It was tested as NYE55-35 and released by Cornell University and the Pennsylvania Agricultural Experiment Station in 1996. Plants of Pike are mid to main season maturity. Early vine growth is vigorous and plant canopy is relatively dense. Leaves are relatively open with four pairs of primary leaflets.
Main stems are thick with straight single wings and moderate purple pigmentation.
Petioles are green without anthocyanin pigmentation. Flowers are white. Pollen is abundant and fertile. Pike is also a good female parent. Tubers of Pike are medium sized, spherical with shallow lateral eyes and moderately deep apical eyes.