REPORT OF MR. THOMAS A. SEARPE 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



Potatoes — Test of Vaeieties. 



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Name of Variety. 



Late Puritan 



Empire Stale 



Dooley 



American Giant 



American Wonder 



Seedling No. 7 



Daniel's Sensation . . . . 



Dreer's Standard 



Uncle Sam 



Dakota Red 



Carman No. 1 



Vermont Gold Coin . . . 

 Sutton's Invincible . . . 



Enormous 



Country Gentleman 



Early St. George 



Rose No. 9 



I.X.L 



Irish Cobbler 



Reeve's Rose 



State of Maine 



Bovee 



Carman No. 3 . . . 



Maule's Thoroughbred. 



Sabean's Elephant 



Pearce 



Penn Manor 



Morgan Seedling 



Early Wliite Pnze 



Holborn Abimdance 



Delaware 



Money Maker 



Cambridge Russet 



Vick's Extra Early 



Early Andes 



Rochester Rose 



Sutton's Supreme 



Buruaby Mammoth 



Canadian Beauty 



Early Rose 



Swiss Snovvflake 



Everett 



Pingree , . 



Early Envoy 



Total 



Yield per 



Acre. 



Bush. Lbs. 



699 36 



673 12 



655 36 



646 40 



629 12 



624 48 



611 36 



607 12 



580 48 



578 36 



567 36 



563 12 



561 .. 



556 36 



545 36 



536 48 



Yield per 



Acre 

 of Sound. 



Bush. Lbs. 



664 .. 



640 .. 



655 36 



646 40 



315 .. 



624 48 



611 36 



607 12 



555 48 

 578 36 

 537 36 

 533 12 

 536 .. 



556 36 

 545 36 

 536 48 

 532 24 

 528 .. 

 523 36 

 523 36 

 500 .. 

 508 12 

 514 48 

 466 .. 

 484 .. 

 466 12 

 448 .. 

 446 .. 

 462 .. 

 435 .. 

 448 48 

 431 12 

 385 12 

 404 48 

 396 .. 

 391 36 

 387 12 

 359 .. 

 338 .. 

 330 ., 

 302 24 

 281 24 

 212 48 

 211 12 



Yield per 



Acre 

 of Rotten. 



Bush. Lbs. 



35 36 

 33 12 

 None 



Yield per 

 Acre of 

 Market- 

 able. 



314 12 



None 



25 



None. 

 30 

 30 

 25 



None. 



23 36 

 11 .. 



None 



18 .. 



None 



9 .. 



18 24 



20 24 

 None 



22 36 

 None 



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None. 

 None. 



15 

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None. 

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None. 



Yield per 



Acre of 

 Unmarket- 

 able. 



36 



24 

 30 



Bush. Lbs. 



64 



65 



95 



30 



46 



65 



60 



85 



75 



60 



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55 



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80 



76 

 105 



78 



80 



50 

 100 

 105 



95 



57 



60 



93 



90 



69 

 114 



74 



82 



41 



80 



99 



58 



56 



75 



70 



66 



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Form and 

 Colour. 



Long, white. 

 Long, flat, white. 

 Oblong, white. 



Long, red. 

 Flat, white. 

 Long, white. 

 Round, white. 

 Long, red. 

 Round, white. 

 Long, white. 

 Oblong, white. 

 Long, flat, white. 

 Oblong, pink, 



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Oblong, red. 

 Long, flat, pink. 

 Round, white. 

 Long, rose. 

 Long, pink. 

 Long, rose. 

 Round, white. 

 Long, rose. 

 Long, white. 

 Long, red. 



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 Long, pink. 

 Long, white. 

 Round, white. 

 Long, white. 



Long, flat,russefc. 

 Round, rose. 



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 Long, rose. 

 Oblong, rose. 



II 

 Obl'ng, flat, whi ta 

 Oblong, rose. 

 II white. 

 II red. 

 II white. 

 II pink and 

 white. 



FODDER PLANTS. 



The following forage plants were sown May 1 in plots of one-fortieth of an acre 

 each. 



As in previous years the millets are not very successful when compared with any 

 of the mixtures of the common grains. 



Plots one to six were sown May 1 and cut September 28 and 29. 

 Millets — 



Plot 1. — ^White rounde. — Stalks, 18 to 24 inches, not leafy; heads 2 to ^ inches 

 long. Yield when cut, 2 tons 1,430 lbs. per acre. 



Plot 2, Hungarian grass, stalks, 18 to 26 inches long, heads 2 to 4 inches, an 

 even stand, but short. "Weight when cut, 2 tons 9G0 lbs. per acre. 



