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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



2-3 EDWARD VII., A. 1903 

 EXPERIMENTS WITH POTATOES. 



Ninety varieties of potatoes were planted May 29 and were dug September 24, 25. 

 The yield per aci-e is calculated from 2 rows each, 66 feet long. The soil was a sandy 

 loam and the previous crop was mixed grain. This land was manured in the fall of 1901 

 with 25 one-horse cart loads of stable manure per acre, this being the only fertilizer of 

 any kind that had been applied for many years. In the spring the land was worked up 

 once each with spring-tooth and disc harrows and then ploughed. The disc, spring-tooth 

 ' and smoothing harrows were then each put over the ground, which was run into drills 30 

 inches apart. Commercial Fertilizer at the rate of 400 pounds per acre was scattered in 

 these drills, and the potato sets were planted one foot apart, and covered with the 

 plough. 



The seed was cut leaving from 2 to 3 eyes to a piece. The plots were sprayed with 

 Paris green and water July 12, and with Bordeaux mixture and Paris green July 24 and 

 August 14, there was no blight. The crop of potatoes was exceptionally good. There 

 were no rotten ones. The following table gives the yield per acre. 



POTATOES TEST OF VARIETIES. 



Name of Variety. 



Dakota Red 



Canadian Beauty 



Enormous .... 



Great Divide 



Rose No. 9 



Troy Seedling 



Seattle 



Early Norther 



Irish Daisy .... 



Pearce's Prize Winner. 



Clay Rose 



Hale's Champion 



Quaker City 



Everett 



Rural No. 2 



Northern Spy 



Carman No. 3 



Bill Nye 



Mclntyre 



Rochester Rose 



Seedling No. 7 



Vick's Extra Early 



Rural Blush 



Seedling No. 230 



Money Maker 



Sir Walter Raleigb. .... 



Sharp e's Seedling 



Holborn Abundance. . . 

 Early White Prixe. . . . 

 Pride of the Market. . . 



Penn. Manor 



Vanier 



Pearce's Extra Early. . 



Burnaby Seedling 



Flemish Beautj' 



White Beauty 



Early Market 



Lizzie's Pride 



Houlton Rose 



Cambridge Russet. . . 



Carman No. 1 



Irifih Cobbler 



Quality. 



Fair.. 

 Good. 

 Fair.. 

 Good. 



Fair.. 



Good ; 



II 



II 

 Fair.. 



Good! 



Fair .. 

 Good. 

 Fair .. 

 Good. 



11 

 Fair .. 

 Good. 



air .. 

 Good. 



Fair . . 

 Good. 

 Fair.. 



Good . 



Fair.. 

 Good. 



II 

 Very 

 Good 



Total 



Yield per 



Acre. 



good, 



Bush. Lbs. 



517 .. 



499 24 



495 



495 



495 



484 



479 



473 



473 



468 



462 



402 



453 



451 



451 



451 



451 



451 



446 



444 



440 



440 



437 



426 



424 



422 



422 



418 



418 



415 



407 



404 



404 



400 



400 



393 



391 



391 



389 



389 



387 



385 



36 

 36 

 12 



36 

 24 



48 

 48 

 36 

 24 

 24 



48 



48 

 48 

 24 

 24 

 48 

 30 

 30 

 24 

 24 

 12 



Yield 

 per Acre of 

 Marketable . 



S6 

 36 



24 

 12 



36 



48 



Bush. Lbs. 



440 .. 



433 24 



451 .. 



440 .. 



440 .. 



413 



413 



418 



345 



409 



385 



380 



415 



341 



396 



396 



407 



363 



385 



391 



396 



385 



389 



321 



358 



367 



347 



341 



3C7 



358 



352 



358 



347 



356 



.341 



352 



316 



2.59 



345 



314 



338 



286 



36 



24 

 12 

 30 

 24 



24 

 36 



36 

 36 

 24 



48 

 36 

 24 

 36 

 48 



Yield 

 per Acre of 



Un- 

 marketable. 



Bush. Lbs. 



77 .. 



66 .. 



44 ., 



65 .. 



65 .. 



70 



66 



55 

 127 



59 



77 



81 



37 

 110 



55 



55 



44 



88 



61 



52 



44 



65 



48 

 105 



66 



55 



48 



77 



50 



67 



55 



46 



57 



44 



69 



41 



74 

 132 



44 



74 



48 



99 



24 



36 

 24 



24 

 24 



36 



48 



24 

 36 



24 



36 

 12 



12 

 12 



24 

 48 

 48 



48 

 24 



Form and Colour. 



Round, red. 



Oblong, pink and white. 



Obloug, white. 



Long, white. 



Oblong, pink. 



Round, white. 



Long, white. 



Long, pink and white. 



Round, white. 



liong, white. 



Round, pink. 



Long, white. 



Round, white. 



■Flattish, pink. 



Round, white. 



Round, red. 



Round, white. 



11 

 Round, white and blue. 

 Oblong, pink. 

 Oval, pink. 



II 

 Round, pink. 

 Round, white. 

 Long, pink and white. 

 Round, pink and white. 



II II 



Round, white. 

 Round, pink. 

 Long, pink and white. 

 Long, pink. 



Round, pink. 

 Long, flat and ])ink. 

 Long, round lind white. 

 Round, pink. 

 Long, pink. 



II 

 Round, white. 

 Flat, round and white. 

 Round, white. 



