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88. Alnwick Castle, a. 4. 



89. Dunvegan Castle, e. 2. 



90. Climax, /. 2. • 



91. Colonist, a. 1. 



92. Edzell Blue ^ 



93- 

 94. 



95- 

 96. 



97- 



98. 



Unnamed Pink-eyed Round. 

 Eightyfold, /. 2. 

 99. Early Champion, /. 1. 



100. Bell's Early. 



101. Ruby Queen, /. 3. 



102. Guthrie's 75's. 



103. Carbide. 



104. Peace Abundance. 



105. Edzell Blue, /. 1. 



106. May Queen, a. 3. 



107. Sharpe's Express, a. 4. 

 Witch Hill Early, a. 1. 

 Epicure. /. 1. 

 Sir John Llewelyn, a. 1. 

 Mein's Early Round. 

 Keen's Seedling, b. 

 Pink Hebron, c. 1. 

 Witch Hill Seedling, a. 1. 

 Dargill Early, a. 4. 

 Sharpe's Express, a. 4. 



117. Resistant Snowdrop, a. 1, 



118. Earlv Market, e. 2. 



119. Edze'll Blue, 1. 



120. Seedling. 



121. Coronation, e. 2. 



108. 

 109. 

 110. 

 in. 

 112. 



ii3- 

 114. 



115 

 116 



In the arrangement given below we have endeavoured to group 

 close together the varieties most nearly allied, following the plan 

 commenced in vol. xliii. p. 137. We must still regard the grouping 

 as tentative ; but on the whole it may be said that no garden need 

 contain any two of the varieties which we have grouped together, 

 for they are too much alike to be regarded as distinct. There seems 

 no doubt that seedlings arise from time to time like already existing 

 varieties in all characters, and such seedlings often receive new names. 



An interesting and important thing to note is again the remarkable 

 difference in yield between stocks from different places. In order 

 to show this in a marked fashion, as well as to enable us to make varietal 

 comparisons, Mr. W. Mauger of Guernsey was good enough to send us 

 seed tubers of all the varieties commonly grown in the Channel Islands, 

 and the low yield of Guernsey-grown seed was well brought out. Some 

 varieties are apparently less liable to suffer from this cause than others, 

 as shown by ' Jersey Royal ' Kidney. 



We have again to thank Messrs. Bone, Lasham, and Snell for valu- 

 able help in grouping the varieties and in many other directions. 



Descriptions. 

 (a) Tubers Kidney, White or Yellow. 

 1. Flowers white. 



33, 34, 117. Resistant Snowdrop (Dobbie, Simpson, Cross). — C, September 

 5, 1919. For description see vol. xliii. p. 117. No. 33 (Edinburgh), crop 72 lb.; 

 No. 34 (Lancashire), crop 63 lb. ; No. 117 (Wisbech), 72 lb. Introduced by 

 Messrs. Dobbie. 



35- 36, 37, 38, 108, 114. Witch Hill (Dobbie, A. Dickson, Mauger, Simpson, 

 Barr, Cross). — H.C., September 5, 1919. Characters as ' Resistant Snowdrop.' 

 No. 35 (Edinburgh), crop 66 lb. ; No. 36 (Co. Down), 64 lb. ; No. 37 (Guernsey), 

 30 lb. ; No. 38 (Lancashire), 68 lb. ; No. 108 (Cornwall), 22 lb. ; No. 114 (Scotland), 

 71 lb. Raised by Mr. A. Brown, of Fraserburgh. 



70. Pessell's Perfection (Tottee). — Characters as 'Resistant Snowdrop.' 

 Saltash, crop 53 lb. Raised by Mr. Hodge. Introduced by Messrs. Pessell. 



45, 46, 47, 48. Eclipse (Dobbie, Holmes, Mauger, R. Veitch). — H.C., September 

 5, 1919. Plant grey-green ; haulm 24 in., erect, tinged bronze; foliage large, 

 little crumpled ; tubers generally flat kidney, but variable, large ; skin light 

 brown, rough ; eyes small, shallow, eyebrows inconspicuous ; flesh firm, white ; 

 mealy, white, and of good flavour when cooked. Crop No. 45 (Edinburgh), 74 lb. ; 

 No. 46 (Easter Ross, Ross-shire), 80 lb. ; No. 47 (Guernsey), 25 lb. ; No. 48 

 (Dumfries) 71 lb. 



