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Section VII.— ROOTS, PLANTS , Etc. 
THE POTATO. 
High-Class New Varieties of the Potato, 
Most of which have been awarded First-Class Certificates , and we recommend them with the utmost confidence 
of giving satisfaction. Besides the following , there is a host of New Potatoes ; but they are either untried , or 
not equal in quality to those quoted by us: They can , however , be supplied if required. 3i ’ d# 
Covent Garden Perfection, Mr. Shirley Hibberd says of this variety : — “ It is distinct, of remarkably 
fine quality, and the very model of a potato for a gentleman s table " per lb. is., per peck io 6 
Fenn’s International Kidney, a very handsome white kidney , an immense cropper , and of excellent quality 
per lb. ij., per peck io 6 
McKinlay's Pride, a very handsome early white kidney, of first-rate quality, remarkable for its uniformity 
of medium sized potatoes, and possessing the rare merit of coming rapidly to maturity , a heavy 
cropper, and keeping in good condition till the following year s crop is ready ...per lb. is., per 7 lbs. 12 o 
Hooper's Round White, one of Mr. Porter's prime varieties, a heavy cropper , good form , finer in quality 
than the Regent per lb. is., per peck 10 6 
Meldrum Conqueror (Early King), described by Mr. Me Kin lay thus — “ In every respect a great improve- 
ment on King of Potatoes, and I consider it a most valuable early sort" per lb. is., per peck 10 6 
Improved Ashtop Fluke, fine form, good cropper, excellent table qualities, and the finest of its class 
per lb. 9 d., per peck 7 6 
Select Round Blue, in the way of the old Scotch Blue, but superior, skin dark violet, flesh snow-white, 
quality superb, a heavy cropper, and a grand sort per peck 4 s. 6d., per bush 15 o 
Grampian, this fine new potato is unequalled in beauty and quality. It is very productive, and a 
valuable addition to this important class of vegetables per lb. 9 d., per peck 7 6 
Porter's Excelsior, very handsome, of excellent quality, a great cropper and very early, equally valuable 
for garden and field culture and a first-class exhibition variety per peck 4 j., per bush. 14 o 
Schoolmaster, a very high-class rough-skinned .round potato, of a very distinct character, and a most 
valuable variety. Mr. Barron describes it thus— 11 A great cropper, even sample of fair-sized tubers, 
quality all that can be desired, with a fine constitution" per peck 6s., per bush. 21 o 
Fenn’s Perfection Kidney, a handsome smooth form of Lapstone, the produce of a graft of the Yorkshire 
Hero and Onwards , the earliest and handsomest of the Lapstone family per lb. 9 d., per peck 7 6 
Fenn's Rector of Woodstock, tubers fiattish round, and handsome, one of Mr. Fenn'a famous varieties, 
floury, and of excellent flavour per lb. 6d., per peck 5 o 
Fenn's Bountiful, true kidney shape, exceedingly handsome, and of a reddish colour, flesh yellow, very 
floury, and of more than usually fine flavour, second early per lb. 6 d., per peck 5 6 
Fenn's Early Market, large fiattish round, of superb quality, dwarf haulm per lb. 9 d., per peck 7 6 
Alpha, a high-class dwarf early American potato, adapted for garden or frame culture, flesh very % 
white, dry, and firm, flavour excellent, a good acquisition per peck 5*., per bush 16 o 
Snowflake, above an average size, half round, very even and regular, skin slightly rough ; flesh white 
and floury, very handsome, and an immense cropper, second early per peck 3J. 6 d., per bush. 12 o 
Brownell s Beauty (Vermont Beauty), light red and very large ; flesh white , and of excellent quality, a very 
heavy cropper, in the way of Red-skinned Flourball, but superior per peck 35. 6d., per bush. 12 o 
Ruby, a new first early red kidney, very handsome and of excellent quality per peck 5X., per bush. 16 o 
Climax (Bres go), flesh white, floury, and of exceedingly fine quality, having beeti in cultivation now several 
■years, its reputation is established as a high-class variety per peck 3J., per bush. 10 6 
Round Potatoes. 
The following standard varieties are well known and highly esteemed : — 
Early Giant King, the earliest round potato, an immense cropper, and not liable to disease 
Early Dimmisk, large round, nearly smooth, and very handsome ; flesh white, floury , and of 
superior flavour, a heavy cropper, and uniform in size 
Dalmahoy, a very excellent second early Regent 
Paterson's Victoria, a very heavy cropper, and of excellent quality on light soil 
York Regent, an excellent variety, and more universally cultivated than any other 
Red Regent, an exceedingly heavy cropper, and of fine flavour 
The Queen, a selection from Paterson's Victoria, a first-class variety not liable to disease 
The Marchioness of Lome, a heavy cropper, a good cooker, and of excellent quality 
Other varieties of round Potatoes can be supplied at the usual prices. 
per peck per 
of 14 lbs. bush, 
s. d. s. d, 
3 6... 12 6 
4 6. ..16 O 
2 9... 9 6 
3 0...10 6 
2 3.., 8 o 
3 6... 12 6 
3 6. ..12 o 
3 6. ..12 6 
Kidney Potatoes. 
The following standard varieties are well known and highly esteemed : — 
Early Ash-leaf, the best for forcing 4 
„ Albion Ash-leaf, the finest of the first early kidney potatoes in the London Market 4 
„ Myatt’s Covent Garden Prolific Ash-leaf, first -class variety, and very handsome 3 
„ Gloucestershire Kidney First-class Potatoes, but resembling each other so ( 3 
„ Rivers ' Royal Ash-leaf > closely that it has been asserted that the best autho-<. 3 
,, Veitch's Improved Ash-leaf ) ritics fail to distinguish the one from the other. ( 4 
Almond's Yorkshire Hero. Mr. Fenn says of this variety : “ it is the best garden Potato in culti- 
vation, and stands at the top ring of the ladder of the Lapstone section,” per lb., 6d. 5 
Flat King, or Birmingham Prizetaker, second early, a very handsome first-class flat variety 3 
Webb's Imperial, or Daw’s Matchless, very handsome, and a great cropper for light soils 3 
Red Skinned Fluke, an immense cropper, flavour excellent, and fine constitution 3 
Other varieties of Kidney Potatoes can be supplied at the usual prices. 
6. . .16 o 
0...14 o 
o ..10 6 
6. . .12 o 
6. ..12 o 
0...14 o 
0...18 o 
6... 12 o 
0...12 o 
0...10 6 
Bresee’s Prolific ... 
Hundredfold fluke 
Early Goodrich ... 
per peck, per bush. 
3 O...IO 6 
3 6. ..12 6 
3 6. .12 0 
American Potatoes. 
per peck, per bush. 
Red Skinned Flourball 2 9. . . 9 6 
Extra Early Vermont 3 6...12 0 
Compton s Surprise ...3 6. ..12 0 
per peck, per bush. 
Magnum bonum 3 6... 12 0 
Early Rose 3 0...10 6 
Late Rose, very fine 3 6. ..12 o 
Chinese Yam, or Dioscorea Batatas, a fine esculent, when boiled or roasted the roots have a pleasant rice- 
like taste ; they should be grown on ridges, and as they are rapid and ornamental climbers they can 
be advantageously used for covering arbours and arches per doz. tubers 4 6 
per peck per 
Artichokes. ofi4ibs. bush. 
Jerusalem Artichokes, cooked and properly served up, an exceedingly nice vegetable 2 6. ..9 o 
Globe Artichoke plants, 6 j. per doz., extra strong 9 s. per doz., an excellent vegetable. 
