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Burpee's Extra Early, Junior Pride, Late Beauty of Hebron, Milwaukee, New Queen, 

 Quick Crop, Star of the East, Vigorora, and White Elephant. 



GROUP 7 BURBANK GROUP. 



Tubers : Long cylindrical to somewhat flattened, inclined to be slightly spindle- 

 shaped; skin, white to light creamy white, smooth and glistening, or deep russet 

 in the case of Section 2. 



Sprouts: Base, creamy white or faintly tinged with magenta; leaf-scales and 

 tips, usually lightly tinged with magenta. 



Flowers : White. 



Varieties: Section 1 Burbank or Burbank's Seedling, Money Maker, Pride of 

 Multnomah, White Beauty, and White Chief. Section 2 California Russet, Cam- 

 bridge Russet, Olds Golden Russet, New Wonderful, Russet Burbank, and Scabproof. 



GROUP 8 GREEN MOUNTAIN. 



Tubers : Moderately to distinctly oblong, usually broad, flattened ; skin, a dull 

 creamy or light russet colour, frequently having russet-brown splashes towards the 

 seed-end. 



Sprouts: Section 1 Base, leaf-scales, and tips, creamy white. Section 2 Base. 

 usually white, occasionally tinged with magenta; leaf-scales and tips, tinged with 

 lilac to magenta. 



Flowers : White. 



The following varieties are believed to belong to the white-sprout division, 

 Section 1 : Bethel Beauty. Blightless Wonder, Carmen No. 1, Clyde, Delaware, Empire 

 State, Farmer, Freeman, Gold Coin, Green Mountain, Gurney's White Howest, Key- 

 stone, Late Blightless, Long Island Wonder, Norcross, Pride, Snow, State of Maine, 

 Uncle Sam, and White Mountain. 



GROUP 9 RURAL. 



Tubers : Broadly round, flattened, to short oblong, or distinctly oblong, flattened ; 

 skin, creamy white or deep russet in the case of Section 2. 



Sprouts : Base, dull white ; leaf-scales and tips, violet-purple to pansy-violet. 



Flowers : Central portion of corolla, deep violet, with the purple growing lighter, 

 toward the outer portion ; five points of corolla, white or nearly so. 



Varieties: Section 1 Arcadia, Carmen No. 3. Great Divide, Jackson White. 

 Late Victor, Lily White, Million Dollar, Noxall, Ohio Wonder, Peerless, Prosperity, 

 Rhind's Hybrid, Rural New Yorker No. 2, Sir Walter Raleigh, White Grant, and 

 White Swan. Section 2 Late Petoskey, Russet, and Roxbury. 



GROUP 10 PEARL. 



Tubers : Round, flattened, to heart-shaped, flattened, usually heavily shouldered ; 

 skin, dull white, dull russet, or brownish-white in Section 1,'or a deep bluish-purple 

 in Section 2. 



Sprouts: Section 1 Base, leaf-scales, and tips, usually faintly tinged with lilac. 

 Section 2 Base, leaf-scales, and tips, vinous mauve. 



Flowers: White. 



Varieties: Section 1 Pearl and People's. Section 2 Blue Victor. 



GBOUP II I'i:\< niM.ow. 



Tubers: Round to round, flattened, or round oblong; skin, creamy white, 

 splashed with crimson or solid pink; eyes, usually bright carmine. Includes some 

 early-maturing variot i<>s. 



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



Flowers : Purple. 



Varieties: Dykemaii, Early Peachblow, Extra Early Peachblow, Improved Peach- 

 blow, Jersey Peachblow, McCormick, New Improved Peachblow, New White Peach- 

 blow, Nott's Peachblow, Perfect Peachblow. ami White Peachblow. 



