POTATO BREEDING AND SELECTION. 5 
Brownell originated many new varieties, but from what the writer 
was able to learn some years ago from his contemporary fellow 
workers it would appear that many of his seedlings were produced 
from naturally fertilized seed balls. Be this as it may, however, his 
productions were numerous and in their day were widely grown. 
Among the best known may be mentioned BrownelFs Best, Beauty, 
Eureka, and Winner. 
In this brief survey of the early attempts at potato breeding, it 
would scarcely be fitting to omit the names of a few other men who 
have gained a more or less enviable reputation through the origina- 
tion of a variety or varieties which are still rather widely grown 
and who have exerted considerable influence on the development of 
the potato-growing industry of this country. Among these men are 
Alfred Reese, Luther Burbank, and E. L. Coy. 
In 1870 Alfred Reese grew a seedling from a naturally fertilized 
seed ball of the Early Rose, which was introduced by Gregory in 
1875 under the name of Early Ohio. This potato is perhaps more 
extensively grown at the present time throughout the central and 
middle Western States than any other variety. In fact, in certain 
sections, such as the Kaw Valley of Kansas, the Red River Valley 
of Minnesota and North Dakota, and in most of the early-market 
sections of the territory mentioned, it is almost exclusively grown. 
In the Early Ohio we have a third-generation seedling from Good- 
rich's imported Rough Purple Chili. 
The early fame of Luther Burbank rests very largely upon the 
Burbank potato, which he originated in 1873. This potato was 
introduced by Gregory in 1876 as Burbank' s Seedling. The story of 
its origin is not a record of any particular effort on the part of the 
originator. Indeed, according to Burbank's own version, it reads 
like this: In the summer of 1872, in a small plat of Early Rose 
potatoes in his mother's garden at Lancaster, Mass., Burbank observed 
one plant upon which a seed ball was developing. When he next 
visited the plant the berry was gone, but after diligent search of the 
ground in the vicinity of the vine he was fortunate enough to find it. 
The seeds of this berry were planted the following spring and from 
them grew 23 seedlings, one of which was later named Burbank's 
Seedling. In Burbank's Seedling we again have the third-generation 
progeny of the Rough Purple Chili. 
E. L. Coy, of West Hebron, N. Y., is perhaps best known as the 
originator of the Beauty of Hebron, a variety which in its day was 
one of the most popular of the "medium earlies." Although the 
exact date of the origin of this variety is not known, it was probably 
about 1873 or 1874. It was introduced in 1878. Coy claims that the 
Beauty of Hebron was raised from a naturally fertilized seed ball of 
