DIVISIOX OF HORTICULTURE 



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SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



PART I.— EXPERIMENTS WITHOUT IRRIGATION OR "DRY FARM". 



POTATOES. 



Twenty-five varieties were tested. They were planted ^lay 21 on summer-fallow 

 and were dug October 6. One-liuiidredtli of an acre was planted in eacli case. 



Varieties of Potatoes (non-Irrigated). 



Variety. 



Yield per 

 acre. 

 Marketable. 



Dalmeny Beauty 



Table Talk 



Carman No. 1 



Late Puritan 



Rawlings Kidney (Ashleaf Kidney) 



Hebron 



Houlton Rose 



Gold Coin 



Empire State 



Everett 



Rochester Rose 



Green Mountain 



Early Norther 



Irish Cobbler 



American Wonder 



Money Maker 



Factor 



Wee McGregor. , 



Reeves' Rose ' 



Vick's Extra Early 



Hard to Beat 



Dreer's Standard 



Morgan Seedling 



New Queen 



Early Ohio 



Bu.sh. Lb. 



Yield per 

 acre. 



Unmarket- 

 able. 



Bush. Lb. 



-39 

 57 

 32 

 26 

 3*3 

 44 

 32 

 28 

 28 

 39 

 33 

 35 

 19 

 31 

 20 

 24 

 28 

 31 

 37 

 26 

 26 

 19 

 30 

 28 

 27 



3 

 17 

 33 



2 

 51 

 55 

 33 

 38 

 38 



4 

 12 



9 

 31 

 15 

 50 

 44 

 38 

 15 

 45 



2 



2 

 31 

 36 



20 



Total yield 

 per acre. 



Bush. Lb. 



283 

 281 

 253 

 249 

 248 

 244 

 240 

 238 

 238 

 236 

 231 

 229 

 227 

 226 

 226 

 222 

 220 

 220 

 215 

 213 

 213 

 208 

 206 

 205 

 179 



52 

 16 

 55 

 21 



3 



9 

 14 

 57 

 17 

 59 



7 

 49 

 53 

 34 

 34 

 39 

 43 



3 

 30 

 33 

 33 

 19 

 23 

 44 

 41 



Red Currants (Non-Irrigated). — Test of Varieties. — Three plants of each variety 

 were planted in 190S, G feet apart each way. 



Variety. 



Actual 



yield from 



3 bushes. 



Raby Castle 



Rod English 



Red Grape 



Large Red 



New Red Dutch 



Greenfield 



Victoria Red 



Moore's Seedling 

 La Conde 



Letiibrtixm:. 



