DIVISION OF JWRTICULTURE 



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SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



of hill selected Green Mountain seed, grown by C. F. Fawcett, Sackville, was planted 

 in a plot by itself, and pure-bred Green Mountains, Delaware, Irish Cobblers, and 

 Empire State from the same grower were planted partly in the potash experiments 

 and partly in the commercial field ; 2 J bushels Lowell's Green Mountains, from Frank 

 Lowell, Gardiner, Me., and 1 bushel each of Cannan and Snow from C. F. Grant, 

 Woodford's, Me., were planted in the commercial field. The tenth-acre fertilizer 

 plots and the balance of the commercial, field were planted with good white New 

 Brunswick stock, being a mixture of white varieties as sold on the market, mainly 

 Delaware and Green Mountain. 



A feature of the season of 1913 was the almost complete absence of Colorado 

 Potato Beetles, and the cool dry weather of August and September wasi unfavourable 

 to late blight-spores. On account of this general condition only two sprayings wera 

 given, August 13 and September 2. The ctwiracter of the soil on tlie whole field wa* 

 fairly uniform, and the outline of soil, preparation and management, as stated in 

 connection with the fertilizer plots applies to the whole field. 



As there was but limited cellar room available for the crop, 332 barrels were sold 

 from the field, and loaded on a car at the C. P. R. siding on the Farm, for ■}! per 

 barrel. Most of the pure varieties have been cellared, and will be available for seed 

 in 1914. 



Before planting, all the seed was soaked in formalin solution, but notwithstand- 

 ing this fact there were portions of the field where the crop was- badly disfigured \v\th 

 scab, probably due to the sawdust in the city stable manure v.-hich had been aiip'ioJ 

 some years before. The ground was full of mustard seed, necessitating considerable 

 hand pulling to keep the field clean. 



The total yield from the QVi acres was 1,774 bushels and 27 pounds, 1,.596 bushels 

 and 2i pounds marketable, and 178 bushels and 24i pounds unmarketable. There 

 were approximately five barrels of rotten potatoes on the field. Some decay is apparent 

 in the cellar. 



The per acre yield of the whole field of all varieties and all kinds of fertilizing 

 was 288 bushels and 51 pounds per acre. Some of this land was not fertilized at all 

 and some of it with very unbalanced fertilizers. To give a clearer idea of the results 

 obtained, we give herewith yields of the different portions of the field as divided into 

 varieties and fertilizer experiments. The details of the diflferont experiments are also 

 given. 



Acres. 



154 varieties 



(66 hills each). 



1 J feitilizer test plots 



4 potash test plots 



Commercial field 



Lowell's Green Mountains 



Grant's Carman 



Grant's 8now 



Empire State 



Hills selected Green Mountain? 



Total. 



2/3 



2/5 



3/4 

 1/7 

 1/30 

 1/30 

 1/14 

 1/20 



6 1/7 



Yield. 



Bush. lb. 

 191 9 



296 



563 



590 



64 



8 



8 



28 



23 



43 

 27 

 30 



48 

 24 

 20 

 05 



1774 27 



Yield per acre. 



Bush. lb. 

 286 43. 



211 

 281 

 337 

 448 

 264 

 2.52 

 396 

 462 



.-)f>. 

 43 



Average yield per acre for the whole crop, 288 bushels and 51 ix)unds. 



In the potash test plots, the three half-acres on which were applied varyin;? 

 amounts of potash, averaged 311 bushels and pounds per acre. The average for 

 the four plots in the above table is pulled down on account of the small yield from tha 

 half-acre without any fertilizer. 



Fredkrioton. 



