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good hardy varieties, all greatly help to prevent disease. 

 The Potato disease seldom inflicts much injury on 

 the Potato crops. 



Good Varieties. First Earlies, forcing or frames : 

 Early Ashleaf, Midlothian Early, Ringleader, May 

 Queen and Duke of York amongst the kidney 

 varieties, and Harbinger, Sharp's Victor and Sutton's 

 A.I. of the rounds, are the best. Good Second Early 

 and mid-season varieties are the kidney potatoes 

 Snowdrop, Early Puritan, Sir John Llewelyn, Sutton's 

 Favourite and British Queen ; and Russet Queen, 

 Maid of Coil, Dalmeny Acme and Herd Laddie of 

 the round section. 



Late Varieties. Kidney : The Factor, Ideal, Chan- 

 cellor, Up-to-Date, Highlander, Nobleman and Main- 

 Crop. Round : The Crofter, Sirdar, Windsor Castle, 

 Abundance, Duchess of Cornwall and Snowball. These 

 are all whites. A few good coloured are Kidneys : 

 Queen of the Veldt, King Edward VII. (red) and 

 Edgecote (purple). Rounds : Reading Russet (red), 

 The Dean (purple) and Dalmeny (red). 



RHUBARB. 



Although an inferior vegetable, no garden can well 

 dispense with Rhubarb. The stem product, which si 

 the part consumed, is of the utmost service for making 

 pies, for stewing or preserving at a time when fruits 

 generally are scarce. ' Rhubarb has such a long season 

 that it is forced for sale early in January, and can be 

 had until the end of June if needed. Rhubarb re- 



