580 



EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



5 GEORGE v.. A. 1915 

 The following table gives such information as we were able to obtain: 



Variety. 



First 



fruit 



picked. 



Number of fruits 

 from two plants. 



July 



Arlington White Spine July 



Davis Perfect I " 



Lockie's Pertection . . I " 



Rochford's Favorite ' " 



Veitch's Sensation " 



Marquis of Lome " 



Telegraph " 



August. 



94 

 68 

 39 

 22 

 32 

 19 

 50 



Total 



No. from 



two plants. 



125 



100 



76 



54 



61 



37 



71 



Average 



weight 



per fruit. 



Lb. Oz. 



91 



12-8 

 4-3 

 8-7 

 9-9 

 6-7 

 5 



POTATOES. 



Sixty plots of potatoes of Vno acre each, or two rows each 66 feet long and 33 

 inches apart, were planted on May 27. The land on which they were grown was a poor 

 sandy loam. The previous crop on this land was buckwheat, which was ploughol under 

 in the fall. The ground was ploughed again in the spring, worked up well, and fertilizer 

 made Tip of 150 pounds of nitrate of soda, 250 pounds of acid phosphate, 250 pounds 

 bone meal, and 150 pounds sulphate of potash sown broadcast at the rate of 800 pounds 

 per acre, and harrowed in before planting. 



The sets were cut two to three eyes to a piece and were planted 14 inches apart in 

 a row. The crop suffered considerably from the dry weather during July and August, 

 and the percentage of unmarketable tubers was very large. The crop was harvested on 

 October 6 and 7. 



Two plots were planted of Late Puritan, Gold Ooin, Wee McGregor and Rawlings 

 (Ashleaf). Kidney, with seed got from different sources, and also three plots of Car- 

 man No. 1, Irish Cobbler, Green Mountain, and Table Talk, with seed from different 

 sources. The test included forty-eight varieties. 



Kentville. 



