46 BULLETIN 176, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
coincide, but the color of the skin is identical. Fitch claims that the People’sisa — 
sport of the Blue Victor and that it occasionally produces tubers with colored eyes | 
which when propagated produce the Blue Victor. Reference: Colorado lo -Asncull 
tural Experiment Station, bulletin 176, 1910, p. 3. ‘ 
Perfect Peachblow. (Group 11.) Originated by W. H. Rand, Shelburne, Vt; tF 
claimed to be a seedling of the old White Peachblow. + 
Description.—Tubers round oblong; eyes bright pink, very few and small; skin rg 
russety, sometimes splotched with purple, especially near the stems; flesh pure | 
white. Reference: Rurai New Yorker, vol. 45, 1886, p. 33. | 
Note.—This is apparently not the Perfect or Improved Peachblow grown in | 
the Carbondale, Colo., district. 
Petoskey, Early. See Earty PETOSKEY. 
Petoskey, Late. See LATE PETOSKEY. 
Philadelphia. Synonym of MERceErR. 
Pingree. Originated by Martin Bovee, Northville, Mich., in 1894; claimed to bea 
seedling of Green Mountain. e. 
Description.—Season early. Vines medium in size, but strong and spreading. — 
Tubers very smooth and regular; eyes few, shallow; skin white with a thick net- | 
ting. References: Northrup, ne & Co.’s seed mle. 1898, back cover page; ' 
L. L. Olds’s seed catalogue, 1899, p. 2. : 
Pinkeye, Early. Synonym of DYKEMAN. 
Pinkeye, Round. Synonym of DyKEMAN. 
Polaris. Originated by H. F. Smith, of Vermont, in 1884; claimed to be a sport of 
Early Rose. Pharo says, ‘‘A seedling of Early Rose crossed with Jackson White. ” 
Introduced by H. F. Smith in 1886. 
Description.—Season very early. Tubers rather oblong, a little flattened; eyes 
few and shallow; skin white. References: J. J. H. Gregory’s seed catalogue, 
1889, p. 5; L. L. Olds’s seed catalogue, 1897, p. 5 (see JosEPH); Pharo’s Chart. 
Potentate. (Group 1.) Originated by Thomas Craine, Fort Atkinson, Wis. (Maule 
says it originated in Iowa). : 
Description.—Season early. Tubers round to oblong, considerably flattened; | 
eyes in clusters and prominent except at seed end, where they are somewhat | 
sunken; skin white, slightly netted. References: Frank Ford & Son’s seed cata- | 
logue, 1885, p. 18; W. H. Maule’s seed catalogue, 1889, p. 12. £ 
Pride. (Group 8, section 1.) Origin not known. . | 
Description.—Tubers variable in shape; eyes medium; skin buff. Reference: 
Rural New Yorker, vol. 55, 1896, p. 231. 
Pride, Clark’s. Synonym, Ensign Bagley. Originated by Mr. Clark in Aroostook | 
Valley. Me.; parentage not known. 
Descr iin: —Season early. Gregory says, ‘‘This variety should not be con- 
founded with Clark’s No. 1, which we introduced several years ago. Vines 
stout and healthy, not subject to blight. Tubers very symmetrical; eyes shal- 
low; skin white.’’ References: J. J. H. Gregory’s seed catalogue, 1905, B. 35 
G. W. P. Jerrard Co.’s catalogue, 1906, p. 11. 
Pride of Multnomah. (Group 7.) Originated in Multnomah Ce near Port- 
land, Oreg. Introduced by the Portland Seed Co. in 1909. 
Description.—Season late. A  vigorous- growing, heavy-yielding, main-crop | 
variety. Tubers elongated; eyes shallow; skin white. Claimed to possess — 
drought and disease resistant qualities. Remora. Portland Seed Co.’s cata-— 
logue, 1909, p. 56; Portland Seed Co.’s seed annual, 1911, p. 48. 
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