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THE VEGETABLE GARDEN 



Peach-blow. — Tubers rounded, very smooth, and of a fine 

 white colour, slightly tinged with pink around the eyes ; shoot 

 pink. Stems erect, stiff, vigorous, and spotted with brown : leaves 

 numerous, rather slender, and light green, with oval-acute leaflets ; 

 flowers numerous, violet-red, hardly ever producing seed. There 

 is a sub-variety, named the White Peach-blovr, in vrhich the eyes 

 are not tinged with pink. 



Queen of the Valley. — Tubers very handsome, large, oblong, 

 slightly flattened, and very smooth ; eyes few and faintly marked ; 

 skin very pale red ; shoot pink. The tubers are very like those of 

 Brownell's Beauty, but are not so dark coloured. 



Ruby. — Tubers oblong, slightly flattened, smooth, regular in 

 shape, and of a bright red colour ; flesh white. Stems of medium 

 size, and rather vigorous growing : leaves of a pale and somewhat 

 grayish green colour. A half-late variety. 



Triumph. — Tubers round and of a rather bright-red colour ; 

 eyes slightly marked and not very deeply sunk ; shoot pink. A 

 half-early and productive variet\'. 



Willard ^Red Fl'uke].—T\ihtri oblong or pear-shaped, almost 

 pointed at the top and thick at the bottom ; skin rather smooth, 

 bright red, sometimics marbled with yellow ; shoot pink. Stems 

 erect and stiff ; leaves light green ; flowers lilac-red. A very 

 distinct and rather handsome variety, but very subject to be 

 attacked by the disease. 



IV. German Varieties 



Abdul Hamid {Paulsen^. — Tubers yellow, oblong ; eyes few 



and but little notched ; flesh yellow. A half-late variety, with 

 short thick stems. Leaves crimped ; flowers lilac. 



Achilles. — Tubers large, rounded ; eyes somewhat sunk. Stems 

 very vigorous, o\-er 3 ft. high, quadrangular, winged, and spotted 

 with brown ; leaves numerous, but small, very much reticulated, 

 curled, and of a blackish green colour ; flowers lilac, in numerous 

 clusters, and yielding seed. 



Alkohol. — Tubers round, somewhat fl.a:tened ; eyes rather 

 numerous and well marked. Stems about 2\ ft. high, stout, green, 

 quadrangular, and erect ; leaves broad, clear green, and somewhat 

 crimped ; flowers white, abortive. 



Aurora. — Tubers oval, flattened ; e\-es numerous and pretty 

 v"ell marked. Stems thick, copper-colcured, often trailing, and 

 about 2 ft. 8 in. long ; lea^^-es very abundant, fl.at, and of a clear, 

 slightly grayish, green ; flo'vers white, abortive. 



The four preceding varieties were raised by ]\Ir. Paulsen, who 

 has devoted his attention to the production of new varieties of 



