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it had been grown. Flowers formed; and from naturally 

 pollinated seed balls he grew several thousand seedlings 

 and in 1853 selected one for propagation that he called 

 Garnet Chili. This has been grown up to recent times. 



Garnet Chili was grown by Albert Bresee over in Hub- 

 bardton, Vermont, and from the plants he raised came the 

 seedling that developed into the Early Rose. First grown 

 in 1861, it gathered local esteem until in 1868 it brought 

 a record price of one thousand dollars — its originator being 

 awarded a medal by the Massachusetts Horticultural 

 Society. This early maturing, pinkish potato was one of 

 the first really important commercial varieties originated 

 in the United States and has been grown at one time or 

 another in every potato section of the country. 



Early Rose has been remarkable, not only for its own 

 good qualities but also for the many valuable varieties origi- 

 nated from it. In 1871 Luther Burbank gathered a single 

 seed ball from an Early Rose plant growing on his farm at 

 Lunenburg, Massachusetts, and planted the seeds the fol- 

 lowing spring. From the twenty-three seedlings thus 

 raised came the Burbank potato that, at one time, was 

 an important variety in this country and is still grown in a 

 somewhat different form in the West. Many other seedlings 

 were grown by Bresee, and some achieved great popularity. 

 Some were introduced, before their originator intended 

 them to be and to no profit to him, from tubers dug out 

 and stolen from his trial plots. But not until ten years 

 after the advent of the Early Rose did another variety 

 appear that offered it serious competition. This was the 

 Early Ohio, first generation offspring of Rose with an 

 unknown pollen parent, the seed balls being fertilized 

 naturally. This fine potato originated with Alfred Reese 

 and has had first importance in the Red River Valley of 

 Minnesota and North Dakota and the Kaw Valley of 

 Kansas. Another and equally successful child of Early 



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