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Cardinal, Procopp, and Red Etna have long, tapering fruits, bright red 

 or scarlet; flesh thick and of mild flavor. Large Bell and Ruby King 

 have large short fruits of dark red color; flesh thick and of mild flavor. 

 Cayenne and Red Cluster have small tapering fruits of scarlet color; pung- 

 ent flavor; productive. The Squash pepper much resembles a tomato in 

 shape and color; productive and free from rot. Golden Dawn bears large 

 fruits of a ricli, dark yellow color and mild, sweet flavor. 



Golden Upright differs from Golden Dawn by bearing fruits upright on 

 stem; fruits large; plants more productive. 



POTATOES. 



The land used for the potato experiments had been used for corn and 

 other farm crops, and did not receive either manure or fertilizer to fit it 

 for the trial. 



For the variety test, it was furrowed five inches deep, at intervals of 3 ft. 

 4 in. and these were divided into sections 83 ft. long, so each variety 

 occupied one four-hundreth part of an acre. 



Two pounds of seed of each variety were used, and cut into pieces of 

 one ounce each. Thus, they were one foot apart in the row and the seed- 

 ing was at the rate of 13| bushels per acre. The planting was done on the 

 22 d of May, and although the weather was rather cold and wet for a 

 number of days, all made a fair start and grew well for several weeks. 

 Soon after the formation of tubers commenced, a severe drought set in, and 

 growth was so checked that the crop was nearly a failure. Although the 

 average yield was only about one fourth that of last year, they are rela- 

 tively about the same, and the results are given in the table. 



The actual yield is given in one column, and in the next the yield is 

 reckoned on the basis of a full number of hills. Probably the average of 

 these two would be a fair way of estimating the value of the variety. 



