February 26, 1898, 
THE GARDENING WORLD 
409 
Road, Chelsea, who have furnished us with the 
accompanying illustration. 
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POTATO SUTTON’S IDEAL. 
The raising of new Potatos is not only very engros¬ 
sing work, but it is absolutely necessary to combat 
a vivid recollection of a large heap of the variety 
last autumn, and must confess we were very much 
taken with the clean and handsome appearance of 
the tubers. The accompaning illustration, for which 
we are indebted to Messrs. Sutton & Sons, Reading, 
shows tubers resulting from one ^oot, while others 
not represented brought the total weight up to 8 lbs. 
the cooking quality, for all who have tried it are 
agreed that it is a white-fleshed, mealy Potato of ex¬ 
cellent flavour when cooked, and quite free from 
disease The skin is very slighly rough, and the 
eyes are practically on the surface, so that there can 
be no waste in its preparation for cooking, and for the 
same reason exhibitors will find it most serviceable. 
Potato, Sutton’s Ideal. 
disease, and the tendency of old sorts to degenerate. 
That under notice is a second early Kidney Potato of 
beautiful shape, smooth and attractive appearance, 
disease-resisting, and suitable either for the kitchen 
or exhibition table. It is also an enormous cropper, 
and, therefore, entitled to the name, Ideal. We have 
Several experts have already given it a good trial, 
and speak of it in glowing terms. One good vege¬ 
table grower found the produce, in his trial of the 
variety, equivalent to 20 tons 6 cwt. per acre. Such 
enormous weight would seem to be suggestive of 
coarseness, but that applies neither to the form nor 
Choose Big heavy Seed if you want good Lettuce is 
the advice given to American cultivators by Profes¬ 
sor Galloway, for he says, “ only the largest seed 
should be saved, as in most cases the vigour, size, 
and heading qualities of the plants are in direct pro¬ 
portion to the size of the seed.” 
