DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 



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Extra Early Vermont 



Burbank's Seedling. — A white-skinned variety, 

 seedling of the Early Rose : of fine form and good pro- 

 portions ; it has few eyes, which are but little below the 

 surface. Either boiled or baked it is dry and floury, 

 ■while the flesh is of fine grain and excellent flavor. In 



Burbank's Seedling. 



time of ripening, it ranks between the early and very 

 late varieties. It produces no hollow tubers, is remark- 

 ably hardy, and produces a large crop of handsome 

 tubers, nearly all of which are marketable. 



Trophy. — A new seedUng of the Ruby, impregnated 

 ■with the Excel=ior, and an improvement on both. 

 Tuber: r.-i^iur;- ^ize, regular, elongated-oval ; eyes very 



Trophy. 



few, almost flat upon the surface ; very productive, a 

 good keeper, and matures about two weeks later than 

 the Early Rose. Skin russeted, reddish ; flesh fine- 

 grained, white, and of excellent quality baked or boiled. 

 Received a first class certificate at the London Potato 

 Show, last autumn. 



Triumph. — Without exception, the most attractive 

 in appearance of anj' yet offered. A cross of Ear 13- Rose 

 and Peerless, combining the productiveness of the latter 

 with the good qualities of the former, but matures ten 

 days in advance of the Earlj' Rose. Medium size, 

 rcund ; color light red, resembling the ear!y Bermuda 

 varieties. Its great beauty, productiveness and fine 

 quality make it one of the best varieties in cultivation. 



Improved Peachblo-w. — A cross between the Jersey 

 Peachblow and Excelsior. This improved variety com- 

 bines all the good qualities of the old Peachblow, and 

 ripens earlier, and is of more compact growth. It fully 



Triumph, 

 equals the old favorite in quality, and yields double the 

 quantity per acre. The tubers resemble the Peachblow 

 in form, but are more round and regular. This variety 

 can scarcely fail to come into general favor with the 

 farmers. 



Ruby. — A new cross between the Early Rose and 

 White Peachblow. It matures same time as the Early 

 Rose, and is enormously productive, thirty-three bush- 

 els having been produced last season from one pound of 

 seed. The flesh is much like the White Peachblow, 

 being white, fine-grained, firm, and of excellent flavor. 

 In shape, it resembles the Early Rose, while in color, 

 the red of the latter is deepened by the carmine blotches 

 of the former. The eyes are carmine, and but slightly 

 sunken. This variety received a certificate of merit in 

 London, 1875. 



Early Ohia. 



Early Ohio.— The Ohio is one of the most numer- 

 ous seedlings of the Early Rose, but, while almost all 

 of these are so like their parent as to be undistinguish- 

 able from it, the Early Ohio, while in color like the 

 Early Rose, is in shape distinct, being round-oblong 

 instead of oval-oblong, so that side by side it is readily 

 distinguishable ; eyes about as numerous as those of the 

 parent, while the brows are rather more prominent. On 

 the larger specimens, the cluster of eyes at the seed end 

 are located slightly on one side of the longer axis. Qual- 

 ity excellent. Grown side by side with the Early Rose, 

 it proved a -week earlier^ ivhile the yield tvos a third 

 greater. 



Erownell's Sup: rior.— A cross between Brownell's 

 Beauty and the Peachblow. During an unprecedented 

 drought, when many older varieties did not pay for dig- 

 ging, 673 pounds were grown from one pound of seed. 

 It ripens second early, keeps well during winter, and 

 retains its mealiness through the entire season. Its 

 tubers are medium large, oval in form, of a peculiar 

 dark copper color, ven,' uniform and handsome in ap- 

 pearance. Skin very fine and smooth ; eyes ver\^ few 

 and small. 



