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white, abundant, and falling off. A vigorous but rather dwarf 

 plant, of like earliness to the Yorkshire Hybrid, having the same 

 qualities, with rather larger tubers. 



Marjolin Potato (English synonyms : Walnut-leaved Kidney, 

 Sandringham Early Kidney). — Tubers long, often slightly curved, 

 thicker and rounder at one end, narrowed to a blunt point at the 

 other, often marked with swellings about the eyes ; skin yellow, 

 smooth ; flesh very yellow ; shoot, when grown in darkness, 

 yellowish white, and violet and green when grown in the light. 

 The tubers grow close together around the bottom of the stem. 



Walnut-leaved Kidney Potato (sprouting tubers, natural size). 



Stems short, seldom exceeding i6 to 20 in. in length, usually 

 drooping, not branched, and slightly winged. Leaves medium- 

 sized, with rounded leaflets, dark green on the upper surface, 

 much glazed, and almost always spoon-shaped. Flowers white, 

 rather large, usually abortive, when the variety is very pure. 

 This is the best known and most extensively grown early 

 Potato, and forms tubers more quickly than any other kind. 

 If planted in the open ground in April, the tubers ripen in 

 June. It is the most suitable kind for growing in frames for 



