POTATOES 



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Sharpe's Express. — White Kidney, excellent cropper, quality 

 first-rate. 



Sharpe's Victor. — White Kidney, fair cropper, first-rate quaHty. 

 Excellent forcing variety. 



Second Earlies 



Snowdrop. — White Kidney, abundant cropper, of excellent 

 quality. 



Gladiator. — White Kidney, very heavy cropper, of fair quality 

 on heavy soil. 



British Queen. — White, shape variable, heavy cropper, quality 

 excellent on some soils. 



Great Scot. — White, round, said to be a heavy cropper of 

 good quality. 



King" George. — White Kidney, said to be a good cropper. 



Main-crop and Late Sorts 

 Windsor Castle. — White, oval-shaped, good cropper, quality 

 first-rate. 



King Edward. — Kidney, white, lightly coloured here and there 

 with pink. Abundant cropper of excellent quality. 



Up-to-Date. — White, round, abundant cropper; quality first- 

 rate. 



Arran Chief. — White, round, heavy cropper, quality excellent 

 on some soils. 



Long Keeper. — White, pebble-shaped 

 Crofter. — White, pebble-shaped 

 The Lochar. — White, round 

 The Chapman. — White, round 



Reputedly heavy 

 croppers. 



Spraying. — The proper proportions of the sulphate of copper 

 and lime solution for spraying Potatoes to check the disease {^Phy- 

 topthora infestans), is one pound of each. Tie the sulphate — which 

 is blue-stone — in a coarse piece of canvas and put into a wooden 

 tub holding about 10 gallons. Pour over the sulphate 2 gallons of 

 boiling water and let it dissolve. In a pail dissolve the lime, which 

 should be fresh, and when clear add the water to that in the tub. 

 In addition to the above, dissolve in hot water i lb. of common 

 treacle, and add this. Then fill up the tub. The solution should 

 be applied about the middle of July, with a second application 

 three weeks later. It must be applied to the foliage of the Potatoes 

 in the form of a very fine spray through a knapsack sprayer, or by 

 the aid of a spraying syringe. It is best done in the evening. 



Sprouting the Seed Tubers. — Though good results may 

 be possible from tubers that have not been put into the sprouting 

 boxes in February or March — that is, from four to six weeks before 

 planting — it is generally conceded that the better plan is to store 



