REPORT OF THE HORTICULTURIST 



115 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



Potatoes — Test of Varieties — Concluded. 



No. 



lOS 

 109 

 110 

 111 

 112 

 113 

 114 

 115 

 IIG 



117 



lis 



110 

 120 

 121 

 122 

 123 

 12t 

 125 



126 

 127 

 123 

 129 



130 

 131 



Name of Variety. 



(Quality. 



Beauty of Hebron 



Pearce's Prize Winner 



Early Ohio 



Churchill Seedling.... 



Seedling No. 214 



Maggie JNInrphy 



Cambridge Russet .... 



Wall's Orange 



Rose of Erin 



Medium. 

 Good. .. 



Early Andes 



Pla-rly White Prize... 



Red Rock 



Pearce's Extra Early . 



Early Rose . . 



Pride of the Market . 



BQlNye 



Livingston's Banner . 

 Early Da^vn 



Brownell's Winner . 



Ohio Junior 



Vigorosa 



Seneca Queen 



Good 



Medium. 

 Good. . . . 



Good. 



Total 



Yield per 



Acre. 



Bush. Lbs. 



Yield 



per Acre 



of 



Marketable. 



Bush. Lbs. 



G ood . 



Good. 



Good. 



Blue Potato . . 

 Houlton Rose. 



Very good. 



.341 



oo4 



332 

 330 

 323 

 321 

 321 

 321 

 319 



316 

 314 

 308 

 305 

 283 

 277 

 275 

 274 

 268 



266 

 259 

 250 

 250 



237 

 154 





 21 

 12 





 24 

 12 

 12 

 12 







48 

 36 





 48 

 48 

 12 





 48 

 24 



12 

 36 

 48 

 48 



36 

 



272 

 281 

 266 

 281 

 255 

 303 

 294 

 281 

 299 



264 

 248 

 237 

 213 

 213 

 178 

 195 

 202 

 228 



222 

 211 

 200 

 178 



171 

 123 



48 

 36 

 12 

 36 

 12 

 36 

 48 

 36 

 12 





 36 

 36 

 24 

 24 

 12 

 48 

 24 

 48 



12 

 12 

 12 

 12 



36 

 12 



Yield 

 per Acre of 



Un- 

 marketable . 



Bush. Lbs. 



Colour. 



68 

 52 

 66 

 48 

 68 

 17 

 26 

 39 

 19 



52 

 66 

 70 

 92 

 70 

 99 

 79 

 70 

 39 



44 

 48 

 50 

 72 



66 

 30 



12 

 48 

 

 24 

 12 

 36 

 24 

 36 

 48 



48 

 

 24 

 24 

 24 

 

 12 

 24 

 36 





 24 



36 

 36 





 48 



Pink and white. 

 Pink. 



White. 



ti 

 Bright pink. 

 White. 



Yellow, purple eye. 

 Pale pink, bright 



pink eye. 

 Pink. 

 White. 

 Red. 

 Pink. 



mite. 



Pink, brighter at 



seed endl 

 Red. 

 Pink. 



Pink and white. 

 Pink and white, 



bright pink eye. 

 Deep purple. 

 Pink. 



An average yield per acre of 429 bushels. 



Additional Yarieties of Potatoes Tested in 1902. 



In addition to the varieties of potatoes grown in the uniform test plots, smaller 

 quantities of the following kinds were planted : — 



Name of Variety. 



Number 



of Sets 



Planted. 



Seedling No. 2, D. Murray, N.S 



Kaiser 



Snowball 



Early Envoy 



Eureka Extra Early 



Northern Beauty 



Seedling No. 1, D. Murray, N.S 



Crimes Lightning . • . • 



Fat's Choice 



Pingree 



Van Orraan's Earliest 



Cyclop 



King Michigan 



Woltman 



Todd's Seedling, W. H. Todd, Ingorsoll, Ont. 



10=81 



15 

 33 

 33 

 33 

 33 

 33 

 15 

 33 

 33 

 33 

 33 

 33 

 33 

 33 

 33 



Total 



Yield Per 



Acre. 



Bush. Lbs. 



503 

 475 

 470 

 435 

 413 

 409 

 396 

 396 

 356 

 352 

 343 

 330 

 330 

 316 

 154 



22 



12 

 48 

 36 

 36 

 12 

 53 



24 



i2 



48 



Yield Per 



Acre of 



L^nmarket- 



able. 



Bush. Lbs. 



116 

 44 

 66 

 26 

 70 



110 

 67 

 30 

 26 

 39 

 22 

 52 

 70 



114 

 30 



10 



24 

 24 



46 



48 

 24 



36 



•is 



24 

 24 

 48 



