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49, 1 10. Sir John Llewelyn (Veitch). — Characters as in ' Eclipse.' Crop No. 

 49 (Dumfries), 72 lb. Raised and introduced by Mr. J. Harris. No. no (Scotch), 

 77 lb. 



91. Colonist (Webb). — Characters as in ' Eclipse.' Stock not true, 18 plants 

 gave 63 lb. (Fife). Origin doubtful, introduced by Messrs. Webb. 



12, 13, 14, 15. Duke of York (Holmes, McAlister, Simpson, R. Veitch). — 

 H.C., September 5, 1919. Plant grey-green ; haulm 24 inches, more or less 

 spreading, slightly tinged purple ; foliage large, almost smooth, dull, flat ; flowers 

 creamy white ; tubers of medium size, flat kidney ; skin rough, dark yellow ; 

 eyes medium, shallow ; eyebrows fairly conspicuous ; flesh firm, yellow ; firm, 

 somewhat mealy, yellow when cooked ; flavour fair. Crop No. 12 (Easter Ross), 



61 lb. ; No. 13 (Dumfries), 68 lb. ; No. 14 (Scotland), 83 lb. ; No. 15 (Dumfries), 

 66 lb. 



16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21. Midlothian Early (Dobbie, Holmes, Mauger, McAlister, 

 Webb, R. Veitch). — Characters as ' Duke of York.' Crop No. 16 (Edinburgh), 

 71 lb. ; No. 17 (Easter Ross), 67 lb. ; No. 18 (Guernsey), 10 lb. ; No. 19 (Dumfries) , 

 46 lb. * ; No. 20 (Lanarkshire), 51 lb. ; No. 21 (Dumfries), 78 lb. Introduced 

 by Messrs. Scarlett. 



23. First Duke (A. Dickson). — A very regular stock, characters as ' Duke 

 of York.' Crop (Co. Down), 68 lb. Introduced by sender. 



24. New Lothian Early (Scarlett). — A seedling with the characters of 

 ' Duke of York,' but not vigorous. Crop (Edinburgh), 38 lb. Introduced by 

 sender. 



44. Western Hero (Veitch). — A.M., September 5, 1919. Characters as in 

 'Duke of York' ; a very good stock. Crop (Dumfries), 81 lb. Introduced by 

 sender. 



2. Flowers pale lilac. 



85, 86, 87. Carisbrooke Castle (Holmes, Mauger, Sutton). — Plant mid- 

 green ; haulm 15 in. to 18 in., erect, tinged purple ; foliage large, rough, crumpled ; 

 tubers flat kidney, large, finely russeted ; skin light-brown ; eyes small, shallow ; 

 eyebrows conspicuous; flesh firm, light lemon. Crop No. 85 (Easter Ross), 



62 lb. ; No. 86 (Guernsey), 40 lb. ; No. 87 (Scotland), 38 lb. Raised by Rev. A. 

 Paton, introduced by Messrs. Sutton. 



10, 11. Dunottar Castle (Mauger, Sutton). — Plant green; haulm 18 ins. 

 somewhat spreading, tinged purple ; foliage large, smooth, shining, flat ; tubers 

 large, long and flattened, skin light yellow ; eyes very shallow ; eyebrows 

 conspicuous; flesh firm, white. Crop No. 10 (Guernsey), 5 lb. ; No. n (Scotland), 

 50 lb. Raised by Mr. Paton. Introduced by Messrs. Sutton. 



69. Stewart Seedling (Gavin). — Plant greasy medium green ; haulm 18-24 

 ins., compact, erect, much tinged purple ; foliage large, smooth ; flowers many ; 

 tubers flat kidney, large ; skin light brown, finely russeted ; eyes medium 

 depth ; eyebrows conspicuous ; flesh firm, light yellow ; mealy, white to pale 

 yellow when cooked ; flavour fair. Crop (Aberdeenshire), 54 lb. Earlier than 

 ' Eclipse.' Raised by Drumwhindle School, Ellon, not yet on market. 



63. Guthrie, No. 12 (Guthrie). — Plant medium green ; haulm 12 to 16 ins. 

 with little purple tinge ; foliage medium, leaflets pointed, smooth, shining, some 

 tendency to ' curl ' ; tubers medium to small, long kidney ; skin light brown, 

 coarsely russeted ; eyes shallow ; eyebrows inconspicuous ; flesh firm, yellow. 

 Crop (Fife), 32 lb. 



Seedling from ' Duke of York,' raised by sender, not yet on market. 



25. 26. Myatt's Ashleaf (McAlister, Veitch). — Plant dark green ; haulm 

 18 to 24 inches, compact, erect, tinged purple ; foliage of medium size and width, 

 smooth, dull, little crumpled ; tubers of medium size, long kidney ; skin light 

 yellow, smooth ; eyes large, rather shallow and prominent ; eyebrows conspicuous ; 

 flesh firm, yellow (rather paler than ' Duke of York '). Crop No. 25 (Dumfries), 

 82 lb ; No. 26 (West of Scotland), 68 lb. 



28. Improved Ashleaf (Webb). — Characters as in ' Myatt's Ashleaf.' Crop 

 (Fifeshire), 59 lb. 



30. Veitch's Ashleaf Kidney (R. Veitch).' — Characters as in 'Myatt's 

 Ashleaf.' Crop (Scotland), 58 lb. 



[N.B. — This form is distinct from Nos. 27 and 29 (see below).] 



* Yield too low owing to a very local bad patch of soil. 



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