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EXPERIMEMAL FAJUJS 



4-5 EDWARD VII., A. 1905 



rate of 20 one-horse cart loads per acre and at once ploughed under. In the spring 

 this was gone over with the spade and springtooth harrow and ploughed. It was 

 again worked on<3e each with the spade, springtooth and smoothing harrows. Rows 

 were run 30 inches apart and about 4 inches deep and potato fertilizer at the rate 

 of 400 lbs. per acre scattered along the rows before planting. The sets were dropped 

 one foot apart in these rows and covered with the plough. The tubers were cut so as to 

 have from 2 to 3 eyes in each set. The drills were harrowed down once before the 

 plants were above the ground and again drilled up in a f(^w days and the soil kept 

 loose with the cultivator until the vines were quite large. The field was hoed once by 

 hand. The plots were sprayed with Bordeaux mixture and Paris green on July 20, 

 August 5 and August 26. There was no blight noticeable on these plots and the tubers 

 were free from rot. Forty-five varieties were included in the test. They were planted 

 May 31 and dug September 1 and 3. Each plot was two rows, each 66 feet long. 

 They yielded as follows : — 



POTATOES — TEST OF VARIETIES. 





Name of Variety. 



1 Vick's Extra Early.. 



2 Carman No. 1 



3, Irish Cobbler 



4 Pearce 



5 Green Mountain. . . . 



6 Country Gentleman 



7 Delaware 



8 Rochester Rose . . .. 

 Rose No. 



lOi State of Maine 



lliEverett 



12 General Gordon . . . 

 13| Early St. George. , . . 

 14, Clay Rose 



15 

 10 

 17 

 18 

 lit 

 20 

 21 

 22 

 23 

 24 

 2.5 

 26 

 27 

 28 

 i9 

 30 

 31 

 32 

 33 

 34 

 35 

 3G 

 37 

 38 

 39 

 40 



T. X. L 



Pinpcree 



Early Norther 



Prolific Rose 



Maule's Thoroughbred . . . . 



Uncle Sam 



Empire State 



Ureer's Standard 



Bovee 



Early Envoy 



Enormous 



Penn Manor 



Burnaby Seedling 



Seedling No. 7 



Early Sunrise 



Early White Prize 



Early Michigan 



Rawdon Rose 



Cambridge Russet 



Canadian Beauty 



Money Maker 



Late Puritan 



Early Andes 



Amerjnan (iiant 



Swiss SnowHake 



Reeves' Ro^e 



41 iSabean's Elephant 



42iEarly Rose 



43 llolborn Abundance 



41 

 45 



American Wonder. 

 Carman No. 3 



Quality. 



Good. 



Meiium. 

 Good 



Medium. 

 Good.... 



Medium. 

 Good.... 



Medium . 

 Good 



Medium. 

 Good.... 



Total Yield 

 per Acre. 



Bush. Lbs. 



495 .. 



462 .. 



439 .. 



424 



418 



418 



413 



409 



400 



398 



396 



396 



391 



385 



385 



374 



374 



369 



367 



3G3 



3{;3 



356 



354 



352 



352 



352 



345 



343 



341 



341 



341 



336 



331 



332 



331 



323 



321 



319 



311 



312 



308 



299 



297 



253 



242 



36 



36 

 12 

 24 

 12 



36 



36 



24 



24 



12 



24 

 12 



36 

 24 



12 



24 

 12 



36 

 24 



12 



Yield 

 per Acre of 



Un- 

 marketable. 



Bush. Lbs. 



66 .. 



88 .. 



83 



66 



99 

 101 



90 



57 



70 



81 



99 



88 

 116 



61 

 125 



41 



83 



94 



59 



81 



77 



92 



99 



88 



72 



92 



8S 



61 



77 



85 

 110 



92 



81 



74 



92 



90 



72 



94 

 138 



66 



79 



70 

 125 



55 



28 



36 



12 

 12 

 12 

 24 

 24 



36 

 36 

 24 

 48 

 36 

 36 

 24 

 24 



24 



36 

 24 



36 



48 



24 

 24 

 48 

 24 

 12 

 36 

 36 

 36 



12 

 24 

 24 



36 



Form and Colour. 



Long, roimd, white. 

 Flat, round, white. 

 Round, white. 

 Lon^, pink and white. 

 Fiat, round, white. 

 Long, pink and white. 

 Flat, round, white. 

 Oblong, pink. 



It 

 Round, white. 

 Flat, round, white. 

 Oblong, pink. 



tt 

 Round, pink. 

 Long, pink and white. 

 Oblong, white. 

 Long, pink and white. 

 Oblong, i>ink. 

 Long, pink. 

 Round, white. 

 Long, white. 

 Round, white. 

 Oblong, pink and white. 

 Long, pink. 

 Round, white. 

 Long, dark pink. 

 Long, pink and white. 

 Oblong, pink. 

 Long, round, pink. 

 Long, white. 

 Oblong, white. 

 Round, pink and white. 

 Oblong, white. 

 Long, pink and white. 

 Long, white. 

 Long, pink and white. 

 Round, pink. 

 Long, pink. 

 Oblong, wijite. 

 Long, pink. 

 Long, white. 

 Long, pink. 

 Oblong, white. 

 Long, white. 

 Flat, round, white. 



