REPORT ON POTATOES GROWN IN 1873 AT CHISWICK. 99 
111. Fink-eyed Rusty-coat, 
Haulm of strong but straggling growth, from 3 to 3^ feet in 
length ; stem purplish ; leaflets small, pointed, rugose, green. 
Flowers deep rosy-purple, borne in great abundance, generally 
sterile. Tubers large, of very irregular round form, and coarse ; 
eyes wide open, of a rosy-red colour ; skin smooth, white, flaked 
with pink ; flesh white, firm. A heavy-cropping but rather coarse 
Potato. General season. 
112. Blancha/rd. 
Synonym. — Fillpeck (Peake). 
Haulm slender, spreading, from 12 to 18 inches in length ; stem 
dark purple ; leaflets small, rugose, dark green. Flowers light 
or pale blue, fertile. Tubers medium, round, flattened at the 
crown, even and regular sample ; eyes nearly all situate at 
crown, full, of a dark purple colour ; skin smooth, pale straw, 
flaked with purple ; flesh yellow, firm. A clean, pleasant- 
looking Potato. Good quality. Moderate cropper. Second early. 
lis. EmtouP 8 Striped Don. 
Haulm and habit of a robust-growing Eegent. Tubers very 
large, roundish ; eyes deeply set, of a dark purple colour ; skin 
rough, pale straw, streaked and flaked with purple ; flesh pale, 
firm. A handsome and excellent great-cropping Potato. Second 
early. 
114. Forty fold. 
Haulm and habit of Regent, but a little more slender. Tubers 
scarcely medium size, round ; eyes few, a little sunken ; skin light 
reddish-purple, flaked with white ; flesh white, firm. Excellent 
quality. Moderate cropping. Second early. 
115. Free-header. 
Synonym. — Benson's Round. 
Haulm and habit of a strong-growing Regent, exposes the 
tubers on to the surface of the ground. Tubers very large, 
rather coarse, long, rounded form, like Striped Don ; eyes large, 
deep ; skin rough, dark purple, flaked with white ; flesh white, 
firm. A heavy-cropping Potato, and good for general crop field 
culture. 
