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Sprout: Base, leaf-scales, and tips, slightly or distinctly tinged with reddish- 

 violet or magenta ; in many cases the colour is absent. 



Flowers: Light rose-purple; under intense heat may be almost white. 



The following more common varieties belong to the Cobbler Group: Early 

 Eureka, Extra Early Eureka, Irish Cobbler, Hustler, Isle of Jersey, and Early 

 Record. 



GROUP 2 TBIUMPH. 



Tubers : Roundish ; skin, creamy white, with more or less numerous splashes 

 of red or carmine or solid red ; maturity very early. 



Sprouts : Base, leaf-scales, and tips, more or less deeply suffused with reddish- 

 violet. 



Flowers : Very light rose-purple. 



The following varieties seem to belong to the Triumph Group : Bliss Triumph, 

 White Triumph, Quick Lunch, Norton Beauty, and Stray Beauty. 



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 GROUP 3 EARLY MICHIGAN. 



Tubers: Oblong or elongate, flattened; skin, white or creamy white, occasion- 

 ally suffused with pink around bud-eye cluster in Early Albino. 



Sprouts : Base, light rose-purple ; tips, creamy white or light rose-purple. 



Flowers: White. 



The following varieties are classed in the Early Michigan Group : Early Albino, 

 Early Michigan, and Early Puritan. 



GROUP 4 ROSE GROUP. 



Tubers: Roundish, oblong to elongate, flattened, or spindle-shaped, flattened; 

 skin, flesh-coloured or pink or (in the case of the White Rose) white. 



Sprouts: Base and internodes, creamy white to deep rose-lilac; leaf-scales and 

 tips, cream to rose-lilac. 



Flowers : White in Sections 1 and 2 ; rose-lilac in Section 3. 



The following varieties are classed in Section 1 : Thorburn, Irish Cups, Canadian 

 Beauty, Manitoba Wonder, Bermuda, Early Goldfinder, Clark's No. 1, Early Durham, 

 Early Fortune, Early Maine, Early Norther, Early Rose, Early Roser, Early 

 Thoroughbred, Early Vermont," Early Walters, Extra Early Fillbasket, Extra Early 

 Vermont, Extra Early White Rose, Houlton Rose, Late Rose, Northern Beauty, 

 Rochester Rose, and Somer's Extra Early. 



Section 2 : Manistee (Early and Improved) and Spaulding No. 4. 



Section 3: Crine's Lightning, Extra Early Red Rose, Jones' Pink-eyed Seedling, 

 Lee's Favourite, Livingston, New Ideal, New Scotch Rose, Old Early Rose, and 

 Seneca Beauty. 



GROUP 5 EARLY OHIO GROUP. 



Tubers: Round, oblong, or ovoid; skin, flesh-coloured or light pink, with 

 numerous small, raised russet-spots. 



Sprouts : Base, leaf-scales, and tips, more or less deeply suffused with carmine- 

 lilac to violet-lilac or magenta. 



Flowers : White. 



Varieties : Early Ohio, Early Market, Prize Early Dakota, Ratekin's Red River 

 Special, Early Acme, Early Six Weeks, Late Ohio, and White Ohio. 



GROUP 6 HEBRON GROUP. 



Tubers : Elongated, somewhat flattened, sometimes spindle-shaped ; skin, creamy 

 white, more or less clouded with flesh colour or light pink. 



Sprouts: Base, creamy white to light lilac; leaf -scales and tips, pure mauve to 

 magenta, but colour sometimes absent. 



Flowers: White. 



Varieties: Columbus, Crown Jewel, Early Beauty of Hebron, Country Gentle- 

 man, Early Bovee, Gem of Aroostock, Harbinger, Improved Beauty of Hebron, 



