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extremely white. Listed as a new variety by the Johnson Seed Potato Co. in 

 its 1911 catalogue, p. 3. 



Note. — The above description regarding color of skin is somewhat misleading, 

 as many of the tubers show Hght flesh or pink splashes around the eyes, par- 

 ticularly around the bud-eye cluster. 

 Early White Triumph. SjTionjTn of White Triumph. 



Early Wisconsin. Originated in 1884 in Columbia County, Wis.; claimed to be a 

 seedling of Early Ohio crossed with Snowflake. Introduced by J. 0. Borst, 

 Princeton, Wis. 



Description. — According to Borst, this variety is chiefly valuable on account of 

 its extreme earhness and its fine table qualities. Tubers remarkably smooth and 

 uniform in shape; skin Light rose colored or nearly flesh color, shading to pink 

 about the eyes. References: L. L. Olds's catalogue of seed potatoes, 1891, pp. 

 6 and 7; Rural New Yorker, vol. 51, 1892, p. 202. 



Note. — Vaughan says, "Originated with a well-known grower at Fort Atkinson, 

 Wis. Skin white." Reference: Vaughan's seed catalogue, 1904, p. 8. Vaughan 

 probably meant Thomas Craiue. 

 Empire State. (Group 8, section 1.) Originated by E. L. Coy, Hebron, N. Y., in 

 1881; claimed to be an inbred seedling of White Elephant. Introduced by 

 W. A. Burpee in 1885. References: W. A. Burjiee's Farm Annual, 1885, p. 16; 

 I. F. TDlinghast's catalogue, 1885, p. 12. 



Description. — Season medium late. "The most productive main-crop potato 

 ever introduced; vines rank, vigorous. Eyes shallow, but strong; skin white, 

 smooth; flesh pure, snowy white." Reference: Rural New Yorker, vol. 44, 1885, 

 p. 265. Van Omam says: "Potatoes oblong in shape, large size, smooth, and 

 very handsome." Reference: Van Ornam's "Potatoes for Profit," 1896, p. 79. 



Note. — Notice that the tubers as represented in the figure accompanying the 

 reference in the Rural New Yorker are cylindrical in shape. 

 Endurance, Mills's. Originated by F. B. Mills, Rose Hill, N. Y.; claimed to be 

 a seedling of Green Mountain. Introduced by Mills in 1894. 



Description. — Vines erect and vigorous. Tubers large and of even size; eyes 

 .shallow; skin white; flesh white. References: F. B. Mills's catalogue, 1895, p. 

 19; H. N. Hammond Seed Co.'s catalogue, 1897, p. 18. 

 Enormous. Originated by A. E. Manum, Bristol, Vt.; claimed to be a seedling of 

 State of Maine crossed with White Star. First introduced under the name of 

 North Star, but on account of the preemption of that name by a previous variety 

 the name was changed to Enormous. 

 Ensign Bagley. Synonym of Clark's Pride. 



Eureka. Origin not given. Introduced by Frank Ford & Sons in 1891 as a new 

 variety. Similar in many respects to Brownell's Eureka. 



Description. — Season medium. Vines remarkably vigorous, very productive. 

 Tubers large to very large, long, a litlle larger at the stem end, oval or nearly 

 round; eyes numerous, shallow; skin white, much nisseted. References: Frank 

 Ford & Sons' seed catalogue, 1891, p. 34; 1892, p. 33. The Rural New Yorker 

 says, "Intermediate; tubers cylindrical, shapely, and inclined to be too long; 

 eyes few; skin buff white. " Reference: Rural New Yorker, vol. 51, 1892, p. 850. 



Note. — This jK>talo in many respects very closely reHeinhles Brownell's Eureka, 

 and it is ratli'-r '|ii('Htioiial)lc whetlier it is really a new variety. 

 Eureka, Brownell's. (Jriginated by E. S. Brownell, Essex Junction, Vt., in 1871; 

 claimed to bo a seedling of Excelsior crossed with Wliite Peachblow. Introduced 

 in 1875. 



Descriplvjn. — Second early or medium. Vines medium size, strong and vigorous, 

 ligliti.sh green foliage?. Tubers rncdinrn size, elongate-oval, somewhat, flattened, 



