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medium sized kidney, hollowed at crown end; ejes situate on 
crown and on knobby protuberances like the Ashleaf ; skin clear 
straw-coloured, very handsome ; flesh close, pale straw-coloured. 
A very heavy cropper of inferior quality. Second early. 
CattelVs Intermediate (Cattell). 
Haulm strong, vigorous, 3 feet 3 inches [long ; stem pale 
green ; leaflets rugose, pale green. I lowers white tinged purple, 
fertile. Tuber medium, greatling resembling Paterson's Yictoria, 
flattened, broader at one end ; skin rough, pale straw-coloured ; 
flesh flrm, white. Mid season. 
Bresee's Climax, (See p. 84). 
Synonyms. — Gravenstein ; Coppermine ; Climax. 
Haulm moderately strong, about li feet long ; stem light green, 
spreading, branching. First-class Certificate^ 1873. 
Snowflake {American) (Carter and Co. ; Hooper & Co. ; Bliss & 
Sons). 
Haulm moderately robust, compact, ripening early, 2 feet long ; 
stem pale green ; leaflets large, broad, pointed, very pale green 
Flowers seldom opening. Tuber large, long-ovate, tapering towards 
the crown ; very even and^regular ; eyes small, almost level with 
the surface of the tuber ; skin pale, straw-coloured, rough ; flesh 
white, of good quality. A very heavy cropper. Early, and one of 
the most handsome of potatoes. 
Bresee's Prolific. (See p. 85.) 
Synonyms. — Brown's Prolific Kidney; Sutton's King (Far- 
quhar). 
Dwarf White (Bliss & Sons). 
Haulm compact, about 12 inches long, ripening off very early; 
stem pale green ; leaflets broad, flat, very pale green. Flowers 
not opening. Tuber medium size, half-round, flat ; surface uneven ; 
eyes large, deeply sunken near crown end ; skin smooth, 
very clear, pale straw-coloured ; flesh firm, white, of ex- 
cellent quality for early use. Moderate cropper. One of the 
very earliest of Potatoes. First Class Certificate^ 1874. 
Dourie Hall Favourite (Montagu). (See p. 86.) 
Haulm robust of Kegent type, about 3 feet in length ; stem 
pale green ; leaflets large, broad, pale green. Flowers bluish- white, 
sterile. Tubers large, half-round, sometimes long ; eyes few ; skin 
