40 BULLETIN 176, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
Yorker, vol. 2, 1858, p. 134. ‘‘The true name of this potato should be Gilkie, | 
as it originated from seed sown by John Gilky on the bank of the Neshannock § 
Creek, about five miles above its junction with the Chenango, at Newcastle, Pa.’’ 
Reference: Farmer’s Cabinet, vol. 4, p. 64. (See Cultivator, vol. 10, 1843, p. 190.) | 
Description.—Season early intermediate. Tubers flat, oblong; eyes numerous, | 
deep purple; skin purple; flesh yellowish. Reference: Rural New Yorker, 
vol. 43, 1884, p. 235. ‘‘Tubers rather long and flat in shape, with numerous | 
eyes; skin white, tinged with a pale purple on the tip end, from which circum- 
stance it has been called by some the Blue Nose. When cut in two a circle of 
the same color as the tip end is discovered around the center.’’ Reference: 
Genesee Farmer and Gardener’s Journal, vol. 1, 1831, p. 148. ‘‘Tubers much 
like the Long Pinkeye, but generally larger and longer; skin slightly tinged | 
with a reddish or purple color, and when cut streaks of the same color are found § 
running through it.’’? Reference: Farmer’s Cabinet, vol. 4, p. 64. (See Culti- | 
vator, vol. 10, 1843, p. 190.) 
Mercer, Black. Synonym of BLack CHENANGO. 
Mercer, White. See WHitr MERCER. 
Merino. Synonym of Lone Rep. 
Merrill,New. Originated by W. E. Johnson, Richmond, Me., in 1901; claimed to be 
a seedling of Norcross and Johnson’s No. 1. Introduced by the Johnson Seed 
Potato Co. in 1905. 
Description.—Season second early. Immense vine growth, dark green, with 
large clusters of white blossoms. Tubers round and oblong, similar in shape to 
those of Early Rose; skin creamy white, well netted, smooth. Reference: W. H. 
Maule’s seed catalogue, 1908, p. 16. Very rapid grower with large, handsome 
leaves. Tubers oblong; eyes very shallow; skin white, netted. Reference: 
Johnson Seed Potato Co.’s catalogue, 1905, p. 16. 
Meshanock. Synonym of MERCER. 
Meshannock, White. Synonym of Wurrre MERceER. 
Michigan, Early. See Harty MicHican. 
Million Dollar. (Group 9, section 1.) Origin not known. Introduced by the 
Salzer Seed Co. 
Description.—Beautiful white potato, which cooks like a Snowball. Refer- 
ences: Salzer Seed Co.’s catalogue, 1900, pp. 115-116; L. L. Olds’s seed cata- 
logue, 1902, p. 10. 
Mills’s Endurance. See ENDURANCE, MILLs’s. 
Milwaukee. (Group 6.) Origin not known. Introduced by Currie Bros. in 1892. — 
Description.—Comes into use fully as early as Early Sunrise, but is more pro- 
ductive. Strongly resembles Crown Jewel, but is of larger size. Reference: 
L. H. Bailey’s ‘‘Annals of Horticulture,’’ 1892, p. 191. 
Minister. Synonym, New Minister. Originated in Aroostook County, Me. Intro- 
duced by G. W. P. Jerrard Co. in 1889. 
Description.—Season early. Vines large, somewhat spreading, strong, healthy; 
leaves broad, medium green; immense clusters of light purple blossoms. Tubers — 
medium sized, rather flattened; eyes rather deep; skin magenta interspread 
with amber; flesh yellowish white, fine grained. References: Parker & Wood’s 
catalogue, 1890, p. 99; Rural New Yorker, vol. 48, 1889, p. 103; G. W. P. Jerrard — 
Co.’s catalogue, 1891, p.12; 1894, p.9; John Lewis Childs’s catalogue, 1891, p. 16. Fi 
Molly Stark. Originated by D. C. Hicks, North Clarendon, Vt. Introduced by | 
Frank Ford & Sons in 1892. roe 
Description.—Season very early; fairly productive. Vines short, but stout. | 
Tubers oval or oblong, flattened oval; eyes numerous, compound, slightly sunken — 
