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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



7-8 EDWARD VII., A. 1908 



SMALLER PLOTS OP POTATOES. 



The followlBg varieties of potatoes were grown in difierent sized plots, the num- 

 ber of sets planted varying from eight to thirty-three. A large proportion of these 

 was sent in gratis for testing; by the persons whose names appear after the varieties ; 

 others were bought in small quantities, as owing to their being novelties the price 

 was high. 



Potatoes ; Yields from Smaller Plots. 



a 



Name of Variety. 



The Factor 



King Edward, from Wm. Wilson, 



Port Arthur, Ont 



Early Harvester, from Fred Foys- 



ton, Minesing, Ont 



Magyar King, from C. Scott, Mel- 

 ville Cross, Ont 



Duchess of Cornwall, from the 



Family Herald, Montreal .... 

 Unknown, from B. G. Thoralson, 



Pine Valley, Man 



Early Mortgage Lifter, from Arden, 



Man 



From Geo. Boulet, N jrmandin, Que 



Wilson's First Choice 



Early Astonisher 



Shoat, from Malcolm Macleod, Big 



Intervale, N. S 



Seedling, from Wesley Barkley, 



Chesterville, Ont. 



Longfellow ._ 



Seedling, from Heber Rawlings, 



Forest, Ont 



Unknown, from J. G. Webster, 



Hedley, B.C 



jSoleil Levant, from S. Lacl a ice, 



D' Artagiion, Que 



Blue Prolific, from J. P. Helm, 



Tignish, N.S 



Maple Leaf, from J. C. Walker, 



Hulland, Man 



Hick's Jubilee, from John Hick, 



i 'elleville, Ont. 



Rust Proof 



Midlothian Early 



Sutton's Reliance, from A. Smith, 



jjadners, B.C . . 



Grafted Potato, from Chas. Fil- 



teau, St. Nicolas, Que 



Wortley, from G. F. Bonewell, 



North. Aiigusta, Ont 



June 



Dalmeny Early 



Eldorado (Dobbie) 



29 Solanum Commersonii Violet 



SO.Sausisse, from G. M. Bonmarvel, 

 Sintaluta, Sask 



Number 

 of Sets 

 Planted. 



33 



16 



16 



33 



S3 



8 



33 

 10 

 12 

 12 



33 



8 

 12 



33 



33 



33 



33 



33 



33 



ir. 



16 



16 



33 



33 

 16 

 16 

 33 

 33 



16 



33 



Total Yield 

 per Acre. 



Bush. 



312 



290 



2S1 



277 



259 



246 



242 

 237 

 237 

 237 



228 



211 

 211 



206 



198 



176 



176 



176 



176 

 176 



158 



158 



154 



149 



114 



96 



92 



83 



79 



17 



Lbs. 

 24 

 24 

 36 

 12 

 36 

 24 



36 

 36 

 36 



48 



12 

 12 



48 



24 

 24 



36 



48 

 24 

 36 



12 



30 



Yield per 



Acre, 



Marketable. 



Bush. 



149 



149 



193 



140 



162 



140 



158 

 220 

 118 

 118 



132 



88 

 115 



66 



88 



48 



132 



74 



70 

 123 

 114 



44 



114 



66 

 01 

 44 



44 



Lbs. 



36 



36 



36 



48 



48 



48 



24 



48 

 48 



12 



24 



48 



24 



12 

 24 



24 

 36 



Yield per 

 Acre, 



Unmarket- 

 able. 



Bush. 

 162 

 140 



88 

 130 



96 



105 



83 



17 



118 



118 



96 



123 

 66 



140 



110 



127 



44 



101 



105 

 52 

 44 



114 



39 



83 

 52 

 52 

 92 

 83 



35 



17 



Lbs. 

 48 

 48 



24 

 48 

 36 



36 



36 

 48 

 48 



48 



12 



48 

 36 



12 



36 



48 



24 



30 



48 

 48 

 24 

 36 



12 



36 



Colour. 



White. 



Pink. 



White. 



Pink. 



White. 



Pink. 



Blue. 



White, 



Pale pink. 

 White. 



Pale pink. 



Pink, with red 



eyes. 

 Piiik. 

 Palo pink. 

 White. 



?f 

 White, splashed 



with red. 

 Purplish blue. 



Other varieties which came in too late to be compared with the above were : Seedling, from .Jas. W. 

 Stairs, Halifax, N.S.; Urugii.iy, from E. Chegrion, Manitoba; Eldorado, from Smith Bros., Beachvillp, 

 Ont.; Immigrant, from W. .T. Dickson, Springfield, N.S. ; Sutton's Prolific, from R. Gammon, Lachine 

 Locks, P.Q. The crop, from these were saved and these varieties will be compared with others in 1907. 



