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Date of 

 Planting:. 



Character of Tubers, 



Early White May 29. 



Burpee's Extra Early do 29. 



Snowflake ; do 29. 



King of the Earlies do 29 . 



Six Weeks Round White | do 29 . 



White Elephant do 29. 



Black Montana do 29 . 



Wonder of the World June 2 . 



Great Eastern do 2 , 



Sugar ! do 2 . 



Early Rose i do 2 . 



Richter's Imperator ! do 2. 



Manhattan | do 2 . 



Chicago Market | do 2 . 



Brownell's Superior ! do 2 . 



Eidelia | do 2. 



Thorburn's Late Rose do 2 . 



Beauty of Hebron do 2 . 



Burbank s Seedling do 2. 



Prolific do 2. 



Compton's Surprise do 2 . 



Gleason's Late do 2 . 



Early Ohio do 2. 



Yield. 



Round white Good. 



Smooth round pniK iFair. 



.'White.... Good. 



. ' Large white ! do 



. Small round white 'Poor. 



. White iGood. 



. 'Large round black [Large. 



. Long white ' Good . 



. 'Round white ! do 



. Flat white, rough skin Fair. 



. Long pink (rood . 



. Large round do 



. Dark blue do 



. Pink do 



. Red do 



. Long blue and white do 



' do pink Fair. 



. i White Medium. 



Long white iFair. 



White 'Good. 



. . Blue 



. . Long late round blue . 

 . . iLight pink 



do 

 do 

 do 



Among those in which no rot was observed were Eural New Yorker, Dakota Eed, 



Eural Blush, Stray Beauty aud Acadian, all the other varieties rotted more or less. 



The following results were obtained by planting whole potatoes and different 



cuts in plots of 30 hills each. 



Yield. 



Whole potatoes, smooth and even lots, fair size 54 Lbs. 



Half split from seed-end^ an average lot 51 " 



Seed-end, smooth and even, medium size 52 " 



But-end, rough and uneven, some large and some small... 55 " 



Three eyes, smooth and even, all small 40 " 



Two " many small 3T " 



One " rough and uneven, all small 29 " 



PLOTS FOR TESTING FERTILIZERS -^-^ OF AN ACRE EACH. 



The testing of fertilizers was continued this year on the same plots as last year, 

 of JLj. of an acre each — an explanation of which is given on page 118 of Eeport of 

 1889— ^with the addition that one bbl. of "Ceres " Superphosphate was applied to 

 the whole eleven plots, being at the rate of 50c. worth per plot or $5.00 per acre, 

 each of the plots receiving the same amount. The plots were then sown with oats 

 on May 31st. A comparative statement of the yield of last year and this year is 

 given below. The small dressing of special fertilizer this year was given to these 

 plots because the land was poor and the spring was so late. 



Proceeds. 



No. 1, Barn Yard Manure 100 lbs oats- 



2, Mussel Mud 92 " - 



3, Bone Meal 117 " - 



4, Fine Ground Phosphate. 72 " 



5, Guano 76 " - 



6, Corn Fertilizer 115 " - 



7, Sup. of Lime 98 " - 



8, Nitrate of Soda 128 '' - 



9, Archibald Fertilizer 93 " - 



10, "Ceres "Superphosphate 77 •' 



11, No Fertilizer 79 " - 



