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ROYAL HORTICULTUEAL SOCIETY. 
Confederate (Veitch). 
Haulm robust, spreading, 2 feet in length ; stem tinged purple ; 
leaflets small, pointed, rugose, brightly green. Flowers abundant, 
pale lavender. Tuber very large, long, flattened, somewhat 
kidney-shaped ; surface smooth, even ; eyes few, small, full ; skin 
a little rough, pale straw ; flesh firm, white. A heavy cropper and 
very handsome. Second early. 
New Englander (Hooper). 
Haulm robust, erect, about 2 feet 6 inches in height ; stem pale 
green ; leaflets large, pale green. Elowers large, white, very abun- 
dant. Tuber large, long cylindrical ; eyes numerous, scattered over 
entire surface, small and deeply sunken ; skin smooth, pale ; flesh 
firm, white. Moderate cropper. A very coarse looking potato. 
The leaves decay from off the stem early in a singular manner, the 
stem remaining erect until it crumbles all away. Second early. 
Model (Bell & Thorpe.) (See p. 32.) 
Quality excellent. 
Shiner (Harrison & Sons). 
Haulm of the Regent character of growth, 2 feet 6 inches long ; 
stem tinged purple ; leaflets dark green, rugose. Flowers bluish 
white, fertile. Tuber large, broad, flat, of the Fluke character ; 
eyes, small, full ; skin pale straw-coloured, a little rough ; flesh 
close, yellow. A great cropper and handsome. General season. 
§ Half long. 
President (Dean). 
Haulm slender, spreading, 2 feet long ; stem tinged with purple ; 
leaflets small, rugose, pointed. Flowers shaded lilac. Tuber 
short, flat, very even and regularly formed ; eyes small, few ; skin 
pale straw- coloured, slightly rough ; flesh firm, white ; very hand- 
some. Moderate cropper. Second early potato. Excellent 
quality. 
Cooling's Early Favonrite (Cooling). 
Synonym. — Sutton's Early Defiance Kidney (Sutton) ; Flower's 
Early Wide Awake (Flower) ; The Shiner (Dean). 
Haulm robust, spreading, 21 inches long; stem slightly tinged 
purple ; leaflets large, of the general appearance of Kentish Ash- 
leaf. Flowers very large, abundant, of a bluish colour. Tuber 
