POT 
POT 
years’ culture, an object of much im¬ 
portance to the cultivator, whose prin¬ 
cipal object is to obtain superior kinds 
to be afterwards grown in the ordinary 
way. The produce of a piece of ground 
sown with seed from the apple will often 
weigh as much as if planted with sets, 
both standing at equal distances over 
the whole plot; but unless the seedlings 
have been forwarded by artificial nurs¬ 
ing, their yield will be composed for the 
most part of an immense number of 
small unripened tubers, and therefore 
less valuable than the more perfect, and 
consequently larger, roots obtained from 
the sets. We have seen the produce of 
a single seedling plant of the backward 
kind described to amount to upwards 
of one hundred tubers, not one of them 
larger than a marble, and the possessor, 
fancying such must prove a very prolific 
variety, has with infinite care preserved 
liis nest of “ wren’s eggs” through an 
entire season, planted and reared them, 
when, on taking up the second produce, 
it was found to be scarcely an average 
one; so that, unless a degree of matu¬ 
rity is attained by getting the plants 
forward in the spring, no correct idea 
can be formed regarding the several 
varieties, and so of the value of the re¬ 
sult. Iu the adoption of seed as a sub¬ 
stitution for setts, we fear the labour 
of raising a crop of seedlings, and after¬ 
wards dibbling them into their places, 
will be sufficient to deter commercial 
growers from the attempt, though that 
will certainly be more profitable than to 
waste a whole season in the production 
of a crop of “ chats,” mere pig’s-meat, 
and can therefore only recommend it to 
the amateur grower for the purpose of 
raising improved varieties. Among the 
varieties usually cultivated, the folio wing- 
stand conspicuous. 
Albion. A large oblong kidney, smooth, 
deep brown skin, and excellent fla¬ 
vour; is early, prolific, and keeps 
tolerably well. Syn. Early Kidney, 
Smith’s Prolific Kidney. 
Ash-leaf. A well-known and justly es¬ 
teemed kidney of moderatesize, usually 
curved in form and tapering towards 
one end, smooth, pale brown skin, 
rather deep eyes, those only at the 
turgid end being found to produce 
shoots, very early, and moderately 
prolific; generally grown for the first 
crop, whether forced or out of doors. 
Brighton Kidney. An excellent variety 
for main crops, not early, but a good 
bearer, and keeps well; oval in shape, 
with slightly depressed eyes, smooth 
red skin, and short haulm. Syn. Brat¬ 
ton’s Kidney. 
Champion. An early round potato, with 
rough white skin, deep eyes, and good 
flavour; prolific, but does not keep; 
good for early crops. 
Chapman’s. One of the quickest of all 
the varieties, and said to be the best 
flavoured, and most profitable that can 
be employed for forcing. 
Essex Bed. A late kidney, large, and 
irregular in form, smooth deep red 
skin, small eyes, excellent flavour; an 
excellent bearer, and keeps as long as 
any; a first-rate late sort. Syn. Late 
Bed, Late Kidney, Yorkshire Bed, 
Kentish Bed. 
Eorty Eold. A very good kind for ge¬ 
neral cropping; round, smooth, white, 
good flavour, and keeps tolerably well. 
Manly. An early variety, oval in shape, 
white, smooth, moderate in size; pro¬ 
lific, medium flavour, but does not 
keep. Syn. Early Erame. 
Pink Eye. A large white kidney, smooth 
skin, rather deep pink eyes, excellent 
bearer, and good flavour; keeps well, 
and may be recommended for general 
cropping. Syn. Nimble Betty, Pretty 
Betty, Bed Nose. 
Begent. A first-rate late variety, with 
rough, pale brown skin, indented with 
rather deep eyes, irregularly round 
in shape, moderate in size; a great 
bearer, and keeps of unimpaired fla¬ 
vour to the last. 
Shaw. There are several varieties of the 
Shaw potatoes, most of them good; 
the leading characteristics are, a rather 
rough whitish skin, moderate eyes, 
and irregularly round form; all are 
good bearers, quick in arriving at 
perfection, mealy and fine flavoured, 
and generally keep well. 
