cultivated in the Garden of the Society. 573 



tubers are oblong, middle sized, generally pointed at one end, 

 and with an irregular surface; the skin is smooth, yellow, 

 with numerous eyes deeply sunk. In some of the roots the 

 angles or protuberances are flattened, they have then a greater 

 resemblance to a Pine Apple. The flesh when raw is of a 

 pale yellow ; when dressed, of good flavour and waxy. It is 

 a moderate bearer, but very late. 



Spanish Dwarf Potatoe 

 Is so very different in its appearance from every other 

 variety of Potatoe which is cultivated, that it attracts the 

 attention of almost every person who sees it. It is so dwarf 

 as not to exceed four inches in height ; its stems rather spread 

 on the ground, they are dark green, strong, branching, and 

 hairy; the joints are very close; the leaflets dark green, hir- 

 sute, and slightly undulated ; the petioles rather long ; the 

 pinnulae numerous. It does not produce blossoms. The 

 tubers are oblong, middle sized, with few eyes, their skin 

 yellow and smooth ; the flesh yellow ; when dressed they 

 are tolerably good, and mealy. The sets continue a long 

 time dormant, and do not shoot so as to show above the 

 surface of the ground, till after some of the early varieties 

 are fit for use. By this it escapes all injury from spring frosts. 

 It is a moderate bearer, and late in ripening. The roots 

 were originally received from the late Mr. John Sweet of 

 Bristol, in the nursery of whose suceeeding partner, Mr. 

 John Miller, of that place, they have been some time cul- 

 tivated. Mr. Sweet procured the sort from Sherborne in 

 Dorsetshire, under the name now given to it. 



