VARIETIES AND BREEDS 



Natal to be hard)' and resistant to rust, but a 



with extensive root system, 



yielding record crops only 



on rich, heavy vlei soil, and 



requiring 135 to 150 days 



to mature. 



247. Ladysmith. — Figs. 

 94I! and 109. Class: late 

 white dent ; rows, 14 to 20 ; 

 length, \o\ inches ; circum- 

 ference at 2 inches from 

 butt, 8f , from tip, 6f inches ; 

 grain, deep wedge, pinch- 

 dented, beaked, very rough. 



Grown by Mr. Walter 

 Pepworth of Pepworth, near 

 Ladysmith, and taken from 

 his farm to Vereeniging by 

 Mr. McLaren, who called 

 it the I^adysmith for want 

 of another name. It prob- 

 ably originated from Cham- 

 pion White Pearl, which it 

 resembles in its beaked 

 o-rain, and it is known by 

 "that name among many far- 

 mers inNatal. But it differs 

 in other respects (larger size, 

 later maturity, better yield, 

 etc.) from typical Champion 

 White Pearl as imported by 

 the writer some years ago, 

 and grown for several years 

 at the Botanical Experi- 

 mental Station, Pretoria, 

 and the Government Ex- 

 periment Farm, Potchef- 

 stroom. 



Ladysmith is a late- 

 maturing breed, and best 



301 



feeder, 



CHAP. 

 VII. 



Fig. 10S. — Boone County. 



