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medium, flat-round ; skin light yellow ; eyes rather prominent ; eyebrows 

 conspicuous ; flesh firm, light yellow ; firm, mealy, and yellowish when cooked. 

 Crop No. i (Easter Ross), 65 lb. ; No. 2 (Dumfries).. 83 lb. ; No. 3 (Dumfries), 

 87 lb. 



(e) Tubers typically round, white. 



1. Flowers light mauve. 



57. America (Dobbie). — This stock was not typical in growth. Tubers of 

 ' Epicure ' type, but without colour in skin. Crop (Edinburgh); 15 lb. 



2. Flowers drop in bud. 



118. Early Market (Cross). — Plant dull yellowish green ; haulm 24 to 30 

 inches, fairly erect, green ; foliage large, crumpled, rough ; tubers of medium 

 size, variable in shape ; skin light brown, smooth ; eyes small, deep ; eyebrows 

 conspicuous ; flesh pale lemon, firm. Crop (Wisbech), 64 lb. 



77. Midsummer Early (Findlay). — Plant yellowish green ; haulm 16 inches, 

 spreading, decumbent ; slightly tinged ; foliage large, flowers white ; tubers large, 

 rather variable in shape ; skin light- brown, rough ; eyes many, large, shallow ; 

 eyebrows conspicuous ; flesh firm, pale lemon. Crop (Fifeshire), 43 lb. Raised 

 and introduced by sender. 



89. Dunvegan Castle (Sutton). — Plant yellowish green; haulm 16 to 18 

 inches ; more or less spreading and decumbent, slightly tinged ; foliage large ; 

 flowers white ; tubers large, rather variable in shape ; skin light-brown, rough ; 

 eyes few, large, shallow ; eyebrows conspicuous ; flesh firm, pale yellow ; soft, 

 mealy, white and of good flavour when cooked. Crop (Scotland), 48^ lb. Raised 

 by Rev. A. Paton ; to be introduced by sender. 



78. Crown Jewel (Toogood). — An untypical stock. Crop, 34! lb. 

 121. Coronation. — Characters as ' Crown Jewel.' Crop, 52 lb. 



3. Flowers none. 



40,41. Harbinger (McAlister, Sutton). — Plant yellowish green; haulm 

 16 inches ; spreading, decumbent ; slightly tinged ; foliage large, shining ; 

 tubers of medium size, somewhat variable in shape ; skin light-brown, rough ; 

 eyes small, shallow ; eyebrows inconspicuous ; flesh firm, rather dry, white. 

 Crop No. 40 (Dumfries), 32 lb. ;, No. 41 (Scotland), 44 lb. Raised by Mr. Shake- 

 shaff ; introduced by Messrs. Sutton. 



(/) Tubers round, coloured. 

 1. Flowers white. 



72, 73, 74, 109. Epicure (Dobbie, McAlister, Sutton, Barr). — C., Sep- 

 tember 5, 1919. Plant yellow- green ; haulm 18 to 24 inches, compact, erect; 

 much tinged purple ; foliage large, dull, flat ; tubers large ; skin light-brown, 

 tinged pink ; eyes large, deep, pink ; eyebrows conspicuous ; flesh firm, pale 

 lemon ; firm, waxy, white, of fair flavour when cooked. Crop No. 72 (Edinburgh) , 

 38^ lb. ; No. 73 (Dumfries), 41 lb. ; No. 74 (Scotland), 91^ lb. ; No. 109 (Scotland), 

 96 lb. Raised by Mr. Jas. Clark ; introduced by Messrs. Sutton. 



76. Earliest Challenger (Houliston). — Characters as ' Epicure.' Crop 

 (Dumfries), 69 £ lb. Raised by sender. 



99. Early Champion (Findlay). — C, September 5, 1919. Plant medium 

 green ; haulm 20 inches, compact, erect, slightly tinged ; foliage large, dull, 

 flat, midrib coloured ; petioles coloured ; tubers large, skin light-brown, much 

 tinged with pink ; eyes large, deep pink ; eyebrows conspicuous ; flesh firm, 

 juicy, white ; firm, mealy, white when cooked ; flavour fair. Crop (Fifeshire), 

 73£ lb. Raised and introduced by sender. 



79. Arran Rose (Dobbie). — Plant medium green ; haulm 24 inches, erect, 

 slightly tinged purple ; foliage large, rough, dull, nearly flat ; tubers of medium 

 size, rather variable in shape ; skin light brown, much tinged pink ; eyes of medium 

 size, shallow, pink ; eyebrows conspicuous ; flesh waxy, white, but of rather 

 soapy flavour when cooked. Crop (Edinburgh), 56^ lb. Raised by Mr. 

 McKelvie; introduced by sender. 



