DECEMBER, 1903, TO DECEMBER, 1905. 99 



12578 to 12668— Continued. 



12597 to 12601— Continued. 



12600. 



Malador. (L. R. Jones's No. 34.) Recommended by Mr. Mansholt 

 as a late, yellow-fleshed, good table variety, and resistant to Phytoph- 

 thora. 



12601. 



Daisy. (L. R. Jones's No. 35.) Recommended by Mr. Mansholt as 

 a late factory variety and resistant to Phytophthora. 



12602 to 12607. 



From Paris, France. Received thru Vilmorin-Andrieux & Co., Septem- 

 ber 22, 1904. 



12602. 



Belle de Fontenay. (L. R. Jones's No. 36.) Recommended by Vil- 

 morin-Andrieux & Co. as a very early variety of high vigor and produc- 

 tiveness. Tubers oblong, skin and flesh yellow. Esteemed one of the 

 best early potatoes; the standard in the Paris market. Stands shipment 

 well and esteemed for "French fried" potatoes; prefers a fairly moist 

 soil in France; recommended especially for trial in the South. 



12603. 



Brandale. (L. R. Jones's No. 37.) Recommended by Vilmorin- 

 Andrieux & Co. as a very early variety with oblong tubers, yellow skin 

 and yellow flesh, and worthy of trial in Florida. 



12604. 



Early Rose. (L. R. Jones's No. 38.) This is very extensively grown 

 as an early potato in France, and is the only white-fleshed early potato 

 Vilmorin-Andrieux & Co. could recommend. They consider it of high 

 vigor and productiveness. 



12605. 



Chave (Shaw). (L. R. Jones's No. 39.) This is a standard French 

 variety, round tubers, yellow flesh, and yellow skin. Recommended 

 by Vilmorin-Andrieux & Co. as of high vigor and productiveness and 

 worthy of trial in our Southern States. 



Doctor Delacroix considers this the most resistant of the French 

 varieties to Phytophthora and similar in this respect to Magnum Bonum 

 among the English varieties. 



12606. 



Belle de Juillet. (L. R. Jones's No. 40.) Second early. Oblong 

 tubers, skin and flesh yellow. Recommended for trial, especially in the 

 South, by Vilmorin-Andrieux & Co. as an especially vigorous and pro- 

 ductive variety. ' ' I found what I take to be the same variety to be 

 the favorite potato grown at Florence (Experiment Farm), for the 

 northern export and trade. It is also grown and highly esteemed in 

 Germany . ' ' ( Jones. ) 



12607. 



Quarantaine de la Halle. (L. R. Jones's No. 42.). This was described 

 as a medium-early variety of high vigor and productiveness, recom- 

 mended for trial culture in Florida, etc. Oblong tubers, skin and flesh 

 yellow. 



12608 to 12613. 



From Reading, England. Received thru Sutton & Sons, December 31, 

 1904. 



May Queen. (L. R. Jones's No. 51.) Sutton's origination. Very 

 early; kidney shape, shallow eyes, yellow skin, a very handsome potato, 



