4M 



EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



POTATOES— TEST OF VARIETIES. 



4-5 EDWARD VII., A. 1905 



c 

 3 



1 



2 

 3 

 4 

 5 

 6 

 7 

 8 



9 

 10 

 11 



12 

 13 

 14 



U, 

 17 

 18 

 19 

 20 

 21 

 22 

 23 

 24 

 25 

 26 

 27 

 28 

 29 

 30 

 31 

 32 

 33 

 34 

 35 

 36 

 37 

 38 

 39 

 40 

 41 



Name of Variety. 



Penn Manor 



Uncle Sam 



Sabean's Elephant 



Late Puritan 



General Gordon 



American Giant 



Prolific Rose 



Early Envoy 



Reeve's Rose 



Country Gentleman . . . 



Money Maker • . . . 



State of Maine 



Early St. George 



Piugree , . . . 



Dreer's Standard 



American Wonder 



Burnaby Mammoth. . . . 



Carman No. 3 



Seedling No. 7. 



Holborn Abundance . . . 



Pearce 



Delaware 



Vick's Extra Early 



Carman No. 1 



Enormous 



Rose No. 9 



Everett 



Irish Cobbler 



Rochester Rose 



Early Rose . . 



Maule's Thoroughbred. 



Early "White Prize 



Empire State 



Swiss Snowflake 



Canadian Beauty 



Bovee 



I. X. L 



Clay Rose 



Early Andes 



Rawdon Rose 



Cambridge Russet . . . . . 



Character 



of 



SoU. 



Clay loam 



Planted. 



May 20. 

 20. 

 20. 

 20. 

 20. 

 20 

 20. 

 20. 

 20. 

 20. 

 20. 

 20. 

 20. 

 20. 

 20. 

 20. 

 20. 

 20. 

 20. 

 20. 

 20. 

 20. 

 20. 

 20. 

 20. 

 20. 

 20. 

 20. 

 20. 

 20. 

 20. 

 20. 

 20. 

 20. 

 20. 

 20. 

 20. 

 20 

 20. 

 20. 

 20. 



Dug. 



II 



29. 



29. 



29. 



29. 



29. 



29. 



29. 



29. 



29. 



29. 



29. 



29. 



29. 



29. 



29. 



29. 



29. 



29. 



29. 



29. 



29. 



29. 



29. 



29. 



29. 



29. 



29. 



29. 



29. 



29. 



29. 



29. 



29 



29. 



1-9. 



29. 



29. 



29. 



29. 



29. 



29. 



Character 



of 

 Growth. 



Medium 



Strong 



Medium 

 Strong 



Medium 

 Strong 



Medium . 



Strong . . 

 Medium , 

 Strong . . 

 'Medium . 

 Strong . . 

 Medium , 

 Strong . . 

 Light . . . 

 Strong . . 

 It . . i 

 Medium , 



Strong . 



Average 

 Size. 



Large 



Medium 

 Large . . 

 Medium 



II 

 Large . . 

 II ■ . 

 Medium 



Large . . 

 Medium 

 Large 



Medium 

 Small . . 

 Large . 

 Medium 

 Large . 



II 

 Medium 

 Large . 

 Medium 

 Large . 

 Medium 



Total 



Yield per 



Acre. 



Bush. Lbs. 



435 

 420 

 409 

 404 

 393 

 391 

 374 

 374 

 374 

 371 

 371 

 369 

 365 

 360 

 352 

 345 

 345 

 343 

 330 

 327 

 323 

 323 

 321 

 314 

 314 

 314 

 312 

 305 

 305 

 288 

 281 

 279 

 275 

 259 

 257 

 244 

 239 

 237 

 228 

 226 

 226 



36 

 12 

 12 



48 

 48 

 36 



48 

 48 

 36 

 12 



48 



24 

 24 

 12 



48 

 24 

 24 

 12 

 36 

 36 

 36 

 24 

 48 

 48 

 12 

 36 

 24 



36 

 24 

 24 

 48 

 36 

 48 

 36 

 36 



Form 



and 



Colour. 



Long, red. 

 Oval, white. 

 Long II 

 Oval 



II pink. 

 Long, white. 



II led. 

 Oval, i)ink. 



II red. 

 Long, pink. 

 Oval, white. 



II 

 Long, red. 



II white. 

 Oval 

 Long II 



II pink. 

 Oval, white. 



II red. 



II white. 

 Long, pink. 

 Oval, white. 



M pink. 



II white 

 Long II 



II red. 



II pink. 

 Oval, white. 

 Long, red. 

 Oval I, 



II pink. 



M white. 



II II 



Long, red. 

 Oval, pink. 



II 

 Long, pink. 

 Oval II 



Long, rvisset. 



SUM^rAKY OF CROPS, 1904. 



Bushels. 



Wheat : 



8 varieties, 44 acres - 1,Y33 



8 half acres, rotation test 135 



36 uniform test plots 92 



1,960 

 Oats : 



9 varieties, 60 acres 4,589 



4 half acres, rotation test 125 



42 uniform test plots 157 



4,871 



