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irregular ; skin pale straw-coloured ; flesh pale. Early. Too 
small. Worthless. 
71. No. 2^ White-hlossomed (Biggs). 
Haulm robust, but prostrate, about 2 feet long, not branched ; 
stem of a purplish tinge ; leaflets very broad, rugose, green. 
Flowers white, sterile. Tubers large, broad, flat, coarse, and 
uneven ; eyes prominent ; skin smooth, pale straw-coloured ; flesh 
white, rather soft. A moderate cropper. Second early. 
Series II. Skin Red. 
§ 1. Long or Kidney- shaped. 
72. £arly Sovereign. 
Haulm of compact growth, about 12 inches long, ripens ofi" 
early ; stem pale green ; leaflets very large, broad. Flowers rare. 
Tubers average size, of a long, narrow, cylindrical form, slightly 
tapering; eyes scattered over the entire surface, but not too 
numerous, a little sunken ; skin smooth, of a pale rose colour ; 
flesh white. A good average cropper. Early. 
73. American Late Rose. 
Synonym. — American Pale Rose. 
Haulm of free vigorous growth, about 2 feet long ; stem pale 
green; leaflets large, broad, very pale green. Flowers white, 
generally sterile. Tubers very large, long, cylindrical, from 7 to 
10 inches, and generally a little flattened; eyes not numerous, 
but scattered nearly over the entire surface, a little sunken, of a 
deep rose colour ; skin smooth, pale rosy-pink, very pretty ; flesh 
white and floury. Excellent quality. A most enormous cropper, 
from eight to ten large tubers being produced at a single stool, and 
frequently much more, and these tubers often weighing over a 
pound each. Second early. First-class Certificate. 
74. American Early Rose. 
Haulm and habit of plant exactly resembling the Pale or Late 
Rose ; ripens off earlier, and is not so tall in stem or so produc- 
tive ; the tubers also are smaller, more kidney-shaped, and of a 
more uniform pink or rose colour. Much inferior to the Late Rose. 
