30 BULLETIN 176, U..S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
very symmetrical and smooth; eyes few, shallow, and quite small; skin white; 
flesh white. References: Cultivator and Country Gentleman, vol. 39, 1874, p. 580; 
B. K. Bliss & Sons’ potato catalogue, 1877, p. 14; 1878, p. 27; Henry A. Dreer’s 
Garden Calendar, 1875, p. 35. 
Note.—It is evident that this variety is entirely different from Early-or Extra- 
Early Eureka, which we now class as identical with Irish Cobbler. 
Eureka, Extra-Early. (Group 1.) Originated by George R. Pedrick, of New Jersey, 
in 1895; claimed to be a sport of Early Morn. W. H. Maule says: ‘‘A.chance hill - 
found in a field of Early Morn potatoes during the season of 1895. In looking 
over the field a single plant was noticed which died while all of the others were 
ereen.’’ Introduced jointly by W. A. Burpee and W. H. Maule in 1901. Refer- 
erence: W. H. Maule’s seed catalogue, 1901, p. 28. 
Description.—An extra-early variety; as early as or earlier than any other potato 
under cultivation. Vines dwarf, compact, die down as soon as the tubers are 
ripened and never make any second growth; foliage dark green. Tubers quite 
broad, shortened-oblong, thick; eyes few, shallow; skin very smooth and ofa pure, 
snowy white; flesh white. References: W. A. Burpee’s Farm Annual, 1901, p. 
29; 1905, pp. 104 and 105; W. H. Maule’s seed catalogue, 1901, p. 28. 
Note.—The above description answers every requirement of the Irish Cobbler, 
and it would appear that they are identical. 
Everitt. Originated by O. H. Alexander, Charlotte, Vt.; ; parentage not known. 
Reference: Rural New Yorker, vol. 47, 1888, p. 353. 
Description.—Season medium early. Vines rather short, but stout and vigorous. 
Tubers long, round, or oval; eyes numerous, shallow; skin bright, light red, 
thickly netted. Reference: Frank Ford & Sons’ seed catalogue, 1889, p. 26. 
L. L. Olds says, ‘‘It is nearly but not quite so early as Sunrise and Ohio.”’ Ref- 
erences: L. L. Olds’s catalogue of seed potatoes, 1891, p. 5; Rural New Yorker, 
vol. 45, 1886, p. 150 (fig. 95). : 
Excelsior. Originated by B. B. Whiting, Hillsboro County, N. H., in 1861; claimed 
to be a seedling of old State of Maine. Pharo’s chart represents it as a seedling 
of Early Goodrich. H. P. Closson, Thetford, Vt., says ‘‘ Excelsior is a seedling of 
the State of Maine.” Reference: H. P. Closson’s descriptive catalogue, 1870, p. 
12. Introduced by J. J. H. Gregory about 1868. 
Description.—Season late. Vines short, very stocky, almost bushy. Tubers 
nearly round, medium size; eyes prominent; skin white, thin, smooth. Refer- 
ences: J. J. H. Gregory’s seed catalogue, 1869, p. 21; 1872, p. 34; 1883, inside of 
front cover. (See Early Peachblow, Hall’s.) 
Excelsior, Early. See Earty EXceE.Lsior. 
Extra Early, Burpee’s. Originated by F. B. Van Ornam, Lewis, Cass Co., Iowa; 
claimed to be a seedling of the Early Rose. Introduced by W. A. Burpee in 1890. 
Description.—Season early. “‘Its claim to being from 10 days to 2 weeks 
earlier than Early Rose, Early Puritan, Polaris, etc., and 1 week earlier than 
Early Ohio has been fully substantiated.” errenne: Van Ornam’s ‘Potatoes 
for Profit,” 1896, p. 73. 
Extra-Early Eureka. See EuRExKA, ExtTra-Earty. 
Extra-Early Fillbasket. See FILLBASKET, ExtTra-EARLy. 
Extra-Early Peachblow. See PEacHBLOW, ExtTra-EARLy. 
Extra-Early Red Rose. (Group 4, section 3.) Thought by its originator to be a 
seedling of Early Rose and Early Ohio. Reference: W. H. Maule’s seed cata- 
logue, 1902, p. 80. 
Description.—Season medium or second early. Vines large, vigorous, healthy, 
medium compact and erect in habit of growth; stems freely branched, winged, 
