OBLONG AND LONG YELLOW POTATOES 573 



bright yellow, smooth ; eyes prominent rather than sunk ; flesh 

 very yellow ; shoot smooth, copper-coloured. Stems half-erect, 

 20 in. to 2 ft. long, quite green, thick, quadrangular, and winged. 

 Leaves long and abundant, composed of numerous leaflets, large 

 and small, of a pale green, slightly yellow, colour. Flowers very 

 large, lilac-red, not numerous, and seldom seeding. This variety is 

 particularly suitable for frying and for salads ; the flesh is very firm 

 and compact. The tubers ripen middling early. If planted in 

 April, new potatoes may be dug about the end of August. 



Joseph Rigault Potato. — Tubers smooth, almond-shaped, skin 

 and flesh quite yellow ; the eyes very faintly marked ; the shoot 

 copper-coloured. The stems are thin and weak, generally lying 

 on the ground ; the foliage is light, pale green, and glazed. The 

 flowers are few and purple-red. A half-early variety, well shaped 

 and clean, with a fairly tough skin and of pleasant flavour. It has 

 all the qualities valued in a table Potato, and is altogether a garden 

 Potato, not being productive enough for market-gardening or 

 agricultural purposes. 



III. Round Red Varieties 



Red-skinned Flour-ball Potato (Synonyms : Garnet Chili, 

 or Brinkworth Challenger). — Tubers large, deeply marked with 

 hollows from the eyes being very much sunk, often 4 in. or more 



Red-skinned Flour-ball Potato (natural size). 



