REPORT OF TEE EORTICULTURIST 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



TAYELVE BEST YIELDING POTATOES — AVERAGE OF FIVE TEARS, 1900-4. 



129 



Name of Variety. 



1. Dr. Maercher 



2. Late Puritan 



*3. Burnaby Mammotli 



4. Money iN Taker 



5. Carman No. 1 



6. Dreoi's Standard. . . 



7. Sabean's P'lejjhant . 



8. Canadian Beauty . . 

 0. Rural Blush 



10. I.X.L 



11. Pearce 



12. Clav Rose 



Season. 



Very late. 

 Medium . 



Colour. 



Quality. 



Medium . 



I White Med. to good. 



Good . 

 Pink and white. 



White 



White 



Late 



.... iPink and white — 



Pink •. . . 



Medium (Pink and white 



1 iPink and white, !Good. 



II jPink iMedium. . 



* This variety was first grown under the name of Burnaby Seedling, and then procured under the 

 name of Burnaby ^lammoth. The average j'ield from the older strain for four j'ears, and the new one for 

 one j'ear is 469 bushels 29 lbs. 



POTATOES — TEST OF VARIETIES. 



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Xame of Variety. 



Ij Vermont Gold Coin 



2 Morgan's Seedling 



3 Carman No. 1 (new seed). . . 



4 Dr. Maercher 



5 Doolev 



6 RurafBlush 



7 White Elephant 



8 Burnaby Mammoth 



9 Quick Crop 



10 Northern Beauty 



11 Carman No. 3 (new seed). . . 



12 Holbom Abundance 



IS'Carman No. 1. 



14 



15 



16 



17 



IS 



19 



Season. 



Quality. 



'Medium. .Good. 



American Giant. . . . 



Doherty's .Seedling. 



Early Carter 



Money Maker 



Reeve's Rose 



..Montana Bluff 



20iMammoth Pearl.. . . 

 21 Clark's Pride. 



Late . 



Medium . 



Late . 



Medium . 



n . 



Early 



It .... 

 Late 



M 



Medium . 



Medium. 

 Good.... 



Medium. 



Good 



. . I Medium . 

 ..Good.... 



Early 



Medium . 



Early 



Medium. 



22 

 23 



24 



25 

 26 

 27 

 28! 

 29! 

 30 

 31 

 S2 

 33 



^i 



35 



36 

 37 

 38 



Clay Rose 



Crines Lightning. 



Everett 



Rose No. 9.... 



Vick's Extra Early. . . . 



Pearce 



Penn Manor 



Rocliester Rose 



Napoleon 



Canadian Beauty .... 

 Van Orman'a Earliest. 



Sabean's Elephant 



L X. L 



Jubilee 



John Bull 



Empire State 



Peck's Early 



I^ate. . 

 Early. 



Total .p™ 



Yield per ^^^^T' 

 A ore Market- 



^"^^^^ able. 



Bush. Lbs. 



Medium . 

 Good.... 



Late Medium . 



Early Good . . . . 



Medium..} ■ 



Earlj' II . . . . 



Medium.. ■> . 



Early 



Late Good. 



M . . II . 



Medium . . I u . 



Medium. .Good. 

 Early J.. -- 



554 

 514 

 501 

 501 

 479 

 479 

 466 

 462 

 448 

 440 

 435 

 435 

 435 

 431 

 431 

 426 

 418 

 404 

 404 

 400 

 400 

 391 

 391 



387 

 382 

 378 

 378 

 374 

 374 

 369 

 365 

 365 

 365 

 365 

 365 

 360 

 360 

 360 



24 

 48 

 36 

 36 



Bush. Lbs. 



Yield 



Per Acre 



of L'nmar- 



ketable. 



Bush . Lbs. 



475 

 413 

 409 

 382 



36 409 



36 

 24 





 48 





 36 

 36 

 36 

 12 

 12 

 48 





 48 

 48 

 24 

 24 

 36 

 36 



12 

 48 

 24 

 24 

 

 

 36 

 12 

 12 

 12 

 12 

 12 

 48 

 48 

 48 



391 

 409 

 396 

 382 

 356 

 391 

 3G9 

 330 

 365 

 356 

 334 

 347 

 343 

 334 

 334 

 286 

 338 

 334 



316 

 356 

 325 

 321 

 334 

 281 

 272 

 321 

 308 

 303 

 294 

 286 

 316 

 299 

 294 



12 

 36 

 12 

 48 

 12 

 36 

 12 





 48 

 24 

 36 

 36 





 12 

 24 

 24 

 36 

 12 

 24 

 24 





 48 

 24 



4S 

 24 

 36 

 12 

 24 

 36 

 48 

 12 





 36 

 48 





 48 

 12 

 48 



79 



101 

 92 



118 

 70 

 88 

 57 

 66 

 66 

 83 

 44 

 66 



105 

 66 

 74 

 92 

 70 

 61 

 70 

 66 



114 

 52 

 57 



70 

 26 

 52 

 57 

 39 

 92 

 96 

 44 

 57 

 61 

 70 

 79 

 44 

 61 

 66 



12 

 12 

 24 

 48 

 24 





 12 









 30 









 36 





 48 

 24 

 24 

 36 

 24 





 2t 

 48 

 12 



24 

 24 

 48 

 12 

 36 

 24 

 48 





 12 

 36 

 24 

 12 





 36 







Colour. 



White. 



Pink and white. 



White. 



Pink. 



and white. 



White. 



Pink. 

 White. 



Pink. 



Red, brighter 



eye. 

 Pink. 



11 



u and white. 



11 and white. 



White. 



Pmk and white. 



White. 

 Pink. 



m 



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