36° BULLETIN 176, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
Keeper, Craine’s. Originated by Thomas Craine, Fort Atkinson, Wis., in 1883; 
claimed to be a seedling of Eureka. 
Description.—Season medium, ripens last week in August. Vines strong growing 
and of spreading habit. Tubers round and unusually elongated, very solid; eyes 
few and shallow; skin white; flesh white and floury when cooked. “Reference: 
Frank Ford & Sons’ seed catalogue, 1887, p. 17. . 
Note.—This variety is entirely distinct from another of the same name now in 
the variety collection of the Department of Agriculture. - > 
Keystone. (Group 8, section 1.) Originated by H. E. Hopkins, Gonnesunett! 
Pa., in 1901; claimed to be a seedling of Carman No. 1. 
Description.—Vines bushy rather than tall, not decumbent. Tubers long and 
slightly tapering; skin white and finely netted; flesh marble white, fine grained, 
and dry. Reference: Vaughan’s seed catalogue, 1911, p. 7. 
King of the Earlies. Synonym, Bresee’s No. 4. Originated by Albert Bresee, 
Hubbardton, Vt., in 1862; claimed to be a seedling of Garnet Chili. Introduced 
by J. J. H. Gregory in 1869. 
Description.—A week earlier than Early Rose. Vines dwarf, averaging 10 to 12 
inches. Tubers large, handsome, roundish, and slightly flattened; eyes small, 
somewhat pinkish; skin flesh color or dull, pinkish white; flesh white, floury. 
References: Cultivator and Country Gentleman, vol. 32, 1868, p. 291; B. K. Bliss 
& Sons’ seed catalogue, 1870, p. 80; J. J. H. Gregory’s seed catalogue, 1870, p. 31; 
H. P. Closson’s descriptive catalogue, 1870, p. 11. 
King of the Earlies, Nichol’s. Originated in the Red River Valley; parentage not 
known. Introduced by the St. Louis Seed Co. in 1905. 
Description.—Season very early. Superior to the Early Ohio, which it very 
much resembles in appearance. Skin thick, pinkish; eyes shallow, fair sized. 
Reference: St. Louis Seed Co.’s catalogue, 1905, p. 52. The Rural New Yorker 
says, ‘‘Vines of medium vigor and spreading habit; no flowers. Tubers shape 
of Beauty of Hebron; eyes medium in prominence and number; skin colored 
like that of Early Rose; flesh white and mealy.’’ Reference: Rural New Yorker, 
vol. 55, 1896, p. 850. 
Knowles’s Big Cropper. Synonym of KNOWLES. 
Knowles’s Big Crop Potato. Synonym of KNowLes. 
Knowles. Synonyms, Knowles’s Big Crop, Knowles’s Big Cropper. Originated 
by B. W. Knowles, Aroostook County, Me. Introduced by J. J. H. Gregory. 
Description.—Season medium; ripens about midway between the Irish Cobbler 
and the Green Mountain. Vinesand foliage strong and vigorous. Tubers rather 
oblong in shape; eyes close to the suriace; skin smooth, white; flesh very white. 
Reference: J. J. H. Gregory’s seed catalogue, 1908, p. 6. 
La Plata Red. Synonym of Lone Rep. 
Late Beauty of Hebron. See Beauty or HeBRon, Late; WHITE ELEPHANT. 
Late Blightless. (Group 8, section 1.) Origin not known. 
Description.—Season late. Vines large, fairly vigorous healthy; stemsspread- ~ 
ing, more or less decumbent, winged, dark green; leaves rather small, smooth, — 
slightly crumpled; flowers white. Tubers large, oblong to elongate-flattened; 
eyes rather numerous, inclined to be deep; skin white. Sprouts creamy white. 
On the whole this is an undesirable commercial variety, owing to the coarseness __ 
of the tubers. The claim that it is immune to. late-blight is not substantiated — 
either in vine or tuber. 
Late Hoosier. Synonym of McCormick. 
