DIVISION OF HORTICULTURE 



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SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



POTATOES — EARLINESS TEST, 



Twelve of the early maturing varieties of potatoes were tested far earliness. They 

 were all planted on May 3. The following table gives the time they were fit for table 

 use : — 



Variety. 



Fit for Use. 



Early White Prize. 



Early Bovee 



New Queen. 



Reeves' Rose 



Manitoba \^onde^. 

 Irish Cobbler 



July 



Rochester Rose. 



Hamilton's Early ' " 



Early Norther. 

 Houlton Rose.. 

 Early Hebron.. 

 Early Ohio 



3. 



5. 

 14. 

 14. 

 14. 

 14. 

 14. 

 14. 

 14. 

 14. 

 14. 

 21. 



SMALL VS. LARGE POTATOES FOR SEED. 



A test in comparing large and small potatoes for seed was made. The same var- 

 iety. Table Talk, was used for both, and duplicate tests were made. The potatoes were 

 planted May 24. and dug September 16. The results are calculated from the product 

 of two 66-foot rows. 



Kind of Seed. 



Yield per 

 Acre. 



Large potatoes (Cut to sets) 



Small potatoes (Planted whole). 



Bush. Lb 



650 50 

 497 00 



The resultant crop contained a larger percentage of small potatoes where the 

 small potatoes were used for seed. 



COOKING TEST OF POTATOES. 



A cooking test of twenty-eight varieties of putatoes was made. The following 

 table gives the results of this test: — 



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