i POTATOES: GERMAN VARIETIES 599 



Potatoes in Germany, as Mr. Fenn and Mr. Kerr have in England, 

 and Mr. Bresee in America. 



Biscuit. — A vigorous and rather productive variety. Tubers 

 small and very numerous, yellow, rounded, and slightly notched ; 

 shoot pink. Stems rather long and slender ; leaves slight, pale 

 green. Ripens half-early. 



Bismarck. — Much extolled some years ago ; but seldom grown 

 now ; very rich in starch, but a poor cropper. Tubers small, 

 round, red ; skin much split. Stems brown ; leaves dark green. 



Blaue Riesen. — Tubers very large, oblong, dark purple, often 

 knobby ; flesh very white ; shoot violet. Stems strong and very 

 long, usually spreading, and violet ; leaves small, dull green ; 

 leaflets small, oval-pointed, hairy and more or less reticulated ; 

 flowers violet striped white, falling without seeding. A field 

 Potato, one of the few sorts that are unfit for the table. It is 

 largely grown for starch, but its production is liable to variations, 

 for which reason growers now prefer sorts of the Imperator type. 



Euphyllos. — Tubers white or faint pink, round or oblong ; eyes 

 moderately sunk. A vigorous, productive, half-late variety, with 

 large fine leaves, smooth, even, and light green, whence the variety 

 derives its name. It is one of the varieties raised by M. Paulsen. 



Feinste kleine weisse Mandel. — Tubers ovoid, small, very 

 numerous, nearly white, smooth, and without eyes ; shoot violet. 

 Stems large ; flowers white. The quality of the tubers is good, 

 but they are rather small sized. 



Friihe blaue Rosen-. — Tubers round, pale red, slightly striped 

 purple ; eyes few, faintly notched ; flesh white. Leaves small, quite 

 green ; flowers white. A variety for field culture. 



Friihe rothe Markische. — A good, hardy, and productive 

 field variety. Tubers red, nearly round, and rather, smooth ; shoot 

 red ; flesh yellow. Stems vigorous, often trailing ; leaves gray- 

 green ; flowers red. Ripens half-late. 



Gelbe Rose {Pmilsen). — Tubers round, slightly tinged with 

 pink ; flesh white, shoot pink ; but little grown now. 



Globus {Richter). — Late, productive, and vigorous. Tubers 

 yellow, large, round, sometimes irregular in shape ; eyes numerous, 

 deeply sunk ; flesh yellow. 



Hannibal {Paulsen). — Productive, rather late, suitable for field 

 culture. Tubers round, slightly flattened ; skin thin, pink, coloured 

 more deeply round the eyes ; flesh white ; flowers white. 



Hermann {Paulsen). — A late, productive variety, for field 

 culture. Tubers round, medium-sized, somewhat knobby ; eyes 

 pretty deeply sunk ; shoot violet-coloured. 



Juno {Paulsen). — Tubers flattened, oval or slightly square at the 

 ends; skin pinkish white, more deeply coloured around the eyes and 

 at the ends ; flesh yellowish white ; shoot pink. For field culture. 



