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Haulm and tuber similar to Kentish Ashleaf. Flowers pale 
lilac, and sparingly fertile. Excellent quality ; great cropper. 
4. Advancer (Bell & Thorpe). 
Haulm slender, spreading, 12 to 15 inches long ; stem pale 
green ; leaflets small, pointed, pale green. Flowers very rare. 
Tuber short, flat kidney-shaped ; eyes full ; skin smooth, pale 
straw-coloured ; flesh pale, firm. Moderate cropper. First early. 
5. Jackson's Improved. 
Haulm similar to Kentish Ashleaf. Tuber medium size, long, 
tapering, kidney -shaped, slightly knobbed ; eyes a little sunken, 
few and small ; skin rough, white ; flesh very pure white, firm. 
Very handsome ; excellent cropper. First early; July to 
September. 
6. Nettle-leaved. 
Synonyms. — A Feuille d'Ortie ; Hardy's Improved Albert ; 
Improved Royal Albert ; Carter's Champion Forcing; Early Bed- 
font Kidney. 
Haulm slender, spreading, 1^ to 2 feet in length ; stem with a 
purplish tinge ; leaflets small, much curled, slightly rugose, light 
green. Tuber medium-sized, very long, tapering, rounded, but 
sometimes flat, with knobs ; eyes full ; skin smooth, pale straw- 
coloured ; flesh firm, pale straw-coloured. Good cropper. First 
early. 
7. Early White Kidney (Fenn). 
Haulm moderately strong, spreading, about 1^ feet in length, 
similar in character to the Ashleaf, but stronger ; stem pale green ; 
leaflets medium-sized, curled, pale shining green. Tuber large, of 
a rather irregular shape, a little knobbed ; eyes full ; skin smooth, 
white ; flesh white, firm ; quality excellent. Good cropper. 
First early. First-class Certificate. 
8. Alice Fenn (Fenn). 
Haulm and habit of growth very similar to Ashleaf, about 1| 
feet in length, spreading, pale green ; leaflets small, much curled, 
showing the under-surface. Tuber of medium size, resembling the 
