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the shoot purple. The stems are rather thin, firm, erect ; foh'age light. 

 It is not liable to disease. The flowers are not abundant, and of a 

 gray-lilac, and do not usually produce seed. An excellent Potato for 



Belle of July Potato. 



the French market, on account of its shape, earliness, and especially 

 the colour of its flesh. Comes into use at the same time as the 

 Yorkshire Hybrid Potato, to which it is superior. The tubers are 

 numerous and almost uniform in size, so there is no waste in lifting. 



Nettle-leaved (Early Bedfont) Kidney Potato. 



Nettle-leaved Potato (English synonyms : Early Bedfont 

 Kidney, or Sutton's Early Racehorse, Potato). — Tubers very like 

 those of the Early Marjolin Potato, but distinguished from them, 



