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KOYAL nORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
Messrs. W. Smith & Son, Aberdeen. 
Messrs. Sutton & Son, Reading. 
Messrs. J. Veitch & Sons, Chelsea. 
Messrs. Vilmorin Andrieux & Cie., Paris. 
Series I. Skin White oe Straw -coloured. 
§ 1. Long or Kidney- shaped. 
1. Ashleaf Kidney. 
Synonyms. — Marjolin; Oakleaf; Duckstone. 
Haulm fleshy, spreading, rarely more than two or three from 
one tuber, 12 to 18 inches long; stem of a pale green colour; 
leaflets large, broad, rounded, slightly cupped, bright green, 
shining. Plowers very rare. Tuber medium-sized, long, tapering, 
kidney-shaped ; eyes full, situate at one end and on big knobby 
protuberances, giving the tuber an irregular appearance ; skin 
smooth, pale straw-coloured ; flesh pale yellow or straw-coloured, 
firm; quality excellent. Moderate cropper. First early; July 
and August. This is considered the old or original type. 
2. Kentish Ashleaf Kidney. 
Synonyms. — Yeitch's Improved ; Cave's Seedling ; Cambridge- 
shire Kidney ; Nutbrown ; Alma Kidney ; Early May ; Benson's 
Seedling ; Shepherd's Kidney ; Eeynard ; Nonsuch ; Tory ; Con- 
queror ; Mona's Pride ; Champion ; Early Eanelagh ; Laing's Eirst 
Crop ; Stillyans Kidney. 
Haulm slender, spreading, several stems from one tuber, 12 to 18 
inches long ; stem having a strong purplish tinge ; leaflets small, 
pointed, green. Flowers very rare. Tuber medium-sized, long, 
tapering, kidney-shaped, not so much knobbed as the true Ashleaf ; 
eyes full ; skin smooth, pale straw-coloured ; flesh pale straw- 
coloured, firm ; quality excellent. Excellent cropper. First early ; 
July and August. 
3. Myatfs Ashleaf Kidney. 
Synonyms. — Rivers' Royal Ashleaf; Sandringham Kidney; 
Myatt's Prolific ; Gloucestershire Kidney ; Derbyshire Prize Taker ; 
Lee's Hammersmith Kidney. 
