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extremely white. Listed as a new variety by the Johnson Seed Potato Co. in 
its 1911 catalogue, p. 3. 
Note.—The above description regarding color of skin is somewhat misleading, 
as many of the tubers show light flesh or pink splashes around the eyes, par- 
ticularly around the bud-eye cluster. 
Early White Triumph. Synonym of Wuirr TrrumpH. 
Early Wisconsin. Originated in 1884 in Columbia County, Wis.; claimed to be a 
seedling of Early Ohio crossed with Snowflake. Introduced by J. O. Borst, 
Princeton, Wis. 
Description.—According to Borst, this variety is chiefly valuable on account of 
its extreme earliness and its fine table qualities. Tubers remarkably smooth and 
uniform in shape; skin light rose colored or nearly flesh color, shading to pink 
about the eyes. References: L. L. Olds’s catalogue of seed potatoes, 1891, pp. 
6 and 7; Rural New Yorker, vol. 51, 1892, p. 202. 
Note.—Vaughan says, ‘‘Originated with a well-known grower at Fort Atkinson, 
Wis. Skin white.’’ Reference: Vaughan’s seed catalogue, 1904, p.8. Vaughan 
probably meant Thomas Craine. 
Empire State. (Group 8, section 1.) Originated by E. L. Coy, Hebron, N. Y., in 
1881; claimed to be an inbred seedling of White Elephant. Introduced by 
‘W. A. Burpee in 1885. References: W. A. Burpee’s Farm Annual, 1885, p. 16; 
- I. F. Tillinghast’s catalogue, 1885, p. 12. 
Description.—Season medium late. ‘‘The most productive main-crop potato 
ever introduced; vines rank, vigorous. Eyes shallow, but strong; skin white, 
smooth; flesh pure, snowy white.’’ Reference: Rural New Yorker, vol. 44, 1885, 
p. 265. Van Ornam says: ‘‘Potatoes oblong in shape, large size, smooth, and 
very handsome.”’ Reference: Van Ornam’s “‘‘ Potatoes for Profit,’’ 1896, p. 79. 
Note.—Notice that the tubers as represented in the figure accompanying the 
reference in the Rural New Yorker are cylindrical in shape. 
Endurance, Mills’s. Originated by F. B. Mills, Rose Hill, N. Y.; claimed to be 
a seedling of Green Mountain. Introduced by Mills in 1894. 
Description.—Vines erect and vigorous. Tubers large and of even size; eyes 
shallow; skin white; flesh white. References: F. B. Mills’s catalogue, 1895, p. 
19; H. N. Hammond Seed Co.’s catalogue, 1897, p. 18. 
Enormous. Originated by A. E. Manum, Bristol, Vt.; claimed to be a seedling of 
State of Maine crossed with White Star. First introduced under the name of 
North Star, but on account of the preemption of that name by a previous variety 
the name was changed to Enormous. 
Ensign Bagley. Synonym of CLarxk’s PRIDE. 
Eureka. Origin not given. Introduced by Frank Ford & Sons in 1891 as a new 
variety. Similar in many respects to Brownell’s Eureka. 
Description.—Season medium. Vines remarkably vigorous, very productive. 
Tubers large to very large, long, a little larger at the stem end, oval or nearly 
round; eyes numerous, shallow; skin white, much russeted. References: Frank 
Ford & Sons’ seed catalogue, 1891, p. 34; 1892, p. 33. The Rural New Yorker 
says, “‘Intermediate; tubers cylindrical, shapely, and inclined to be too long; 
eyes few; skin buff white.”’ Reference: Rural New Yorker, vol. 51, 1892, p. 859. 
Note.—This potato in many respects very closely resembles Brownell’s Eureka, 
and it is rather questionable whether it is really a new variety. 
Eureka, Brownell’s. Originated by E. S. Brownell, Essex Junction, Vt., in 1871; 
claimed to be a seedling of Excelsior crossed with White Peachblow. Introduced 
in 1875. 
Description.—Second early or medium. Vines medium size, strong and vigorous, 
lightish green foliage. Tubers medium size, elongate-oval, somewhat flattened, 
