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scattered over the entire surface ; skin coarse, pale ; flesh pale, firm. 
A peculiar but utterly worthless variety. Light cropper. Second 
early. 
40. Oxfordshire Kidney. 
Synonym. — Minchin's Eclipse. 
Haulm moderately robust, of erect growth, with the character of 
Dawe's Matchless, 2| feet long ; stem pale green throughout ; 
leaflets pale green, rugose. Flowers bright blue, fertile. Tubers of 
average size, rather short, flat, of even and regular form ; 
eyes few and small ; skin very rough, dark straw-coloured ; flesh 
pale, firm. Good cropper. Grows late. Handsome. 
§ 2 Half-long. 
41. Giant King. 
Haulm slender, of the character of the Kentish Ashleaf, 12 to 
18 inches high ; leaflets somewhat pointed, rugose, with a pur- 
plish tinge. Tubers large, broad, flat, somewhat irregular ; eyes 
large, sunken ; skin smooth, straw-coloured ; flesh pale straw- 
coloured, rather close. Average cropper. Eather a handsome 
large tuber from so dwarf a plant. First early. 
42. Milhy White. 
Haulm slender, of spreading growth, about 12 inches long; 
stem reddish ; leaflets small, crumpled, like those of the Nettle- 
leaved. Flowers light blue, fertile. Tubers rather below medium 
size, half long, rounded ; eyes full ; skin smooth, pale. Flesh very 
white, firm. A moderate cropper. Comes rather early into use. 
43. Peahe's First Eo/rly (Peake). 
Haulm slender, of the character of the Kentish Ashleaf, about 
9 inches high, ripens off very early. Tubers medium - sized, 
half long, broad, flattened, resembling Giant King ; eyes a little 
sunken, mostly situate at the crown ; skin smooth, pale straw- 
coloured; flesh yellow, rather close. A fair cropper. Very early. 
44. Bresee's Climax. 
Synonyms. — Gravenstein ; Coppermine ; Climax. 
Haulm moderately strong, about 1^ feet long ; stem light green, 
