POTATOES: FRENCH VARIETIES 



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Rohan. — Very closely allied to the Patraque Blanche Potato, 

 from which it is only distinguished by its tubers being more 

 reddish coloured. It is a productive kind, and well adapted for 

 field culture. 



Rosee de Conflans {^Rosace de Villiers-le-Bel). — Tubers long, 

 almost cylindrical, very slightly notched, usually pink-coloured 

 towards the top and salmon-tinted yellow at the bottom ; shoot 

 pink. Stems rather short and stiff ; leaves numerous, dark 

 coloured; flowers white. A half-late and rather productive kind. 

 The flesh of the tubers is yellow, firm, and not easily bruised. 



Rosette. — A handsome variety, a seedling of the Early Rose. 

 Tubers flattened, rounded, dark red, 

 smooth ; flesh white, light. A half-early 

 variety. 



Rouge Ronde de Strasbourg 



( Wery). — Tubers medium-sized ; skin 

 usually somewhat wrinkled and of a 

 rather deep red colour ; shoot red ; flesh 

 yellow. Stems very stiff and strong, 

 brown ; leaves dark green ; flowers reddish 

 lilac. A good common variety, pro- Rosette Potato, 



ductive, and coming in in mid-season. 



Sainte - Helene. — Tubers handsome, yellow, very smooth, 

 oblong, flattened, and slightly kidney-shaped ; eyes very faintly 

 marked ; flesh yellow. Stems rather short and pliant ; leaves 

 broad, dark green ; flowers violet, not very numerous, but very 

 large. Tubers ripen half-early. A fine kitchen-garden variety. 



Saint-Germain. — A handsome red Potato, rounded, flattened ; 

 flesh yellow. Flowers small, pinkish. 



Saucisse Blanche. — In shape this variety resembles the 

 Cottager's Red Potato, but the tubers are white or pale yellow, with 

 red blotches round the eyes and at both ends ; flesh yellow ; eyes 

 faintly marked ; shoot pink. 



Tanguy. — This kind is rather extensively grown in Brittany. 

 It comes very near the Segonzac or Saint-Jean Potato, but its 

 tubers are of a paler yellow and rounder, its stems are thicker, and 

 its leaves are of a paler green. When grown in the sandy or 

 granitic soils of the coasts of Brittany, the tubers are very fine and 

 floury. Large quantities of them are exported to England. 



Tardive d'Irlande. — Tubers rounded or oblong, rather notched, 

 and of a yellow colour variegated v/ith red ; flesh white ; shoot 

 pink. Stems scanty ; leaves slightly gray ; flowers lilac, small. 

 A late variety and a poor cropper. Its chief merit is that the 

 tubers will keep for a long time without sprouting. 



Truffe d'Aout. — Tubers medium-sized, rounded, bright red ; 

 eyes moderately sunk ; flesh yellow ; shoot red. Stems erect, 



