AMEEICAX potatoes: CLASSIFICATIOlSr AND DESCEIPTIONS. 33 



Great Divide. (Group 9, section 1.) Originated by F. B. Van Ornam, Lewis, Cass 

 Co., lo-wa, in 1887. Claimed to be a seedling of Early Ohio crossed with old 

 California. Introduced by W. A. Burpee in 1894. 



Description. — Season medium to late. Vines stout, erect, branching direct 

 from the main stem; leaves abundant, dark green. Tubers oblong, round; eyes 

 numerous, shallow; skin very white; flesh very white. References: W. A. Bur- 

 pee's Farm Annual, 1894, pp. 30-31; Van Ornam's "Potatoes for Profit," 1896, 

 p. 76. 

 Great Eastern. Originated by E. S. Brownell, Essex Junction, Vt., in 1880; 

 claimed to be a seedling of Excelsior crossed with Peachblow. Introduced by 

 J. M. Thorburn & Co. in 1885. 



Description. — Season medium early. Vines medium height, stocky and 

 healthy; leaves dark green and free from disease. Tubers oval and somewhat 

 flattened, free from prongs; eyes few and shallow; skin white; flesh white. Pvef- 

 erences: Rural New Yorker, vol. 44, 1885, p. 265; American Garden, vol. 6, 1885, 

 p. 22; J. M. Thorburn & Co.'s seed catalogue, 1886, p. 32. 

 Green Mountain. (Group 8, section 1.) Originated by 0. H. Alexander, Char- 

 lotte, Vt., in 1878; claimed to be a seedling from a cross between Dunmore and 

 Excelsior. Introduced by J. A. Everitt & Co. in 1885. 



Description. — Season medium late. Vines vigorous, foliage deep green. Tubers 

 short and chunky, flattened, and not very regular; eyes sometimes slightly, some- 

 times considerably depressed; skin nearly white; flesh white, fine grained. 

 References: Rural New Yorker, vol. 43, 1884, p. 729; American Garden, vol. 6, 

 1885, p. 102; Cultivator and Country Gentleman, vol. 51, 1886, p. 280; J. A. Ever- 

 itt's seed catalogue, 1895, p. 60; Angell Seed Co.'s Manual, 1899, p. 20. 



Note. — The following description seems to represent more adequately the 

 Green Mountain at the present time: Vines vigorous, healthy, considerably 

 branched; foliage heavy, medium green; stems light green; flowers abundant, 

 white. Tubers large, short-oblong to oblong, broad, flattened; eyes medium in 

 number and size, shallow to medium in depth; skin creamy white or buff white, 

 occasionally splashed with russet toward seed end, generally well netted. 

 Green Mountain, Jr. (Group 8, section 1.) Originated by W. E. Johnson, Rich- 

 ' mond. Me., in 1905; claimed to be an inbred Green Mountain (that is, from a seed 

 ball grown on Green Mountain pollinized with Green Mountain). The originator 

 says, "Practically a thoroughbred or purebred." Introduced by the Johnson 

 Seed Potato Co. 



Description. — Season late. Vines much branched and vigorous; leaves broad, 

 dark green; blossoms white with yellow centers; tubers round to oblong, some- 

 what flattened; eyes shallow; skin a trifle whiter than that of its parent and more 

 netted . Sprouts white and stubby in the spring and do not grow very long. Refer- 

 ence: Johnson Seed Potato Co.'s catalogue, 1911, p. 5. 



Note. — So far as the writer's experience with this variety goes, it does not appear 

 to poHHCHs qualities superior to those of its parent. 

 Gumei/s While Ifarvest. See White Harvest, Gurney's. 

 I/all' H Early Peachblow. See Early Peachblow, Hall's. 



Hampden Beauty. Roha Bros, and Frank Ford & Sons claim that this variety 

 originated in Vermont, while Aaron E. Low says that it originated in Hampden 

 County, MaKH. Itw narno would indicate that the latter assumption is correct. 

 Claimed to be a sport of licauty of Hebron. Introduced as a novelty in 1886. 



Dearri/jtion. — Seawjn early. Vines stxjcky and thrifty. Tubers oblong-oval, me- 

 dium to large; eyes num(!rouH (A. \V. Livingslon says "few"), shallow; skin 

 white, finely netted, smootli; AchIi white, wjI id. I'v('f('n'nc<'H: A. W. Livingston's 



