VARIETIES IN CULTIVATION". 25 



largely grown in Scotland, especially in the middle dis- 

 tricts, for cattle-feeding purposes. 



Connaught Cups. Stems stout and erect, about 2| to 

 3 feet high ; tubers large and slightly oblong ; colour dull 

 reddish pink; mealy, good flavour, and healthy. 



Cups. Stem stout and erect, about 2^ to 3 feet high ; 

 tubers large, oblong, and irregularly shaped ; colour dull 

 pink ; mealy, good flavour, and healthy. This, the Staf- 

 ford Hall, and the Lumpers, are generally considered as 

 the three best varieties for cultivation for cattle-feeding 

 purposes. Of these, the Lumpers probably are the most 

 productive as to weight of crop. The other two, however, 

 are far superior in quality; the Cup, like the Stafford 

 Hall, being a moderately good potato for table purposes 

 when not grown of too large a size. Its tubers, owing to 

 their irregular shape, are more difficult to wash than the 

 others, which are almost always met with of a symme- 

 trical shape. 



Irish Lumpers. Stem pretty erect and stout, about 

 2 1 feet high ; tuber large, slightly oblong, and much flat- 

 tened; colour whitish; waxy, flavour indifferent, very 

 healthy. A prolific sort, and largely grown for cattle. 



Mangold -Wurzel. A name under which the Red Yam 

 has lately been brought into pretty general notice, and 

 which possesses all the physical and economic characters 

 of that excellent variety. 



Ox Noble. Stem about 2J feet high, spreading; tubers 

 slightly oblong, and flattened; colour whitish; rather 

 waxy, flavour indifferent, very healthy; indeed, one of 

 the most healthy varieties in cultivation. 



Pink -eyed Dairymaid. Stem bushy, about 2| feet 

 high ; tuber large, roundish, and deep-eyed ; colour whitish, 

 and pink, or purplish ; waxy, indifferent flavour, but very 

 healthy. Not suited for table use ; but a very large crop- 

 per, and well adapted for cattle feeding. 



