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Utility.— A large, compact cabbage variety ; leaves brown, much 

 crumpled. Shows little inclination to run to seed. 

 Dusky Monarch. — A large, brown cos variety. 

 Golden Crown, — A small, late, very pale green cos variety. 

 Ne Plus Ultra.—- A cos variety ; good compact heart, good flavour. 



Onion. 



Golden Beauty (R. Veitch). — Bulbs somewhat flattened, moderate 

 size, brown skin. Fair crop ; good keeper. 



Precocity White Globe (R. Veitch). — Bulbs almost spherical ; size, 

 medium to small ; white. Crop fair, suitable for immediate use only. 



Silver Bail (R. Veitch).- — Bulbs spherical, small, white ; crop good ; 

 suitable for pickling. Not a late keeper. 



Pea. 



Wm. Richardson (Nutting) .—Germination good ; height 2J-3 feet ; 

 haulm thick ; internodes short ; foHage deep green, strongly nerved ; 

 pods in pairs, 4 inches long, pointed, containing 7-8 oval peas of 

 moderate size ; seed wrinkled. A mid-season variety ; stock 

 apparently fixed. 



Yorkshire Hero (Bruce), A.M. Aug. 16, 1910.— -This stock is true, 

 but rather more dwarf (not exceeding 3 feet) than that described 

 vol. xxxvi. p. 724. 



Potato. 



Drumwhindle (Gavin). — Haulm tall, strong, mid-green. Flowers 

 purple. Tubers round-kidney ; eyes few, mostly at apex, shallow ; 

 eyebrows distinct ; skin light, moderate russet ing ; flesh white ; cooks 

 well. A very good cropper. Apparently a maincrop variety. 



Duchess of Cornwall (R. Veitch), A.M. October 24, 1905.— See 

 vol. XXXV. p. 494. 



Duke of York (R. Veitch). — See vol. xxxv. p. 494. 



Early Lidstone (Durham). — Haulm short, procumbent. Tubers 

 flat, oval ; eyes few, fairly deep ; eyebrows slight ; skin white ; 

 russeting moderate ; flesh white ; cooks well. Crop fair. A good 

 cooker. 



Late Lidstone (Durham). — Haulm of moderate vigour ; foliage 

 rather small, light green, crinkled. Flowers white. Tubers more or 

 less round ; eyes mostly at apex, very shallow ; eyebrows slight ; 

 skin Httle russeted, white in some plants, pink in others. Produced a 

 large crop of small tubers. Fair cooker. 



Great Scot (R. Veitch), A.M. Sept. 26, 1911. — See vol. xxxvii. 

 P- 573. 



Isis (Brown). — Haulm very strong, erect, dark green. Flower 

 white. Tubers round ; eyes scattered, shallow ; eyebrows prominent ; 

 skin coarsely russeted ; crop good. A fair cooker. 



Long Set (Laurie). — Haulm strong, long, spreading, mid-green. 

 Flower white. Tubers pebble-shape, regular in size ; skin white, very 



