REPORT OF MR. AXOUS MACKA7 



339 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



POTATOES — TEST OF VARIETIES — Concluded. 



Name of Variety. 



Cambridge Russet . . 



Delaware 



Irish Daisy 



Early White Trize.. 



Thorburn 



Irish C'obbler , 



Bill Nye 



Polaris 



White Beauty 



Early Market 



Early Puritan 



Everett 



Rural lilush 



F^arly Ohio 



Rural No. 2 . 



Enormous 



Vanier 



Sir Walter Raleigh. 



Reading Giant 



Early Six Weeks. . . 



Ohio Junior 



Houlton Rose 



Early Andes 



Brown's Rot-proof.. 



■M o 



go 



O 



Medium 

 Strong 



Medium 



I* 

 Strong, 



Average 

 Size. 



Medium 

 Sti-ong. 



Medium 

 Strong, 



Medium 



' Small . 

 'Large . 

 iMediuin 

 Small 



" 

 Medium 



It 

 I Small 



II 

 Medium 



Small 



Medium 



Total 



Yield per 



Acre. 



Bush. Lbs. 



202 24 



202 24 



19.-) 48 



■\U^ .36 



li'l 24 



ISO 12 



187 .. 



1«7 .. 



184 48 



182 3G 



182 36 



182 36 



182 36 



180 24 



180 24 



169 24 



169 24 



154 . . 



149 36 



149 36 



145 12 



145 12 



140 48 



112 12 



Yield 

 per Acre 



of 

 Market- 

 able. 



Yield 

 per Acre 

 of Un- 

 market- 

 able. 



Bu.<h. Lbs. Bush. Lbs. 



189 12 



195 48 



176 .. 



176 .. 



180 24 



1.76 . . 



169 24 



171 36 



167 12 



165 . . 



165 .. 



171 36 



176 .. 



162 48 



162 48 



156 12 



154 .. 



138 36 



121 . . 



140 48 



132 .. 



i:^ 12 



12i> 48 



105 36 



13 12 



6 36 



19 48 



17 36 



11 .. 



13 12 



17 36 



15 24 



17 36 



17' 36 



17 36 



11 .. 



6 36 



17 36 



17 36 



13 12 



15 24 



15 24 



28 36 



8 48 



13 12 



11 .. 



11 

 6 



36 



Form 

 and Colour, 



Long, russet. 

 Oval, white. 

 Round, white. 

 Oval, white. 



»i pink. 



II white. 



Long, white. 



Oval, white. 



II II 



II pink. 



II white. 

 Long, red. 

 Oval, red. 



II pink. 



11 white. 



It It 

 Long, red. 

 Oval, white. 



It red. 



It pink. 



It II 

 Long, pink. 



II II 



II red. 



VEGETABLE GARDEN. 



ASPARAGUS. 



Old beds of Barr's Mammoth, Barr's Elmira and Conover's Colossal produced an 

 excellent crop during the season. In use from May 23 to July 22. 



Beans. — Sown May 14. 



Variety. 



Haricot Inexhaustible . 



Matchless 



Black Speckled 



Golden Skinless 



Emperor of Rus.sia 



Early Six-weeks 



Valentine Wax 



Challenge Black Wax . 



Stringle.ss Wax 



Fame of Vitry 



Dwarf Kidney 



Golden Wax 



Detroit Wax 



Extra Early 



Early Mohawk 



Currie's Rust-proof. .. 



16— 22^ 



In use. 

 Green. 



Aug. 



July 



Aug. 

 July 



Aug. 



July 

 Aug. 



July 



5. 



5. 

 30 

 30. 



2. 

 30. 



5. 



2. 



5. 

 30. 



2. 



2. 

 30. 

 30. 

 30. 

 30. 



Ripe. 



Sept. 



16. 

 16. 

 16. 



3. 

 16. 



3. 

 16. 



3 

 16 

 16. 

 16. 



3. 



3. 



3. 

 16. 



3. 



Remarks. 



Green ; good cropper. 



It fair cropjjer. 



II g(K)d crop])er. 

 Wax or butter ; go^xi crop{)er. 

 Green; good cropi>er ; late. 



II It early. 



It fair cropi)er. 

 Wax; good cropper. 



II ti late. 



Green ; good cropper. 

 Wax ; gcKKl cropper. 

 11 fair croj)f)er. 

 II good cropper. 

 Green ; good cropper ; early. 



II early. 

 Wax ; good cropjjer. 



