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14. BurpitVs Bountiful (Burpitt). 
Haulm slender, spreading, about 12 inches in length; stem 
purplish; leaflets small, like the Nettle-leaved, deep green, 
but much later. Flowers light purple, fertile Tuber medium 
size, short, broad, flat ; eyes few and small, full ; skin smooth, 
pale straw ; flesh white. Fine quality ; average cropper. Second 
early. 
15. Multum in parvo (Fenn). 
Haulm slender, about 1 2 inches in length ; leaflets small ; 
the whole plant much resembling in general appearance a dwarf 
form of Kentish Ashleaf. Flowers very rare. Tuber small, short, 
flat, kidney shape ; eyes small, about level with surface ; skin a 
little rough, dark straw colour; flesh firm, white. Very small 
cropper. Very early. 
16. Yorkshire Hybrid (Taylor's). 
Synonym. — Quarantine de la Halle. 
Haulm robust, about 2| feet in length ; stem deep green ; 
leaflets broad, rugose, green. Flowers pale, produced abundantly, 
and followed by berries in great abundance. Tuber large, rounded, 
long kidney-shaped, tapering somewhat to each end, a little coarse 
in appearance ; eyes large, slightly sunken ; skin smooth, pale straw- 
coloured; flesh pale straw, firm. A moderate cropper. Second 
early. 
17. New Early Racehorse (Sutton's). 
Very similar to Yorkshire Hybrid, having broader leaflets and 
growing to little more than half the height. Moderate cropper. 
18. Pioneer (Bell & Thorpe). 
Haulm slender, 12 to 18 inches in length; stem pale green; 
leaflets abundant, small, rugose, pointed, pale green. Flowers 
very rare. Tubers medium size, very irregular, kidney-shaped, 
coarse-looking ; eyes numerous, sunken ; skin smooth, dark straw ; 
flesh yellow, firm. Throws the tubers out on the surface of the 
soil. Moderate cropper. First early. 
19. Waterloo Kidney (Dean). 
Haulm slender, l^feet in length, somewhat resembling Myatt's 
