high ; tuber round ; colour whitish ; slightly rough ; mealy, 

 good flavour, and pretty healthy. 



Kilspindie Blooms. Stem stout and erect, about 2^ 

 feet high; tuber oval and flattened; colour dark bluish 

 purple; very mealy, superior flavour, and healthy. A 

 much and deservedly esteemed variety, considered, how- 

 ever, less productive than the Perth Reds, except when 

 sown on peaty or moorish soils, for which it seems to be 

 admirably adapted. 



Leather Coat. Stem stout and slightly spreading, 

 about 30 inches high; tuber slightly oblong and much 

 flattened ; colour yellowish white ; skin remarkably rough ; 

 mealy, excellent flavour, and healthy. An esteemed 

 variety, formerly grown extensively in the middle dis- 

 tiicts of Scotland, where it is still to be met with, but 

 considered less productive than the Perthshire White. 



Old Flat White. Stem long and slightly spreading, 

 about 2| feet high ; tuber slightly oblong, much flattened ; 

 colour very white ; skin smooth ; mealy, superior quality, 

 and healthy. This variety was formerly greatly esteemed, 

 and cultivated almost exclusively in some of the potato- 

 growing districts of Perthshire and of Forfarshire; but 

 although it is generally allowed to be a superior variety 

 to the Perthshire Reds, they have almost entirely super- 

 seded it in field cultivation. 



Perthshire Red. Stem slightly spreading, about 2 feet 

 high ; tuber slightly oblong, medium size and somewhat 



