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Agricultural Gazette of N.S.W. 



[Aug. 2, 1920. 



New Varieties. 



Two new white-skinned varieties were introduced into the plots, viz., 

 Langworthy and Eureka, and both showed considerable promise. The latter 

 matures quite three weeks earlier then any other variety tried. It makes 

 rather sparse top growth and bears all its tubers in a cluster ; tubers 

 roundish in shape, with flesh brittle and firm ; very uniform in size, almost 

 100 per cent, being marketable. Eureka should be suitable for early 

 marketing, and for autumn sowings. It is an excellent cooker. 



Langworthy is oval and flat ; flesh fine grained. It matures about ten days 

 later than Eureka, and yielded extremely well on the only plot on which it 

 was tried. Owing to its immunity from the dreaded " black scab," which 

 is prevalent in the Old Country, it is grown rather extensively there. It 

 should become a popular variety here. Farmers who have tried these 

 varieties for the first time speak very highly of their future. 



The following table shows the yields : — 



Results of Potato Variety Trials. 

 Fertilised throughout with 2 cwt. per acre of P7 mixture, 

 wdth 3 feet between rows, and 15 inches between sets in drills. 



Seed 



sown 



Varieties. 



Mt. George.* 



Sherwopd. • 



VVauchope * 



Bandon Grove. 



Up-to-date 



Carman ... 



Factor ... 



Queen of the Valley . . 



Eureka... 



Brownell's Beauty 



Langworthy 



Vermont 



Satisfaction 



Manhattan 



Sussex ... 



Coronation 



Early Rose 



t. c. q. lb. 

 16 12 2 13 

 2 4 



io 

 15 

 14 

 13 

 12 



5 

 4 

 3 

 2 



11 11 

 8 16 



7 9 



13 

 3 8 

 

 11 

 2 18 

 4 

 20 



t. c. q. lb. 



8 6 22 



8 1 3 26 



9 9 3 

 10 19 1 



14 

 10 



3 



9 



6 11 3 



9 

 5 

 3 



7 1 

 10 3 



7 1 



19 

 26 

 21 



t. c. q. lb. 

 6 18 2 13 



3 12 2 18 



3 13 3 14 



Failure. 

 3 7 2 16 

 1 9 3 12 



t. c. 



y 4 



11 16 



8 11 



7 19 



q. lb. 



1 21 



3 25 



1 21 



8 

 9 



6 

 



8 10 



8 7 



10 11 



3 

 2 



2 

 3 

 1 



19 



21 



JO 



2 



2 



• These plots were sown in drills ; the others were ploughed in. 



