OBLONG AND LONG YELLOW POTATOES 569 



It is almost as early as the Marjolin Potato, but its tubers do not 



Royal Ash-leaved Kidney Potato. Tuber (natural size). 



Belle of Fontenay Potato. — Tubers yellow, oblong or kidney- 

 shaped, abundant, medium-sized, smooth. The flesh is very yellow, 

 the shoot violet In growth this variety resembles the Royal 



Belle of Fontenay Potato. 



Ash-leaved Potato, but the stems are shorter, and the leaves, which 

 are dark green, much twisted. The flowers are lilac-coloured and 

 seldom bear seed. A very early, productive variety, of good 

 quality and keeping well ; suitable also for growing under glass. 



Belle of July Potato. — Tubers thick, almond-shaped, sometimes 

 curved like a kidney. The skin is yellow, smooth; the flesh yellow; 



