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EXFElilMENTAL FARMS 



5 GEORGE v.. A. 1915 



From the above table it will be noted that the Wee McGregor gave the largest yield, 

 it being 556 bushels 40 pounds per acre, and that 85-9 per cent of them were marketable 

 potatoes of a large size and good quality; 



That Everett, second largest yielder, gave 546 bushels 40 pounds per acre, but had 

 ordy 73-2 per cent marketable potatoes of large size and poor quality; 



That Irish Cobbler, third largest yielder, gave 510 bushels per acre and had 86-4 

 per cent marketable potatoes of medium size and of good quality. 



Vick's Extra Early comes fourth in the list, with a total yield of 478 bushels and 

 20 pounds, and had 78-4 per cent marketable of medium size and good quality. 



That Rochester Rose came fifth, with 470 bushels per acre and had 86-1 per cent 

 marketable, large and only fair quality. Late Puritan sixth, 466 bushels and 40 pounds 

 per acre, had only 79-6 per cent marketable ones of medium size and fair quality. Ameri- 

 can Wonder seventh, with a yield of 461 bushels 40 pounds, had 84-8 per cent market- 

 able potatoes of large size and good quality. Table Talli, which was eighth, was large 

 and of poor quality. Carman No. 1, while ninth, is one of the best and yielded 420 

 bushels per acre, with 85-3 per cent marketable potatoes of medium size and excellent 

 quality. 



Hence, in concluding, would state that the following are the most productive varie- 

 ties, quality and size considered, for this section: Wee McGregor, Irish Cobbler (Early), 

 Carman No. 1, and Vick's Extra Early, that is of the above twenty varieties tested. 



STRAWBERRIES. 



This year the yield of strawberries was not as good as in former yeai's, neither in 

 quantity nor quality. This no doubt was due to the previous wet fall, which kept them 

 from getting the thorough cultivation which all strawberry plantations require, and con- 

 sequentlj' they had to be mulched without such. When the mulching was removed this 

 spring we found a number of plots almost entirely winter-killed. 



The size of the strawberry plots was 16^ by 5 feet, or %28 of an acre. 



] 'rom the recorded list, twenty of the most productive varieties ; together with their 

 yields, are named as follows: 



No. 



Name. 



I Yield per 

 1 plot. 



Yield per 

 Acre. 



9 

 10 

 11 

 12 

 13 

 14 

 15 

 If) 

 17 

 18 

 10 

 20 



Michel's Early 



Crescent 



Howard No. 17... 



Parker Earle 



Seedling No. 15... 



Ilaverland 



Clyde 



.John Little 



Seedling No. 12. . 



Bisel 



Sample 



Capt. Jack 



Carleton 



Wolverton 



Barton's Eclipse. 



Greenville 



Ida 



Beverly 



Thompson's Late 

 Bedenvood 



Quarts. 



18 

 15 

 14 

 13 

 13 

 13 

 12 

 12 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 10 

 10 

 10 

 10 

 9 



Qu.irts. 



9,504 

 7,920 

 7.392 

 6,864 

 6,864 

 6,864 

 6,3.36 

 6,336 

 5,808 

 5,808 

 5,808 

 5,808 

 5,808 

 5.808 

 5,808 

 5.280 

 5.280 

 5,280 

 5.280 

 4.752 



Nappan. 



