December 2, 1905. 
THE GARDENING WORLD 
923 
Potato The Pearl. 
Early Potatos have their value as well as 
late ones, and we now have the opportunity 
of placing a first early kidney before our 
readers, and which is said to surpass Sir John 
Llewellyn in some respects, another early 
variety which we figured some weeks ago. 
The tuber is kidney-shaped, white-fleshed, 
white-skinned, and rather smooth. It crops 
heavily, a quality not possessed by every early 
variety, while the tubers are also larger than 
some of those early types which have hitherto 
done duty for early work, and which had but 
little to recommend them other than earliness. 
It was put into commerce early this year by 
Messrs. W. W. Johnson and Son, Limited, 
Boston, Lines., who have cultivated Potatos 
for a long period of time, and are, therefore, 
in a position to judge of the merits of a 
Potato. The illustration accompanying this 
note was placed at our disposal by them. 
Potato • • • 
Sutton's Discovery. 
There are two leading features, if not more, 
in connection with this variety of Potato, 
which was put into commerce about two- years 
ago, namely, its heavy cropping character 
and disease-resisting power of the tubers. 
Another feature well shown in the accompany¬ 
ing illustrations is the extraordinary strength 
of the haulm or stems. No doubt, this is 
a result of the high class or intense culti¬ 
vation to which it has been subjected during 
the past two seasons. -When grown under 
ordinary conditions with only a limited 
afnount of space the stems, although still 
strong, are very much shorter than those 
represented. We have seen it on different 
occasions and in two different gardens, and 
the stems were very much shorter. Being 
also grown in borders they were under very 
different conditions to those shown in the 
illustrations. 
The tubers are round, slightly flattened, 
and frequently inclined to be pebble-shaped 
in the case of the smaller ones. The tuber 
has a rough skin, generally considered to 
indicate good quality. It is a late-growing 
variety, and like most others of that class, it 
is not in the best condition for cooking until 
well on into the new year. Many do not seem 
to recognise the fact that Potatos, like Apples 
and Pears, require their proper season to 
ripen, some being early, some mid-season, and 
Potato The Discovery. (Showing length of haulm.) 
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Potato The Discovery. 
some late. From all quarters have come 
accounts of its disease-resisting capabilities, 
and in that will lie its special value. When 
Potatos are put into cultivation with a strong 
constitution we generally find that they hold 
their own for many seasons to come, and in 
course of time come to be recognised in this 
light, and are accordingly widely cultivated. 
The photographs represent the stage which 
this Potato had reached on September 29th 
last year - . The man behind one of the stools 
was nearly 6ft. high, so that will give an 
indication of the vigour of the variety. The 
other photo, with the tubers laid bare, repre¬ 
sents the same plant, and the tubers weighed 
ll^lbs. Early in the spring last year we 
had the opportunity of seeing and tasting 
this variety, when the tubers had been cooked 
in their jackets, and the qualify was excellent, 
the flavour being such as we seldom get in 
modern Potatos. We are indebted to Messrs. 
Sutton and Sons, Reading, for the use of the 
two photos, showing what can be done with 
this strong-growing and new variety when 
placed under conditions favourable to its wel¬ 
fare. 
“ Duchess of Cornwall ” Potato. —This 
money-making Potato was discovered by Mr. 
J. F. . Williamson, an Irish seed Potato 
specialist. It is a remarkable disease-resist¬ 
ing variety, an enormous cropper, and a fine 
cooker. It has given yields of from twenty 
to twenty-five tons per acre. An expert says 
that the Champion is the curse of Irish 
Potato-growing industries, and the sooner it 
is replaced by Duchess of Cornwall the better. 
