POTATOES: FRENCH VARIETIES 



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leaves curled and reticulated ; flowers lilac-red. This is a rather 

 late kind, and never very productive. 



Jaune Ronde Hative de Provence {Round Early Provence). — 

 Tubers large, round, light yellow, regular in shape, slightly 

 notched ; flesh very light yellow ; shoot violet. Stem thick, 

 vigorous, angular, spreading ; leaves very large, with slightly 

 reticulated leaflets ; flowers white. An early and very productive 

 Potato, well suited for export. 



De Malte. — Tubers very large, round ; eyes very deeply sunk, 

 and rather like those of the Jeance Potato ; shoot pink. Stems 

 usually trailing on the ground, green, and from about 2\ to over 

 3 ft. in length ; leaves clear green, curled, and reticulated. The 

 flowers are constantly abortive. 



Marceau. — Remarkable for the great size of its tubers which are 

 flattened, oblong ; skin pale yellow, somewhat rough ; flesh yellow ; 

 shoot violet. 



M. Eiffel. — Early and very productive, in shape resembles the 

 Cottager's Red Potato, 

 but is rather longer and 

 pale yellow ; flesh white ; 

 shoot pink. Stems rather 

 short ; leaves large, 

 smooth, spreading. 



Naine Hative. — 

 Tubers small or medium- 

 sized, round ; eyes faintly 

 marked ; skin yellow, 

 rather smooth ; shoot 



violet-coloured ; flesh yellow. Flowers lilac, 

 weak, seldom exceeding from 16 to 20 in. in 

 variety, but a very poor cropper. 



Noisette Sainville. — A miniature Potato, with a very appro- 

 priate name, as the size of the tubers is only about that of a 

 hazel-nut {noisette), very rarely exceeding that of a good-sized 

 almond. They are ovoid and slightly flattened in shape, of a 

 grayish yellow colour, and with a slightly wrinkled skin. The 

 eyes are hardly visible ; shoot violet-coloured. Stems very 

 small and weak ; leaves gray ; flowers white. This variety 

 has been recommended on account of the fine quality of the 

 flesh of the tubers, but its produce is so trifling that it is hardly 

 worth growing. 



Oblongue de Malabry. — Tubers oval, pale yellow, not notched ; 

 flesh white ; shoot white, faintly tinged with violet colour. A very 

 productive and moderately early variety. 



Pasteur. — Tubers oblong, very smooth, elongated ; flesh yellow^ 

 fine and floury ; shoot violet-coloured ; ripens mid-season. 



M. Eiffel Potato. 



Stem 

 length. 



short and 

 An early 



