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Early Rose. 



5. Grown by Pennsylvania Experiment Station. 



6. Grown in Western New York. 



7. Grown by S. Froguer, Herman, Minn. 



8. " Geo. W. P. Jerrard, Caribou, Me. 



White Elephant. 



9. Grown by M. F. Pierson, Ontario Co., N. Y. 

 10. " Geo. W. P. Jerrard, Caribou, Me. 



None of the potatoes were sprouted when put in storage. 

 May 2 2d they were removed and photographed and notes were 

 taken. In the Beauty of Hebron lot, the longest and most nu- 

 merous sprouts occurred in Nos. 1 and 2, the southernmost seed. 

 In the Early Rose lot there were no marked differences. In the 

 White Elephant lot, the northern seed gave much the fewest and 

 shortest sprouts. Or, in other words, the test as a whole gave no 

 pronounced results, although the southernmost seeds gave some- 

 what longer sprouts on the average. 



The yields are as follows, from V2 bushel of seed in each case : 



Beauty of Hebron. 



No. 1. Penn., 33 lbs. 



" 2. N. Y., 34 " 



" 3- Minn 44 " 



" 4. Maine, 93 " 



These figures agree with the results of 1889, and if we had 

 gone no farther we might have said unqualifiedly that northern- 

 grown seed is best. 



Early Rose. 



No. 5. Penn., 123 lbs. 



" 6. N. Y., 57 " 



" 7. Minn., 32 " 



" 8. Maine, 126 " 



These figures show that the two extremes gave best results. 

 If we had not chanced to have grown the Maine seed we might 

 have inferred that southern-grown seed is best. 



White Elephant. 



No. 9. N. Y., 9Slbs. 



■' 10. Maine 161 " 



This indicates again that northern-grown seed is best. 



