572 Report on Remarkable Esculent Vegetables 



leaflets of a light green, small, ovate, and slightly undulated 

 at the base, not numerous; the pinnulae are few, and in 

 general flat. The blossoms are few ; the flowers pale lilac. 

 The tubers are very small, oblong, slightly curved, and gene- 

 rally pointed at one end ; their skin is smooth, with a few 

 small eyes. Its flesh is very pale, almost white whilst raw ; 

 when dressed it is waxy and very good. A most abundant 

 bearer, but late. From one of its names, it is probable it is of 

 Scotch origin. In Germany it is said to be much cultivated 

 by the curious. Its diminutive size will prevent its being 

 grown, except as a matter of luxury. For all the purposes in 

 cookery in which small Potatoes are required, it will prove 

 very acceptable, and perhaps be considered even a greater 

 delicacy than the Asparagus Potatoe. 



Pine Apple or Cone Potatoe. 

 This singular root has received the above names from its 

 peculiar formation. Below each eye is a projection, and as 

 these are numerous and regularly disposed, it has some re- 

 semblance in shape to a Pine Apple, or more perhaps to the 

 Cone of a Stone Pine, after the scales have expanded by heat. 

 It is not uncommon in curious collections, having been 

 received from various persons since the year 1821. It is of 

 dwarfish growth, with strong dull green stems, tinged with 

 brown in places, with close joints, much branching and 

 straggling ; the petioles are long ; the leaflets few, dark green, 

 very small, hirsute, oblong and plane, they are often bipinnate; 

 the pinnulae are numerous, minute, cordate. The plants are 

 very shy in flowering ; the flowers are yellowish white, growing 

 on short peduncles, and forming small compact trusses. The 



