46 BULLETIN 176, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGKICULTUEE. 



coincide, but the color of the skin is identical. Fitch claims that the People's is a 

 sport of the Blue Victor and that it occasionally produces tubers with colored eyes 

 which when propagated produce the Blue Victor. Reference: Colorado Agricul- 

 tural Experiment Station, bulletin 176, 1910, p. 3. 



Perfect Peachblow. (Group 11.) Originated by W. H. Rand, Shelburne, Vt.; 

 claimed to be a seedling of the old White Peachblow. 



Description. — Tubers round oblong; eyes bright pink, very few and small; skin 

 russety, sometimes splotched with purple, especially near the stems; flesh pure 

 white. Reference: Rural New Yorker, vol. 45, 1886, p. 33. 



Note. — This is apparently not the Perfect or Improved Peachblow grown in 

 the Carbondale, Colo., district. 



Petoshey, Early. See Early Petoskey. 



Petoskey, Late. See Late Petoskey. 



Philadelphia. Synonym of Mercer. 



Pingree. Originated by Martin Bovee, North ville, Mich., in 1894; claimed to be a 

 seedling of Green Mountain. 



Descrvption. — Season early. Vines medium in size, but strong and spreading. 

 Tubers very smooth and regular; eyes few, shallow; skin white with a thick net- 

 ting. References: Northrup, King & Co.'s seed catalogue, 1898, back cover page; 

 L. L. Olds' s seed catalogue, 1899, p. 2. 



Pinkeye, Early. Synonym of Dykeman. 



Pinkeye, Round. Synonym of Dykeman. 



Polaris. Originated by H. F. Smith, of Vermont, in 1884; claimed to be a sport of 

 Early Rose. Pharo says, "A seedling of Early Rose crossed with Jackson White. " 

 Introduced by H. F. Smith in 1886. 



Description. — Season very early. Tubers rather oblong, a little flattened; eyes 

 few and shallow; skin white. References: J. J. H. Gregory's seed catalogue, 

 1889, p. 5; L. L. Olds's seed catalogue, 1897, p. 5 (see Joseph); Pharo's Chart. 



Potentate. (Group 1.) Originated by Thomas Craine, Fort Atkinson, Wis. (Maule 

 says it originated in Iowa) . 



Description. — Season early. Tubers round to oblong, considerably flattened; 

 eyes in clusters and prominent except at seed end, where they are somewhat 

 sunken; skin white, slightly netted. References: Frank Ford & Son's seed cata- 

 logue, 1885, p. 13; W. H. Maule's seed catalogue, 1889, p. 12. 



Pride. (Group 8, section 1.) Origin not known. 



Description. — Tubers variable in shape; eyes medium; skin buff. Reference: 

 Rural New Yorker, vol. 55, 1896, p. 231. 



Pride, Clark's. Synonym, Ensign Bagley. Originated by ]\Ir. Clark in Aroostook 

 Valley, Me.; parentage not known. 



Description.- — Season early. Gregory says, "This variety should not be con- 

 founded with Clark's No. 1, which we introduced several years ago. Vines 

 stout and healthy, not subject to blight. Tubers very symmetrical; eyes shal- 

 low; skin white." References: J. J. H. Gregory's seed catalogue, 1905, p. 3; 

 G. W. P. Jerrard Co.'s catalogue, 1906, p. 11. 



Pride of Multnomah.. (Group 7.) Originated in Multnomah County, near Port- 

 land, Oreg. Introduced by the Portland Seed Co. in 1909. 



Description. — Season late. A Adgorous-growing, heavy-yielding, main-crop 

 variety. Tubers elongated; eyes shallow; skin white. Claimed to possess 

 drought and disease resistant qualities. References: Portland Seed Co.'s cata- 

 logue, 1909, p. 56; Portland Seed Co.'s seed annual, 1911, p. 48. 



