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variety, coming in about the middle of September. In England 

 it has the reputation of resisting the disease very well, but in 



Magnum Bonum Potato (natural size). 



France it is not remarkable in this respect. Although at first 

 green when other varieties are attacked, when it arrives at the 

 period when the tubers commence to form, it takes the disease in 

 its turn, and soon succumbs to it. 



Lapstone Potato (English synonyms : Ash-top Fluke, Per- 

 fection Kidney, Pebble White, Rixton's Pippin, Yorkshire Hero). — 



Lapstone, or Yorkshire Hero, Potato (natural size). 



Tubers regularly almond-shaped, sometimes short, sometimes long, 

 and very smooth ; eyes hardly marked ; skin pale yellow, slightly 



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