POTATOES: ENGLISH VARIETIES 593 



International Potato. 



King of Flukes {Meldmm Coitqueror). — Tubers oblong, often 

 rather short, slightly flattened ; skin golden-yellow ; eyes faintly 

 marked ; flesh very 

 yellow, fine, and of 



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 shoot violet. Fairly 

 productive, ripens 

 mid-season. 



Lady Webster. 

 — Tubers round, very 

 smooth, somewhat 

 flattened, yellow, and 

 rather plentifully 

 variegated with red ; 

 shoots red. Stems 

 short and drooping, 



green ; leaves not numerous, with very glistening leaflets, resembling 

 those of the Early Marjolin Potato. 



Leda {Kerr). — Tubers oblong, pale red ; eyes very few, slightly 

 notched ; flesh yellow ; shoot pink. Vigorous, erect stems. 

 Flowers small, white, 

 tubers are those of the Early Rose. 



Lord of the Isles {Kerr). — Tubers yellow, oblong ; eyes few, 

 not notched; flesh white; shoot pink. Very like Early Rose in its 

 vegetation, but the leaves are smooth and more erect. Flowers white. 



Milky White. — Tubers white, slightly salmon tinted, very 

 smooth, flat in one part, oblong, and without eyes or notches ; 

 shoot pink. Stems of scanty growth ; leaves slight, pale green ; 

 flowers white. A handsome half-early variety, producing ver\' 

 clean-skinned tubers ; but several American varieties have a still 

 finer appearance, and are, at the 



Resembles in habit the Red Regent, and its 



same time, more productive. 



King of Flukes Potato. 



Model Potato. 



Model. — Tuber pale yellow, very regularly rounded, slightly 

 flattened ; eyes faintly marked ; skin smooth or rough, according 

 to the soil ; flesh pale yellow ; shoot violet. 



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