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Synonyms 



Frequently potatoes belonging to well-recognized va- 

 rieties are renamed and sold as distinctly new sorts. 

 This practice may be due to the fact that the seedsman, 

 or the grower, is not familiar with all the standard va- 

 rieties ; or it may be a fraudulent attempt to induce the 

 farmer to pay a high price for seed of a supposedly new 

 and superior variety. Then, too, the same t^'pe may 

 arise in different parts of the country at about the same 

 time and be given different names in each locality. Be- 

 cause of these conditions we often have one variety mas- 

 querading under a number of different trade names. It 

 is desirable that a single name be chosen for each distinct 

 type, and that that name alone be used to designate 

 tubers of the standardized type. The following list of 

 synonyms, adapted from Stuart, may be found helpful 

 in straightening out variety names : 



Synonym Preferred Name 



Acme Early Acme 



Black Mercer Black Chenango 



Bliss Triumph Triumph 



Blue Noses Mercer 



Boston Market Early Sebec 



Bresee's No. 2 Bresee's Prolific 



Bresee's No. 4 King of the Earlies 



Bresee's No. 6 Peerless 



Bruce's White Beauty White Beauty 



California Russet Russet Burbank 



Chenango Mercer 



Chenango Wliite Mercer 



Early Bovee Bovee 



Early Henry Early Shaw 



Early Hunt Triumph 



Early Pinkeye Dykeman 



