CONGO POTATO 
There are three varieties of Potatoes that are quite 
distinct from our ordinary garden forms, and the one 
most notable is the Black Congo, though this is not much 
grown in this country. This variety cannot be called 
profitable as an article of food when grown along with 
POTATO VITELOTTE 
the ordinary kinds, but it is useful in decorative cookery, 
and the flavour is not inferior. This variety has a black 
skin and dark flesh. It may be planted in the spring, 
but requires a well-drained, warm soil. To be served 
whole the tubers must not be pared but boiled with the 
skins intact, and when cooked the outer skin is to be 
removed with a piece of flannel. 
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