ROUND YELLOW POTATOES 



deal of noise was made about it in England, on account of its 

 resisting the disease. It is not, however, perfectly exempt from it, 

 but, like the Chardon Potato, it continues to grow when attacked 

 by the fungus, and ripens its tubers late in autumn, when the disease 

 has spent much of its force. 



Jeance Potato. — Tubers rounded, somewhat irregular, the eyes 

 being very deeply sunk ; skin of a slightly gray-yellow colour, and 

 smooth or wrinkled, according to the kind of soil in which the plants 

 are grown ; flesh yellow ; shoot pink. Diameter often 3| in. 

 and sometimes more. Stems vigorous growing, from 2j in. to 

 3j ft. long, quadrangular, rather deeply winged, often drooping, 

 and very much branched. Leaves medium-sized, with short oval- 

 rounded or heart-shaped leaflets, which are almost flat in the lower 

 leaves and curled and folded in those at the end of the stem. 

 Flowers rather numerous, lilac-pink ; fruit seldom. Leaves a pale 

 gray-green. This Potato, which is best known in the vicinity of 

 Paris by the name of Poimne de Terre Vosgierme, is one of the most 

 productive and best kinds. It is very floury and keeps well. If 

 planted in April, the crop ripens in September. 



IL Oblong and Long Yellow Varieties 



Snowflake Potato. — Tuber oval, always flattened, and re- 

 markable for its symmetrical shape ; skin pale yellow or grayish 

 white, sometimes smooth, but usually wrinkled ; flesh white, very 

 floury, and light in texture ; eyes very faintly marked ; shoot pale 

 pink. Stem rather erect, seldom exceeding 2 ft. in height, more 

 round than quadrangular, swollen at the joints, and quite green. 

 Leaves rather numerous and large, and of a very pale, light yellow- 

 green ; those at the base of the stem are much larger and flatter 

 than those at the top. Flo\^•ers white, large, very often abortive. 

 This is one of the best American varieties. It is a productive 

 and rather early kind, and the flesh is of excellent quality. If 

 planted in April, the tubers ripen about the middle of July. 



Ohio Junior Potato. — Very large, oblong, flattened tubers 

 very regular in shape, yellow, with eyes very little sunk ; the flesh 

 white ; the shoot violet-coloured ; the stems vigorous, very thick 

 but short, and often branching, slightly winged, purple. Leaves 

 large, of a shining dark green; leaflets oval, rounded, reticulated, 

 almost glabrous ; the flowers lilac with white points, not pro- 

 ductive of seeds. It is above all a field variety, almost as productive 

 as the Imperator and the Giant Blue Potato, but rather early. One 

 of its chief merits is seldom to produce those small tubers which, 

 being started late in the season, have not the time to attain a fair 

 size and therefore go to waste. 



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