42 BULLETIN 176^ U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGEICULTUEE. 



Ne-w Wonderful. (Group 7, section 2.) Introduced in 1899. 



Description. — Season late. Vines large, rank, dark; foliage rich, green. Tubers 

 round to oblong, very uniform in size; eyes flush with the surface; skin russet, 

 covered with vein work. Reference: S. M. Isbell & Co.'s seed catalogue, 1906, 

 p. 53. 



Note. — The shape of the tubers as described in Isbell's catalogue does not coin- 

 cide with the shape of those grown from stock purchased by the Department of 

 Agriculture from S. M. Isbell & Co. The latter are elongate-cylindrical, and 

 usually slightly flattened. 



Nichol's King of the Earlies. See King of the Earlies, Nichol's. 



NidioVs New Improved Peachblow. See Peachblow, Nichol's New Improved. 



Nishenock. Synonym of Mercer. 



Norcross. (Group 8, section 1.) Originated by Charles Norcross, Litchfield, Me., 

 in 1895; claimed to be a seedling of Early Rose pollenized with Beauty of Hebron . 

 Introduced by the Johnson Seed Potato Co. 



Description. — Late maturing. Vines thrifty, iipright; leaves large. Tubers 

 large, flat, oval, somewhat blocky in shape; skin white. References: Johnson 



' Seed Potato Co.'s catalogue, 1905, p. 12; 1909, p. 6; Frank S. Piatt's Farm and 

 Garden Annual, 1907, p. 6. 



Noroton Beauty. (Group 2.) Originated by E. L. Coy, Hebron, N. Y. ; claimed 

 to have been obtained from a seedling of old ^^Tiite Peachblow. Introduced 

 by J. M. Thorburn in 1904. 



Description. — Matures early; vines short, stocky, branching; stalks purjile 

 when they first come up ; leaves large and dark green. Tubers round, or nearly so ; 

 eyes pinkish; groundwork of skin white, slightly russeted, and splashed more or 

 less with pink. Reference: J. M. Thorburn & Co.'s seed catalogue, 1905, p. 4. 



Note. — The Noroton Beauty is, so far as any visible appearance is concerned, 

 identical with Quick Lunch. Both of these varieties were introduced in the same 

 year, the former by J. M. Thorburn, the latter by W. A. Burpee. Noroton Beauty- 

 is said to have been originated by E. L. Coy and Quick Lunch by Gideon Safford, 

 of North Bennington, Vt. Both of these originators claim to have had no cogni- 

 zance of the other's production. "WTiether this be true or not, the two varieties 

 are practically identical and we believe are now so regarded by the trade. 



Norther, Early, See Earlt Norther. 



Northern Beauty. Claimed to have been an 1889 seedling. Parentage not given. 

 Description. — A second early variety. Vines vigorous. Tubers medium to 

 large, oblong, and similar to those of Beauty of Hebron or Clark's No. 1; eyes 

 slightly indented; skin and flesh pure white. Reference: Parker & Wood's seed 

 catalogue, 1890, p. 98. 



Northern Beauty. (Group 4, section 1.) Originated by G. W. P. Jerrard, Caribou, 



Aroostook County, Me., in 1894. Introduced by the G. W. P. Jerrard Co. in 1900. 



Description. — Strong, upright grower of the Early Rose type, but rather more 



robust. Tubers not quite as long as those of the Early Rose, a little inclined to be 



flat. References: G. W. P. Jerrard Co.'s catalogue, 1900, p. 1; 1911, p. 7. 



Note. — The tuber description of these two varieties bearing the same name is 

 BO meager that it is not possible to determine, in the absence of authentic speci- 

 mens of each, whether or not they are identical. 



NotVa Peachblow. See Peachblow, Nott's. 



Noxall. (Group 9, section 1.) Origin not known. Introduced by the Wernich 

 Seed Co. in 1911. 



Description. — Season late; matures a week earlier than Rural New Yorker No. 

 2. Tubers of fine appearance and of about the same shape as Rural New Yorker 



