EXPERIMENT STATION BULLETINS. 



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The planning and entire management of these tests have been in the 

 hands of Mr. P. G. Holden, Experiment Station Assistant, to whom great 

 credit is due for so original and thorough a method of comparative tests. 



TABLE. 



Name. 



Alexander's Prolific 



American Giant 



Beauty of Hebron . . 

 Burbank Seedling.. 



Charles Downing. . . 



Clark No. 1 



Chicago Market 



Dakota Red 



Early Albino 



Empire State 



Early Harvest 



Early Maine (1) 



Early Ohio 



Early Snnriw 



Early Telephone 



Early Mayflower 



Garfield 



Oreen Mountain 



HaU's Early_ Peachblow 

 Lee's Favorite 



Mammoth Pearl 



Monroe Seedling ... 

 New Badger State . . 

 Ohio Junior... 



Pearl of Savoy (2). 



Polaris(2) 



Puritan 



Rochester Favorite 



Rural Blnsh 



Rural New Yorker No- 2 



Seneca Beauty 



Thotburn 



Vick's Extra Early ... 



Wall's Orange 



Watson's Seedling 



White Elephant (2) .. 

 White Star 



f 8 



S 



r 

 s 



s 



8 



f s 



6 



r 



8 



f s 



f 8 

 8 



r 

 s 



8 



8 

 f 8 



r 



r 



r 

 s 

 s 



8 



f 8 

 8 



r 



f B 



r 



a 



f 8 

 fs 



s 

 r, 



r; 



f8 

 f 8 



M 

 M 

 M 

 L 



ME 

 M 

 E 

 L 



E 



ME 

 E 

 E 



E 



E 



EM 

 M 



ME 

 ML 



L 



E 



ML 

 M 



M 



E 



E 

 E 

 E 

 L 



L 



L 



LM 

 ME 



E 

 L 

 L 

 L 



LM 



8.50 

 9.00 

 8.33 

 9.00 



9.50 

 5.00 

 8.80 

 7.91 



7.42 

 9.90 



8.25 

 7.83 



7.50 

 7.50 

 9.80 

 9.00 



9.83 

 9.50 

 5.83 

 5.0« 



7.25 



10.00 



8.12 



8,70 



8.68 

 7.83 

 9.50 

 9.75 



8.00 

 9.50 

 9.75 

 9.30 



9.50 

 8.12 

 7.00 

 7.00 

 7.75 



In the first column W stands for white, R for rose. 



In the second column M for medium, L above medium, V L very large, V variable. 



In the third column 8 smooth, f s fairly smooth, r rough. 



In the fourth column E early, M medium, L late. 



♦Where yields are not given only small amounts were grown from samples. 



(1) Occasionally black hard spots were found. Prof. Taft thinks it is due to some local influence as he 

 has never known the potato to be affected in this way before. 



(2) A few potatoes affected by dry rot were found in the bin. 



The following table gives the yields of various roots grown for feeding 

 purposes. It may prove of some interest: 



