30 BULLETIN" 176, U. S. DEPARTMENT OP AGEICULTUKE. 



very symmetrical and smootli; eyes few, shallow, and quite small; skin white; 

 flesh white. References: Cultivator and Country Gentleman, vol. 39, 1874, p. 580; 

 B. K. Bliss & Sons' potato catalogue, 1877, p. 14; 1878, p. 27; Henry A. Dreer's 

 Garden Calendar, 1875, p. 35. 



Note. — It is evident that this variety is entirely different from Early or Extra- 

 Early Eiu'eka, which we now class as identical with Irish Cobbler. 



Eureka, Extra-Early. (Group 1.) Originated by George R. Pedrick, of New Jersey, 

 in 1895; claimed to be a sport of Early Morn. W. H. Maule says: "A chance hill 

 found in a field of Early Morn potatoes during the season of 1895. In looking 

 over the field a single plant was noticed which died while all of the others were 

 green. " Introduced jointly by W. A. Burpee and W. H. Maule in 1901. Refer- 

 erence: W. H. Maule 's seed catalogue, 1901, p. 28. 



Description. — An extra-early variety; as early as or earlier than any other potato 

 under cultivation. Vines dwarf, compact, die down as soon as the tubers are 

 ripened and never make any second growth; foliage dark green. Tubers quite 

 broad, shortened-oblong, thick; eyes few, shallow; skin very smooth and of a pure, 

 snowy white; flesh white. References: W. A. Burpee's Farm Annual, 1901, p. 

 29; 1905, pp. 104 and 105; W. H. Maule 's seed catalogue, 1901, p. 28. 



Note. — The above description answers every requirement of the Irish Cobbler, 

 and it would appear that they are identical. 



Everitt. Originated by O. H. Alexander, Charlotte, Vt.; parentage not known. 

 Reference: Rural New Yorker, vol. 47, 1888, p. 353. 



Description. — Season medium early. Vines rather short, but stout and vigorous. 

 Tubers long, round, or oval; eyes numerous, shallow; skin bright, light red, 

 thickly netted. Reference: Frank Ford & Sons' seed catalogue, 1889, p. 26. 

 L. L. Olds says, "It is nearly but not quite so early as Sunrise and Ohio. " Ref- 

 erences: L. L. Olds's catalogue of seed potatoes, 1891, p. 5; Rural New Yorker, 

 vol. 45, 1886, p. 150 (fig. 95). 



Excelsior. Originated by B. B. Whiting, Hillsboro County, N. H., in 1861; claimed 

 to be a seedling of old State of Maine. Pharo's chart represents it as a seedling 

 of Early Goodrich. H. P. Closson, Thetford, Vt., says "Excelsior is a seedhng of 

 the State of Maine. " Reference: H. P. Closson's descriptive catalogue, 1870, p. 

 12. Introduced by J. J. H. Gregory about 1868. 



Description. — Season late. Vines short, very stocky, almost bushy. Tubers 

 nearly round, medium size; eyes prominent; skin white, thin, smooth. Refer- 

 ences: J. J. H. Gregory's seed catalogue, 1869, p. 21; 1872, p. 34; 1888, inside of 

 front cover. (See Early Peachblow, Hall's.) 



Excelsior, Early. See Early Excelsior. 



Extra Early, Burpee's. Originated by F. B. Van Ornam, Lewis, Cass Co., Iowa; 

 claimed to be a seedling of the Early Rose. Introduced by W. A. Burpee in 1890. 

 Description. — ^Season early. "Its claim to being from 10 days to 2 weeks 

 earlier than Early Rose, Early Puritan, Polaris, etc., and 1 week earlier than 

 Early Ohio has been fully substantiated. " Reference: Van Ornam's "Potatoes 

 for Profit, " 1896, p. 73. 



Extra-Early Eureka. See Eureka, Extra-Early. 



Extra-Early Fillhasket. See Fillbasket, Extra-Early. 



Extra-Early Peachblow. See Peachblow, Extra-Early. 



Extra-Early Red Rose. (Group 4, section 3.) Thought by its originator to be a 

 seedling of Early Rose and Early Ohio. Reference: W. H. Maule 's seed cata- 

 logue, 1902, p. 80. 



Description. — Season medium or second early. Vines large, vigorous, healthy, 

 medium compact and erect in habit of growth; stems freely branched, winged, 



