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Ashleaf ; eyes few ; skin smooth, pale straw-coloured ; flesh pale- 
stra w-coloured, firm. Good cropper. FiiHt early. First-class 
Certificate. 
9. Little Gem (Fenn). 
Synonym. — Early Gem. 
Foliage and general habit of growth similar to Ashleaf, but 
stronger and a later grower, and stems lightly tinged with purple, 
1 to 1^ feet. Tuber small, rather long but neat kidney-shaped, 
neat with a few small knobs ; eyes full, rather large ; skin pale 
straw, smooth ; flesh pale yellow, firm. First early. First-class 
Certificate. 
10. Ea/rly Border (Fenn). 
Habit and appearance of Kentish Ashleaf ; haulm very slender, 
about 9 inches in length. Tuber small, short, or half-round 
kidney ; eyes full ; skin smooth, pale ; flesh pale. Very early ; 
useful for frame work. 
11. Reine de Mai. 
Haulm slender, spreading, 1| to 2 feet in length; stem pale 
green; leaflets broad, pointed, green, slightly rugose. Flowers 
small, white, fertile. Tuber medium size, round kidney shape ; 
eyes small and few ; skin smooth, yellowish ; flesh pale yellow. 
Good cropper. Early. 
12. Marjolin Teta/i^d. 
Haulm robust, spreading, resembling Ashleaf, but much 
stronger, about 18 inches long; stem pale green. Flowers white, 
fertile. Tuber large, very broad, flat at the crown end, 
and tapering like a wedge to the stalk end ; eyes full but few ; 
skin smooth, dark straw; flesh straw-coloured. Heavy cropper. 
Early, succeeding the Ashleaf. 
13. Woodstock Kidney. 
Haulm robust, spreading or prostrate, about 2| feet in 
length ; stems few in number, dark purplish colour ; leaflets 
large, shining, deep green. Flowers white, fertile. Tuber 
medium size, rather broad, irregular-shaped kidney; eyes few 
and small ; skin rough, dark straw ; flesh white, firm. Moderate 
cropper. 
