UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



BULLETIN No. 176 



Contribution from the Boreaa of Plant Industry 

 WM. A. TAYLOS, Chief 



Washington, D. C. 



PROFESSIONAL PAPER 



March 27, 1915 



GROUP CLASSIFICATION 



AND VARIETAL DESCRIPTIONS OF 



SOME AMERICAN POTATOES 



By 

 WILLIAM STUAET, Horticnlturist 



CONTENTS 



Page 



Introduction 1 



Early Efforts at Classification ... 1 



Proposed System of Classification 

 Varietal Descriptions .... 



WASHINGTON 

 GOVERIMMENT PRINTING OFFICE 



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