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scattered ; skin a little rough, dull red ; flesh pale yellow, 
streaked with red. A moderate cropper, but a very bad, worth- 
less sort. Late. 
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90. Red Emperor. 
Haulm slender, straggling, and spreading, about 2\ feet in 
length ; stem tinged with red ; leaflets small, pointed, rugose, 
light green. Flowers light blue, sparingly fertile. Tubers 
medium-sized, round, somewhat flattened, very even and regular ; 
eyes full and few, of a bright red ; skin generally smooth, of a 
clear light red, sometimes with a flake of white ; flesh pale 
straw, firm. Excellent quality. A very handsome Potato. 
Average cropper. Second early. It is somewhat tender and 
subject to disease. 
91. Combe Hays. 
Very similar to Eed Emperor, but somewhat later. Bears 
berries in abundance, and the tubers have somewhat rougher skins. 
92. English Rose (Fenn). 
Haulm and foKage similar to Kentish Ashleaf, about 1 2 inches 
high, ripens off early. Flowers reddish- white. Tubers small, 
round, with a smooth even surface ; eyes full, small ; skin 
smooth, pale red ; flesh white, streaked with pink. Early, but 
too small and not of good quality. 
93. King of the Ea/rlies. 
Haulm of compact growth, about 12 inches long, ripens off 
very early ; stem pale green ; leaflets very large, broad, of a 
very pale green. Flowers very rare. Tubers average size, half 
round, flat ; eyes a little sunken ; skin smooth, of a faint rosy- 
pink colour ; flesh white. Moderate cropper. Early. 
94. Rouge de Strasbourg. 
Haulm very robust, much branched, of erect and compact 
growth, about 3 feet in length, grows very late ; stem purplish ; 
leaflets rather broad, dark green-shaded purple. Flowers purplish- 
white, seldom fertile. Tubers medium size, long, roundish, 
irregular, coarse; eyes deep, numerous, scattered over entire 
