6 BULLETIN 176, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
bud-eye cluster (Pls. II and III). Skin smooth and of a light, creamy white color. | 
Sprouts short and rather stubby, varying in color at the base from a very faint red- | 
dish violet or magenta toa perceptible coloration; the tips and leaf scales are usually | 
tinged with the same color. Occasionally the color seems to be almost, if not entirely, — 
absent. 
The following varieties belong to this group and are, to all intents | 
and purposes, identical: : 
Early Dixie. Extra-Early Eureka (Pl. I, fig. 2). 
Early Eureka. Flourball. 
Early Petoskey. Irish Cobbler (P1.I, fig. 1; Pls. II 
Early Standard. and III). 
Early Vicktor. Potentate. 
2.—_TRIUMPH GROUP. 
The Triumph group is composed of a few very early varieties hav- 
ing roundish tubers and a dwarf habit of growth. Only one member 
of this group, the Triumph, can be regarded as having any consider- | 
able commercial importance. Both the Triumph and the Quick | 
Lunch potatoes are illustrated in Plate IV. 
Description.—Ripens very early, but the yield is usually low. Vines dwarfed and 
fairly compact, not much branched. Stems short, stocky, dark green. Leavesmedium | 
large and dark green. Flowers purple or rose-lilac. Tubers round with blunt to 
obtuse ends, slightly to distinctly shouldered (Pl. IV, fig. 1). Eyes medium in num- 
ber and depth; bud-eye cluster generally deeply set. Skin creamy white, occasion- | 
ally with pink eyes or splashes (as in the White Triumph), with few or many splashes I 
of crimson (as in the Quick Lunch and Noroton Beauty), or solid red, or occasionally 
splashed with carmine (as in the Triumph). Flesh a creamy white. Sprouts have 
base, leaf scales, and tips more or less deeply diffused with reddish violet. 
The varieties which seem to belong to this group are the following: 
Honeoye Rose.’ Triumph (Bliss’s) (Pl. IV, fig. 2). 
Noroton Beauty. White Triumph. 
Quick Lunch (PI. IV, fig. 1). 
3.—EARLY MICHIGAN GROUP. 
This group has been provided for the purpose of accommodating 
certain early white-skinned varieties which, owing to their habit of | 
growth, color of flowers, and color and shape of tubers, could not | 
be included in any of the other groups. Thus far the study which has | 
been given to the possible members of this group has been insufficient 
to permit a description which would fairly represent them. Plate 
V shows three typical Early Michigan potatoes. 
Description.—Matures early. Vines of medium size, resembling those of the Early 
Ohio group. Flowers white. Tubers oblong-flattened to elongate-flattened or ovoid. 
Eyes numerous. Skin white or creamy white or, in the case of the Early Albino, 
occasionally suffused with pink around the bud-eye cluster. Sprouts light rose- 
purple at the base, with the scales and tips creamy white or tinged with light rose- 
purple. 
1 The first three varieties are considered identical. 
