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rather stiff ; leaves dark gray-green ; flowers white. A mid- 

 season variety, productive, and, many years ago, well known and 

 highly esteemed. 



Violette {^Hundred-fold Potato). — A very old and productive 

 variety, grown for about a century, and occasionally comes still to 

 the Paris market. Tubers round and often squared at both ends, 

 notched, eyes deeply sunk ; skin deep purple ; flesh yellow ; shoot 

 violet. 



Xavier {Patte Blanche). — Tubers oblong, almost cylindrical, pale 

 pink, slightly notched ; flesh yellow-white ; shoot pink. Stems 



Violette (Hundred-fold) Potato. De Zelande (Red Regent) Potato. 



rather long ; leaves gray ; flowers white. This variety is w^orthy 

 of recommendation on account of its good quality, but it is very 

 liable to be attacked b}' the disease. 



Yam, or Igname. — Like the preceding variety, this one also 

 suffers greatly from the disease, and it is difficult now to meet with 

 it in a perfectly healthy and vigorous condition. The tubers are 

 oblong, rather large, almost cylindrical, and slightly notched ; skin 

 pale red, smooth ; shoot red. 



De Zelande {^Red Regent or Gosforth Seedling). — An excellent 

 half-late variety, keeping well. Tubers round, medium-sized ; skin 

 bright red, slightly rough ; eyes faintly marked ; flesh yellow ; 

 shoot red. 



II. English Varieties 



Alice Fenn. — Tubers oblong, kidney-shaped, very regular ; 

 skin yellow, smooth ; flesh pale yellow ; shoot violet. Stems very 

 scanty, slender and pliant ; leaves small and few ; flowers violet. 

 A handsome, rather early, but not very productive kind. 



Bovinia. — Tubers very large, long, broad, flattened, rather 

 deeply notched, and yellow variegated with red, especially towards 

 the top and near the eyes ; flesh yellow-w^hite. Stems vigorous 

 growling ; leaves large. A very late variety, producing tubers 

 which sometimes weigh over two pounds each, but are not very 



