290 



EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



7-8 EDWARD VII., A. 1908 

 EXPERIMENTS WITH POTATOES. 



Thirty-two varieties were included in this test. The land on which the potatoes 

 were grown was a clay loam which was in clover hay the previous year. The ground 

 was manured early in the fall v/ith stable manure at the rate of 20 one-horse cart- 

 loads per acre, and ploughed under. In the spring this was well worked up with the 

 spade and spring-tooth harrows, ploughed and again worked up. 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 the rows and covered with the drill 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 few days and the soil kept loose with 

 the cultivator until the vines were quite large. The plots were sprayed with Bordeaux 

 mixture and Paris green three times. July 18. August 1 and August 22. 



There was no blight and no rot, but a little scab, not quite as much as the previous 

 year. The potatoes were planted June 13 and dug October 12. The yield per acre has 

 been calculated from two rows each 66 feet long and 30 inches wide. 



Potatoes— Test of Varieties. 



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1 



2 

 3 

 4 



5 

 6 

 7 

 8 

 9 

 10 

 11 

 12 

 13 

 14 

 15 

 16 

 17 

 18 

 19 

 20 

 2L 

 22 

 23 

 24 

 25 

 26 

 27 

 28 

 29 

 30 

 31 

 32 



Name of Variety. 



Vermont Gold Coin . . 

 Sabean's Elf phant. . . . 



State of Maine 



Dooley 



Carman No. 3 



Carman No. 1 



Ashleaf Kidney 



Vic't's Extra Early. 

 Early Envoy. ... " ... 



Uncie Sam 



Irish Cobler 



Rochester Rose 



Pearee 



Money Maker 



Empire State 



Late Puritan 



Early Rose 



Canadian Beauty .... 

 Burnaby MammoLli.. . . 

 Country Gentlemnn . . . 

 Early White Prize . . . 

 American Wonder .... 



I.X.L 



Bovee 



Morgan Seedling. ..... 



Pingree 



Everett 



Dalmeny Beauty 



Holborn Abundance. . . 



Dreer's Standard 



Reeve's Rose 



Maule's Thoroughbred 



Total. 



Bush. Lbs. 



503 

 426 

 422 

 420 

 418 

 396 

 387 

 385 

 380 

 369 

 367 

 358 

 356 

 356 

 343 

 341 

 336 

 336 

 334 

 330 

 330 

 323 

 321 

 297 

 297 

 297 

 286 

 281 

 281 

 266 

 248 

 242 



48 

 48 

 24 

 72 



12 



36 

 36 

 24 

 36 

 24 

 24 

 12 



36 

 36 

 24 



24 

 12 



36 

 36 

 12 

 36 



