REPORT ON POTATOES GROWN IN 1873 AT CHISWICK. 95 
surface ; skin smooth, deep red ; flesh white, close-grained. Bad. 
A coarse, heavy -cropping, late Potato. 
, 95. Red Regent, 
Synonym. — De Zelande, 
Haulm very robust, much branched, of erect and compact 
growth, from 3 to 3^ feet in length ; stem reddish ; leaflets 
rather broad, light green. Flowers white, seldom fertile. Tubers 
large, exactly resembling the Regents ; skin rough, deep red ; 
flesh pale. A heavy-cropping, late Potato, suited for field culture. 
96. Wood: 8 Scarlet Prolific. 
Haulm moderately robust, erect, compact growth, about 2 feet 
in length, grows very late ; stem light green ; leaflets pale green, 
rugose. Flowers light purplish, fertile. Tubers very large, long, 
flattened, even, and regular, nearly all of the same size at a stool, 
and are borne close to the haulm ; eyes deep, scattered over 
surface ; skin rough, reddish-purple ; flesh white, occasionally 
streaked with red. A very handsome, late Potato, and a great 
cropper. Second-class quaKty. 
97. WehV 8 Red Blossom, 
Haulm robust, erect, but much branched, about 2\ feet in length, 
grows very late ; stem green ; leaflets broad, rugose, green. 
Flowers white, sterile. Tubers long, flat, very irregular, some 
being large and handsome, but the greater portion small; eyes 
deep, scattered ; skin rough, bright purplish-red ; flesh pale straw, 
streaked with red. Very coarse-growing. Great cropper. Late. 
98. Vermont Beauty (Bliss & Sons). 
Synonym. — Brownell's Beauty. 
Haulm small, of the same character as Early Rose, about H feet 
in length, ripens off early ; leaflets broad, pale green. Plowers 
purplish- white. Tubers very large, long, broad, and flattened, 
very uniform in character, and borne close to the haulm, about five 
or six to each stool, with seldom any small ones ; eyes wide open, 
scattered, but not numerous ; skin rough, of a dull brick-red ; flesh 
white, floury. Excellent quality. A remarkably handsome second 
early red Potato, and a heavy cropper. First-class Certificate, 
