54 BULLETIN 176, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
Victor, Blue. See Buue VicTor. 
Victor, New. See New Victor. 
Victor, White. See WuiTe VICTOR. 
Vigorosa. (Group 6.) Originated by D. C. Hicks, North Clarendon, Vt.; claimed 
to be an inbred seedling of Garnet Chili. Introduced by L. L. Olds in 1897. ot 
Description.—Vines strong and vigorous. Tubers oblong, cylindrical, some- 
what flattened; skin a beautiful flesh color with considerable netting; flesh 
white. Reference: L. L. Olds’s seed catalogue, 1897, p. 2. 
Wall’s Orange. See ORANGE, WALL’S. 
Walters, Early. See Earty WALTERS. 
Weld’s Jumbo. Synonym of JuMBo. 
Wendell. Synonym, Early Wendell. Originated by Herman Wendell, Albany, | 
N. Y., in 1847; claimed to be a seedling of Carter. Introduced by R. H. Pease 
In 1854. : 
_ Description.—Season intermediate. Vines healthy and vigorous. Tubers 
roundish oblong; skin white. References: Country Gentleman, vol. 4, 1854, _ 
p- 295; American Journal of Horticulture, vol. 1, 1867, p. 100. 
Wendell, Early. Synonym of WENDELL. 
Western Red. Synonym, Peachblow. Origin not given. 
Description.—Vines stout and upright like those of Garnet Chili, but with dark 
stems and leaves and lilac flowers. Tubersashade darker red than those of Garnet 
Chili; eyes scarcely as deep; flesh yellow and quite liable to disease. References: 
Country Gentleman, vol. 22, 1863, p. 155; The Cultivator, vol. 4 (third series), 
1856, p. 158. 
White Albino, Early. See Earty WHITE ALBINO. 
White Beauty. Synonym, Bruce’s White Beauty. (Group 7, section 1.) Origin not 
given. Introduced by J. A. Bruce & Co. in 1891. ‘ 
Description.—Season medium; resembles Beauty of Hebron in shape, but 
earlier and more productive. Tubers uniform in size; skin and flesh pure white. 
References: J. A. Bruce & Co.’s catalogue, 1894, p. 21; Vick’s Garden and Floral 
Guide, 1898, p. 30. 
Note.—Vick claims to have introduced White Beauty in 1898. Whether Vick’s 
White Beauty was identical with that of J. A. Bruce & Co. is not apparent. 
White Beauty, Bruce’s. Synonym of Wuirre Beauty. 
White Bliss. Synonym of Wuitr TRIUMPH. ' 
White Chenango. See CHENANGO, WHITE. 
White Chief. (Group 7, section 1.) Origin not given. 
Description.—A new, second-early, vigorous-growing variety; foliage dense. 
Tubers round, oblong, large; eyes few, shallow; skin smooth, white, with a yellow 
cast; flesh pure white. Reference: Frank Ford & Son’s seed catalogue, 1885, 
p. Ls. 
White Early Ohio. Synonym of WuitTE OHIO. 
White Elephant. Synonym, Late Beauty of Hebron. (Group 6.) Originated. by 
E. L. Coy, Hebron, N. Y.; claimed to be a seedling of Garnet Chili crossed wale 
White Peachblow. Introduced by J. M. Thorburn & Co. in 1881. 
Description.—Ripens with Late Rose. Vines vigorousand stout. Tubers very 
large and long; eyes numerous and slightly depressed ; skin nearly white with a 
little pink tint. References: J. M. Thorburn & Co.’s seed catalogue, 1881, p. 30; - 
1882, p. 32; B. K. Bliss & Sons’ potato catalogue, 1881, p. 10; 1882, p. 11; Culti- 
vator and Country Gentleman, vol. 45, 1880, p. 249; Frank Ford’s seed catalogue, 
1882, p. 14; G. W. P. Jerrard Co.’s catalogue, 1894, p. 22; Buist’s Garden Guide, 
1895, p. 105; Van Ornam’s ‘‘ Potatoes for Profit,” 1896, pp. 81-82. 
