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lime which, having lain for some time, should be well broken up 

 and dug in. Do not on any account plant potatoes on such 

 infected ground, and when purchasing seed always stipulate that 

 such has been grown on ground free of the disease. We have now 

 varieties that are immune to this disease, and such should only be 

 planted where the Wart disease has been present. It is therefore 

 all the more fortunate that experiments carried out by the Board 

 of Agriculture and Fisheries have demonstrated beyond all doubt, 

 for the time being at any rate, the absolute immunity to Wart 

 disease of certain varieties of Potatoes, many of which both crop 

 and cook well. Some of the best immune varieties are : — 



Early Varieties 



Snowdrop. — A very shallow-eyed, white-skinned, pure white- 

 fleshed Kidney potato of good quality. 



Dargill Early. — A shallow-eyed, white-skinned, pale, yellow- 

 fleshed, good cropping Kidney variety. 



Edzell Blue. — A rather deep-eyed, purple-skinned, pure white- 

 fleshed, heavily cropping, round potato of good quality. 



Second Early Varieties 



King George. — A shallow-eyed, white-skinned, white-fleshed, 

 irregular-shaped variety of fair quality. This is one that if 

 sprouted and planted early can be lifted almost as early as 

 Epicure, but is liable to boil black later in the season. 



Great Scot. — A rather deep-eyed, white-skinned, white-fleshed, 

 very heavily cropping round variety of good quality. 



Ally. — A shallow-eyed, white-skinned, white-fleshed, heavily 

 cropping, oval to oblong variety of fairly good quality. 



Arran Comrade. — A very shallow-eyed, white-skinned, white- 

 fleshed, heavily cropping, flattened round variety of fairly good 

 quality. 



Late or Main-crop Varieties 



Abundance. — Including the large number of differently named 

 varieties of identical type. A shallow-eyed, white-skinned, white- 

 fleshed, fairly good cropping, flat round to oval potato of good 

 quality, but rather liable to late blight. 



Tinwald Perfection. — A shallow-eyed, white-skinned, lemon- 

 white-fleshed, good cropping, oval to oblong potato of excellent 

 quality. 



Kerr's Pink. — A rather deep-eyed, light-pink-skinned, white- 

 fleshed, heavily cropping, round potato of excellent quality. 

 Particularly good on heavy soils. 



Majestic. — A shallow-eyed, white-skinned, white-fleshed, good 

 cropping Kidney variety of good quality. The seed requires 

 careful handling, and should be sprouted before planting. 



Golden Wonder. — A shallow-eyed, russety-brown-skinned, 



