REPORT OF MR. R. ROBERTSON 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



POTATOES — TEST OF VARIETIES— CoWwc/sC?. 



245 



Name of Variety. 



American Giant 



Burpee's Extra Earl}-.. 



Dreer's Standard 



General Gordon 



Early St. George. . 



Late Puritan 



Early Puritan 



Early Sunrise 



Brown's Rot Proof. . . . 



Uncle Sam 



New Variety, No 1. . . . 



American Wonder 



Bovee , . . 



State of Maine. 



Green Mountain 



Early Ohio 



I. X. L 



Keeve's Rose 



Maggie ^lurphy 



Empire State 



Columbus 



New Queen 



Beauty of Hebron 



Prize Taker 



Thorbum 



Ohio Junior 



Delaware 



Clarke's No. 1 



Lfte's Favourite 



Chicago Market 



Early Six Weeks 



Sabean's Elephant 



Maule's Thoroughbred 



Early Michigan 



Early Audes 



Polaris 



Daisy 



Country Gentleman. . . 



Early Rose 



Reading Giant 



Rawdon Rose 



Prolific Rose 



Earliest of Ail 



Early Harvest 



Brownell's Winner . . . 



Swiss Snowflake 



Up to Date 



Quality. 



Fair. 

 Good 



Fair . 

 Good 

 Fair.. 



Good 



Fair.. 

 Good 



Fair.. 

 Good 



Fair.. 

 Good 



Fair., 

 Good 



II 

 It 



Fair., 



Total 



Yield per 



Acre. 



Yield 



per Acre of 



Marketable. 



Bush. Lbs. 



3S.J . . 



380 



37.S 

 37G 

 37G 

 374 

 374 

 3U7 

 3G5 

 363 

 3G3 

 3f>0 

 3G0 

 3C0 

 358 

 35G 

 356 

 352 

 347 

 343 

 343 

 338 

 338 

 33G 

 33G 

 334 

 323 

 319 

 319 

 312 

 308 

 303 

 297 

 297 

 297 

 294 

 28G 

 279 

 275 

 275 

 270 

 261 

 259 

 253 

 244 

 213 



48 

 3G 

 24 

 12 

 12 



24 



12 



48 

 48 

 48 

 3G 

 24 

 24 



3G 

 12 

 12 

 48 

 48 

 36 

 3G 

 24 

 24 



24 

 36 



48 

 24 



3G 

 48 

 36 



12 



24 



Bush . Lbs. 



319 . . 



308 . . 



314 



316 



305 



343 



330 



312 



2G4 



312 



308 



319 



294 



308 



305 



303 



297 



303 



.308 



299 



303 



255 



266 



286 



279 



270 



286 



294 



264 



268 



253 



264 



257 



253 



246 



250 



246 



244 



220 



209 



220 



226 



220 



209 



220 



209 



176 



36 



48 

 48 

 12 



24 



24 



48 



48 

 36 



36 



12 

 36 

 12 

 12 



24 



36 



48 

 24 



24 



24 

 48 

 24 

 12 



36 



Yield 

 per Acre of 



Un- 

 marketable . 



Bush. Lbs. 



66 .. 

 74 

 G6 

 Gl 

 70 

 33 

 44 

 61 

 103 

 52 

 55 

 44 

 6(3 

 52 

 55 

 55 

 59 

 52 

 44 

 48 

 39 

 88 

 72 

 52 

 57 

 66 

 48 

 28 

 55 

 50 

 59 

 44 

 46 

 44 

 50 

 46 

 48 

 41 

 59 

 66 

 55 

 44 

 41 

 50 

 33 

 35 

 37 



48 



36 

 24 



36 

 24 



48 



48 



24 



48 



24 

 36 



36 

 48 

 12 



24 

 3G 



36 

 24 



12 



36 

 12 

 24 

 48 

 24 



48 

 36 



i2 

 24 



Form and Colour. 



Long, white. 



Long, pink and white. 



Round, white. 



Oblong, pink. 



Oblong, pink and white. 



Long, white. 



II 

 Long, pink. 

 Oval, pink. 

 Oblong, white. 

 Round, white. 



If 

 Long, pink. 

 Round, white. 

 Oval, white. 

 Long, pink. 

 Long, pink and white. 

 Long, pink. 



II 

 Oval, white. 

 Long, white. 

 Oblong, pink. 

 Round, pink and white. 

 Round, white. 

 Oblong, pink and white. 

 Round, pink. 

 Round, white. 

 Long, i^ink. 

 Round, white. 

 Long, red. 

 Oblong, pink. 

 Oblong, white. 



II 

 Long, white. 

 Round, pinlc 

 Long, white. 

 Long, pink and white. 



II II 



Long, pink. 

 Oval, pink. 

 Oblong, pink and white. 



II II 



Long, i)ink. 

 Oval, pink and white. 

 Long, pink. 

 Round, white. 



EXPERIMENTS WITH MILLETS. 



Five varieties of millet were sown in one-fortieth acre plots, with the Planet, Jr., 

 seed drill June 14. The soil was clay loam and the previous crop was potatoes. The 

 land was ploughed in the fall and in the spring was worked up with the disc, spring- 

 tooth and smoothing harrows. No fertilizer was used. The crop was harvested green 

 Sept. 15, and the yield per acre obtained was as follows : — 



