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State of Maine. (Group 8.) Claimed to be a seedling of Early Vermont crossed 

 with Peerless. Introduced by D. Landreth & Sons in 1884. 



Description. — Season medium early. Vines vigorous, erect; leaves glossy, 

 flowers white. Tubers cylindrical, slightly elongated; eyes similar to those of 

 the Early Rose; skin buff, sometimes russeted; flesh white. References: Rural 

 New Yorker, vol. 42, 1883, p. 718 (fig. 672, p. 719); D. Landreth & Sons' cata- 

 logue, 1884, p. 55; 1892, p. 40; Henry A. Dreer's Garden Calendar, 1889, p. 32. 



Stray Beauty. Synonym of Triumph. 



Sunlight. Synonym, Early Sunlight. Claimed to have been grown from seed pro- 

 duced by crossing two early white-skinned sorts. 



Description. — Season extra early. Vines robust. Tubers of handsome shape, 

 inclined to oblong, broad, but not very thick; eyes shallow; skin white; flesh 

 white. References: Salzer Seed C'o.'s catalogue, 1900, pp. 109-110; William 

 Rennie Co.'s seed catalogue, 1905, p. 25. 



Sunlight, Early. Synonym of Sunlight. 



Superior, Brownell's. Originated by E. S. Brownell, Essex Junction, Vt., in 

 1873; claimed to have been grown from a seed ball of Brownell's Beauty crossed 

 with White Peachblow. 



Description. — Season second early or medium late. Vines strong and healthy. 

 Tubers medium to large, elongate-oval or cylindrical; eyes few and small; skin 

 a peculiar dark copper color, fine and smooth. References: B. K. Bliss & Sons' 

 potato catalogue, 1877, p. 16; Peter Henderson & Co.'s seed catalogue, 1875, p. 

 67. "Season medium. Vines small. Tubers oblong in shape; eyes few and 

 small; skin red or deep flesh." Reference: Cultivator and Country Gentleman, 

 vol. 40, 1875, p. 35. 



Superior, Burpee's. Originated by E. L. Coy, Hebron, N. Y., in 1884; claimed 

 to be a seedling of \\Tiite Star. Introduced by W. A. Burpee in 1889. 



Description. — Season medium late. Vines strong, fohage heavy. Somewhat 

 resembles parent in shape, but is more compact in form. Tubers of good size 

 and shape, growing compactly in hill; eyes shallow; skin and flesh very white. 

 References: W. A. Burpee's Farm Annual, 1889, p. 12; Rural New Yorker, vol. 

 48, 1889, p. 103. 



Surprise, Early. See Early Surprise. 



Surprise, Page's Extra Early. Synonym of Early Surprise. 



Telephone, Early. See Early Telephone. 



Thorburn. (Group 4, section 1.) Originated by E. L. Coy, Hebron, N. Y.; claimed 

 to be a seedhng of Beauty of Hebron. Introduced by J. M. Thorburn & Co. in 

 1886. 



Description. — Season medium, about as early as Early Rose. Tubers cyhndrical- 

 oblong, sometimes a little flattened; eyes medium in number and prominence; 

 skin white; flesh white. References: Rural New Yorker, vol. 44, 1885, pp. 

 804-805 (fig. 501); J. M. Thorburn & Co.'s seed catalogue; 1886, p. 32. 

 Note. — The variety now grown as Thorburn has flesh or light-pink skin. 



Thorburn's Neio White Peachblow. See Peachblow, Thorburn's New White. 



Thoroughbred, Early. See Early Thoroughbred. 



Triumph. Synonyms, Bliss's Triumph, Red Bliss, Stray Beauty, Red Six Weeks, 

 Early Hunt. (Group 2.) Originated in Connecticut; claimed to be a seedling 

 of Peerless crossed with a seedling of Early Rose. Introduced by B. K. Bhss & 

 Sons in 1878. 



Description. — Season early, matures about 10 days earlier than Early Rose 

 and is more productive. Vines erect; foliage dark green. Tubers medium size, 

 round, uniform in shape; eyes slightly depressed; skin light red; flesh fine 



