REPORT OF MR. R. ROBERTSON 



281 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



rows and covered with the drill plough. The tubers were cut so as to have from two to 

 three eyes in each set. The drills were harrowed down before the plants came up, to 

 kill the weeds, and again drilled up a few days later. The cultivator was run between 

 the rows about once a week until the vines were quite large. The field was hoed once 

 by hand. These plots were sprayed with Bordeaux mixture and Paris green three times. 



There was no blight noticeable and no rot, but a considerable quantity of scab 

 was observed, more than has been seen here for many years. 



The potatoes were planted May 31, and dug October 3 and 4. Each plot was two 

 rows 66 feet long and 30 inches wide. The following yields were obtained : — 



Potatoes — Test of Varieties. 



o 



J3 



3 

 'A 



1 



2 

 3 

 1 

 5 

 6 

 7 

 8 

 9 

 10 

 11 

 12 

 13 

 14 

 15 

 16 

 17 

 18 

 19 

 20 

 21 

 22 

 23 

 24 

 25 

 26 

 27 

 28 

 29 

 30 

 31 

 .S2 

 33 

 34 

 35 

 36 

 37 

 38 

 39 

 40 

 41 



Name of Variety. 



Vermont Gold Coin . 



Morgan Seedling 



Hoi bom Abundance. . 

 Vick's Extra Early. . . 



r. X. L 



Dooley ... 



Empire State 



American Wonder. , . . 



Money Maker 



Late Puritan 



Carman No. 1 



Delaware 



Early Elkinah 



Enormous 



Rose No. 9 



Early White Prize. . . 



Pearce 



Pingree 



Swiss Snowflake 



Country Gentleman . . 



Rochester Rose 



Penn Manor 



State of Maine 



Canadian Beauty 



Carman No. 3 



Irish Cobler 



American Giant 



Maule's Thoroughbred 



Seedling No. 7 



Sabean's Elephant. . . . 

 Burr.aby Mammoth . . 



Uncle Sam 



Everett. 



Cambridge Rus.set.. . 



Dreer's Standard 



Bovee 



Early Rose 



Early St. George 



Early Envoy. 



Reeve's Rose 



Early Andes 



Quality. 



Good... 



n ... 



Medium 

 Good... 

 Medium 

 Good... 



It ... 



tt ... 



If ... 



M ... 



It ... 



It ... 



tl ... 



Medium 



Good... 

 II ... 



n ... 

 II ... 



Medium 

 II 



Good... 



11 



It ... 



II ... 



II ... 



Medium 

 It 

 II 



Good... 



Yield per 

 Acre of 

 Unmarket- 

 able. 



Bush Lbs. 



68 12 



70 24 



81 34 



50 36 



55 

 33 





 



59 24 



66 



57 12 



57 12 



57 12 



59 24 



70 24 



39 36 



46 12 



72 36 



68 12 



57 12 



74 48 



90 12 



57 12 



72 36 



48 24 



55 



74 48 



59 24 



66 



77 

 66 

 66 





 

 

 



59 24 



61 36 



57 12 



83 36 



81 24 



72 36 



66 



66 



94 36 



59 24 



66 



Foira aud Colour. 



Round, flat, white. 

 Oblong, pink and white. 

 Round, white. 

 Long, pink and white. 



tf It 



Round M 



Long, round, white. 



II II 



II white. 



II pink and white. 

 Round, white. 



II 

 Oblong, pink. 

 Round, white. 



II dark i^ink. 

 Long, white. 

 Oblong, pink and white. 



II white. 

 Round II 



II pink and white. 

 Oblong, dark pink. 

 Long, pink. 

 Round, flat, white. 

 Long, pink and white. 

 Round, white. 



n 



Round, dark pink. 

 Oblong, pink. 



II dark pink. 



II white. 



II pink and white. 

 Round, white. 



II flat, white. 

 Oblong, white. 

 Round II 



Oblong, pink and white. 

 Long, pink. 



II 

 Oblong, pink. 



II 

 Round, pink. 



EXPERIMENTS IN INOCULATING CLOVER AND ALFALFA. 



These experiments were carried on with seed treated and supplied from the Central 

 Experimental Farm, Ottawa. Two half-acre plots were used for the Red clover and 

 two for the Alfalfa, the seed for one plot in each case being treated with the culture of 



