POTATOES: FRENCH VARIETIES 



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In addition to those already described, some of the best known 

 or most noteworthy English and other varieties are : — 



I. French Varieties 



Achille Lemon. — Tubers slender and elongated, usually curved, 

 and much narrower at one end than at the other ; skin very smooth, 

 golden-yellow, marked with broad dark violet spots, especially at 

 the end of the tuber and near the eyes, which are very slightly 

 sunk ; flesh deep yellow, rather firm, and very fine. A half-early, 

 moderately productive variety. 



Artichaut Jaune. — Tubers long, slender, almost cylindrical, 

 very much notched, and like those of the Vitelotte Potato, only that 

 they are yellow instead of red. A floury, half-late variety, now 

 almost gone out of cultivation. 



Aspasie. — A vigorous-growing late variety. Tubers regular, 

 oblong, large, flattened ; skin coppery pink ; flesh white, very rich 

 in starch. 



Belle Augustine. — Tubers pale yellow, oblong, flattened, 

 usually somewhat kidney-shaped ; skin smooth ; eyes faintly 

 marked ; flesh yellow ; shoot violet-coloured. A rather dwarf, 

 early, and productive kind, coming in eight or ten days earlier than 

 the Yorkshire Hybrid Potato. It is grown to some extent in the 

 vicinity of Paris for the supply of new potatoes. 



Belle de Vincennes. — Tubers oblong, flattened, smooth, almost 

 without eyes, remarkably handsome, and resembling the Snowflake 

 Potato in appearance ; shoot violet-coloured. Stems stout, tinged 

 with brown, usually twisted ; leaves broad, numerous, and dark 

 green ; flowers violet, in rather crowded clusters. This variety 

 seeds abundantly. 



Bonne Wilhelmine. — Tuber small, round, bright yellow, smooth; 

 eyes but little marked ; flesh very yellow ; shoot purple. 



Brandale. — Tubers yellow, long, almond-shaped ; flesh butter- 

 yellow ; shoot violet. Stems short, spreading, brown or violet ; 

 leaves small, with small dark green leaflets,' much reticulated ; 

 flowers white. An early variety much grown in Southern 

 France. 



Caillaud. — Tubers round, medium-sized or large, yellow, 

 slightly tinted with salmon colour ; shoot pink ; skin usually 

 wrinkled ; flowers white. A stout-growing, productive, half-late 

 variety, very good for field culture, and resembling the Jeance 

 Potato except in the flowers, but not so productive as that 

 variety. 



Chandernagor.— Productive half-late variety. Tubers slightly 

 elongated, somewhat notched, black purple ; flesh strongly tinged 

 with violet, but very fine and of excellent quality ; shoot violet. 



