REPORT OF MR. S. A. BEDFORD. 



359 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



POTATOES-TEST OF VARIETIES— Conc/tcrte^. 



No. 



72 



73 



74 



75 



76 



77 



78 



79 



80 



81 



82 



83 



84 



85 



86 



87 



88 



89 



90 



91 



92 



93 



94 



95 



96 



97 



98 



99 



100 



101 



102 



103 



104 



105 



100 



107 



108 



100 



Name of Variety. 



Early Rose 



Empire State 



Vick's E.\tra Early 



New Queen 



Chicago Market 



20th Century 



Harbinger 



World's Fair 



American Beautj' 



Clay Rose 



Maggie Murphy 



Bovee 



Burpee's Extra Early . . 



Flemish Beauty 



Pearce's Prize Winner. . 



Polaris 



SwTSS Snovvflake 



Honeoye Rose 



Algoma 



Country Gentleman 



Early Sunrise 



Ru.'*sell Seedling 



Early Fortune 



Anibiniean Giant 



Pearc(^'s Extra Early. . . 



Livingston 



■Stourbridge Glory 



Thorburn 



Early Ohio 



Early Northern 



Fii:basket._ 



'General Gordon 



Wonder of the World . . 



Bill Nye 



Rochester Rose 



Mclntyre 



Sharpe's Seedling 



Record 



Characte; 



of 

 Growth. 



Weak 

 Fair.. 



Rank 

 Fair .. 



Weak 

 Fair.. 



Weak 

 Fair.. 



Weak 

 l-Raiik 



Weak 



Fair.. 

 Weak 



It 

 Rank 



Weak 

 -Ra-nk 



When 

 Matured. 



Sept. 5. 

 „ 12. 

 Not ripe . 

 Sept. 1. 

 Not ripe. 

 Sept. 12. 

 5. 

 Not ripe . 



Sept. 5. 

 Aug. 28. 

 Sept. 14. 



„ 11. 



„ _ 8. 



Not ripe. 



Sept. 5 . 



8. 



5. 



11 5. 



,1 12. 

 5. 



1, 12. 



,1 10. 

 Not r-ipe . 



Sept. s! 

 Aug. 20. 

 ■Sept. 5 . 

 Not ripe. 

 Sept. 15. 

 1. 

 Aug. 28. 

 Set'rt. 5 . 

 Not ripe. 

 Aug. _28. 

 Not ripe . 



Average 



Size. 



Quality. 



Medium . 



Small . . . 

 Medium . 

 Large . . . 

 Medium . 



Sreall . . . 

 Medium. 



Small . . . 

 Medium . 

 Small . . . 

 Medi um . 



SnKxll . . ! 

 Medium . 



Small . . . 

 Medium. 

 Smtill . . . 



Fair . 

 Good 



Poor 

 Fair. 

 Good 

 Poor 

 Good 



It 

 Fair . 



Good 



II 

 Fair. 



11 

 Good 



Fair . 



Good 

 Fair . 



Gowd 

 Fair . 

 Good 

 (Fair . 



Good 

 Fair . 



Good 

 Fair. 

 Good 

 •Poor 

 Good 

 Fair. 



Total 



Yield per 



Acre. 



Bush. Lbs. 

 220 .. 



216 

 216 

 212 

 209 

 209 

 205 

 205 

 201 

 201 

 201 

 201 

 201 

 201 

 108 

 108 

 108 

 190 

 190 

 190 

 187 

 187 

 183 

 183 

 183 

 179 

 176 

 172 

 168 

 168 

 165 

 165 

 165 

 161 

 150 

 146 

 146 

 99 



20 

 20 

 40 



20 

 20 

 40 

 40 

 40 

 40 

 40 

 40 



40 

 40 

 40 



20 

 20 

 20 

 40 



20 

 40 

 40 



20 

 20 

 40 

 40 



Form and Colour. 



Oval, long red. 



11 white. 



II pinkish. 

 Flat 

 Long, white. 



II russet. 

 Oval, red. 

 Flat, white. 

 Long II 

 Red, round. 

 Long, red. 

 Oval, pink. 



II red. 



II long, red. 

 Round, white. 

 Oval, red. 

 Round, white. 

 Oval, long, red. 



II II 



Flat, pink. 

 Oval, long, red. 

 Round, white. 

 Oval, red. 

 Long, white. 



II red. 



II pink. 

 Round, russet. 

 11 pinkish. 



II u 



Oval, red. 



II rose. 



II red. 

 Long, pink. 



II white. 

 Oval, pink. 

 Long, white. 



