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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



7-8 EDWARD VII., A. 1908 

 Potatoes — Test of Resistance to Blight. 



Name of Variety. 



Clay Eose (selected, 1905) 



II (unselected, 1905) 



Rural Bli:sh (selected, 1905) 



II (unselected, 1905) 



Vermont Gold Coin (selectel, 1905) . . . . 



II i> (unselected, 1905). . 



Morgan Seedling (selected, 1905) 



II (unselected, 1905) 



Carman No. 1 (selected, 1905) 



•I (unselected, 1905) 



State of Maine (selected, 1905) 



II (unselected, 1905) 



Carman No. 3 (selected, 1905) 



II (unselected, 1905) 



Average yield selected (7 varictie-s) 



M unselected (7 varieties), . 



Wee MacGregor 



Manistee 



Nott's Puachblow (selected, 1905) 



Empress Queen ... 



Holborn Aliundance (selected, 1905). . . . 



Dalmeny Beauty 



American Giant (selected, 19(i5) 



Dr. Maerker (selected, 1905) 



Swiss Snowflake 



Rose No. 9 (selected, 1005) 



Charles Fidler 



Jubilee (selected, 1905) 



Norcross 



Dreer's Standard 



June 



Northern Star 



Late Puritan 



Uncle Sam 



Woltman 



Rust Proof 



Hibeniia 



Peachblo.v 



Sutton's Discovery (selected, 1905)... 

 Money Maker 



Total Yield 



per 



Acre. 



Bush. 



242 



189 

 237 

 176 

 211 

 18J 

 211 

 17G 

 19.3 

 20G 

 189 

 149 

 149 

 119 

 204 

 17G 

 264 

 259 

 255 

 250 

 250 

 237 

 202 

 202 

 193 

 193 

 167 

 158 

 158 

 158 

 140 

 127 

 127 

 123 

 123 

 114 

 66 

 52 

 20 

 44 



lbs. 



12 

 36 



12 



48 

 12 



36 

 48 

 12 

 36 

 30 

 SO 

 55 



36 



12 

 48 

 48 

 30 

 24 

 24 



36 

 12 

 24 

 24 

 24 

 43 

 36 

 36 

 12 

 12 

 24 



48 

 24 



Yield 



per Acre 



Marketable. 



Bush. 



158 



92 



140 



96 



123 



105 



123 



123 



105 



149 



145 



88 



96 



105 



127 



108 



176 



193 



140 



189 



162 



176 



158 



140 



136 



123 



140 



114 



114 



105 



88 



88 



88 



96 



52 



88 



26 



26 



17 



lbs. 



24 

 24 



4S 

 48 

 12 

 36 

 12 

 12 

 36 

 36 

 12 



48 

 36 

 36 

 45 



36 

 48 

 12 

 48 



24 

 48 

 24 

 12 

 48 

 24 

 24 

 36 



48 

 48 



24 



24 

 36 



Yield 



per Acre 



Unmaiketable 



Bush. 



83 

 96 

 96 

 79 

 88 

 79 

 88 

 52 

 88 

 57 

 44 

 61 

 52 

 41 

 77 

 67 

 88 

 66 

 114 

 61 

 88 

 61 

 44 

 61 

 61 

 70 

 26 

 44 

 44 

 52 

 52 

 39 

 39 

 26 

 70 

 26 

 39 

 26 

 8 

 44 



lbs. 



36 

 48 

 48 

 12 



12 



48 



12 



36 



48 



16 



15 



24 

 36 



36 



.36 

 36 

 21 

 24 



48 

 48 

 36 

 36 

 24 

 24 

 24 

 36 

 24 

 48 



scotch versus exglish seed potatoes. 



When in England in 1905, the writer visited the trial grounds of Messrs. Sutton 

 & Sons, Reading, England, and was struck with the difference in growth of potatoes 

 grown from Scotch seed and from English seed of the same variety. Potatoes from 

 English seed were beginning to ripen while those from Scotch seed v.'ere still quite 

 green, and it was evident that the yields from Scotch seed would be much greater 

 than those from English, which proved to be the case. 



Messrs. Sutton & Sons were good enough to furnish the Central Experimental 

 Farm with 3 lbs. each of ten varieties of potatoes of Scotch and English seed. Thirty- 

 three sets vv-ere made from each lot and planted on May 22. These potatoes were 

 then treated like the uniform test plots. The results are given below. Owing to the 

 extremely dry season the potatoes were very small, only a small proportion being 

 marketable. 



