, 486 
£3-£4 10s. and upwards per ton, according to season, the favourite 
varieties being ‘* Early Rose," “Jaune Ronde,” “Cha De, 
“Beauvais Ronde," ‘‘U -to- ate," DE PAC de Bauvais "' 
and ‘‘ Richter’s Imperator ” _ (Journ. Roy. Soc. Arts, lxii. 1914, 
p.662). ‘ Early Rose”? and ‘ -to-Date "" seem to be two varieties 
most in demand for East Africa and S. Africa; ‘‘ Sut 
Ringleader” was tried at Old Calabar (1901), and ^ Chiswick 
Favourite," *‘Imperator’’ and ‘‘ Adirondack " have yielded satis- 
factory crops at Hakgala, Ceylon (Trimen, Roy. Bot. Gardens, 
Ceylon, Report, 1890, p. 13). There are upwards of 500 good 
Starch and Alcohol are given in the following works. A curious 
industry was started several years ago in Berlin for the manu- 
facture of Jead pencils, a rou made from potatoes taking 
the place of the cedar wo en on thly Cons. and Trade Rep., 
Washington, Aug. 1907, p. 26). 
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Agric. Farmers’ Bull. No. 35, 1896, pp. 1-23. otatoes: Varie- 
ties: Fertilizers : Scab, Rane and San, New Hampuhife Coll. 
pp. 1-75, illust. (Spottiswoode & Co. London): Reprint. from 
ji n. Roy. Agric . Soe. CENE ix. 1898, pp. 581-653. ‘ The 
Irish Potato,’ eae and Nees, Texas Agric. Exp. St. Bull. No. 54, 
1899, Hort. Section, pp. 109- 198, illustrated. The Manufacture 
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Chem. Bull. No. 58, 1900, pp. 1-48, including “The Use of Potatoes 
for the Manufacture of Alcohol, = , PP- 26-27.——“ The Preparation 
and Use of Dried Potatoes," in Bull. Imp. Inst. i. 1903 
pp. 77-80.——*' Pomme de Tah re: Solanum tuberosum,” in P 
Potagères, ep in-Andrieux, pp. 573-620 (Paris, 1904) with 
descriptions o f 153 varieties: English Translation, Robinson, 
pp. 550-601, illustrati: Potatoes and Potato Culture, Ràne 
and Hall, U. s. Dept. Agric. Exp. St. New Hampshire, Bull. No.111, 
1904, pp. 109-130, illustr. — The Book of the Potato, Sanders, 
pp. 1-222, with a list of 269 varieties (Collingridge, London, 
1905). phe Potato, Fraser, pp. 1-185 (The Orange Judd Co. 
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, 1905, pp. 1-48. “ Drying Potatoes in Germany,” 
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