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.are a lighter green, those at the top of the stem being paler and 

 yellower than those at the base. The flowers fall off while in the 

 bud state. This is a very fine and excellent variety. If planted 

 in April, new potatoes, fit for use, may be taken up about the end 

 •of July. 



Golden-yellow Norwegian Potato. — Tubers medium-sized, 

 rounded, sometimes slightly elongated, usually very regular ; skin 

 of a handsome yellow colour ; fiesh yellow, shoot violet. Stems 

 blender ; leaves small, light green ; flowers flax gray. This is one 



Cigarette Potato. 



-of the best Potatoes for table use, specially in a rather dry climate. 

 In wet seasons it easily becomes diseased. 



Cigarette Potato. — Tubers large, yellow, rounded or slightly 

 long, flattened, very smooth ; flesh white ; shoot pink. The 

 stems numerous, strong, somewhat angular, light green ; leaves 

 rather scanty, with small oval-pointed leaflets, slightly hairy. The 

 flowers fall off. This variety has against it, from a French point 

 of view, the whiteness of its flesh, but it has excellent qualities. It 

 is a heavy cropper, producing perfectly regular tubers very easy 

 to peel. Ripens mid-season. 



Up-to-Date Potato. — Tubers round, sometimes slightly elon- 

 gated and flattened, almost without eyes ; skin yellow ; flesh pale 



