POTATOES

Press, Volume LXXII, Issue 21809, 15 June 1936, Page 7

POTATOES

TO THE EDITOR Of THE PRESS. Sir,—ln my first letter, after I had asked about the Vitality potato, it should have read. “You have a potato called the Aucklander, long and short top. There is a potato in England called Eclipse, Early Eclipse, or the Old Fortyfold. This potato will grow long or short tops under certain conditions.” If readers of your paper think I am claiming this Eclipse to be the same potato as your Aucklander, if the cap fits they must put it on, but certainly I did not say it was. The Up-to-date or Sir John Llewellyn I did not include with Eclipse, etc.; I simply mentioned the Up-to-date or Sir John Llewellyn. This potato has a certain mark in it when green or half-grown, and I think that I can safely say that it is in no other variety, so that it can be easily known. The White Elephant is a white potato and one of the heaviest croppers known. It is chiefly Used in England for “chipping” or feed to pigs. For some reason or other this potato got *its name changed to Princess Mary. The British Queen is a white potato, but is not worthy of the name. Farmers in England grow this potato to clear off . green before harvest. It is not a good user in as

it becomes discoloured when cooked when kent after pitting. There are two potatoes, one called Great Scott end the other Northern Star. ” One is white, the other is slightly yellow. Both are good croppers. and good users. Regarding the Beauty of Hebron, this potato is one of the oldest varieties known. I can remember it , being grown more than 50 years ago by one of the largest seed merchants and growers in EnglaiM at that time. I was also there when it was set. The King Edward and Arran Chief were both produced much later. I have grown these potatoes myself in England, and many others for seed, so should know which is the Beauty of Hebron.—Yours, etc., CERTIFIED SEED. June 13. 1936.