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of each variety were planted. The sets were cut so that they would have at least 

 three good eyes each, and were dropped one foot apart in the rows, and were covered 

 with the hoe to ensure greater uniformity. The land was harrowed when the potatoes 

 were coming up to destroy weeds and loosen the surface soil to conserve moisture. 

 During the growing season the soil was cultivated eight times. At the last cultiva- 

 tion a little soil was drawn towards the plants and thus almost level cultivation was 

 adopted. The vines were sprayed with Bordeaux mixture six times and a mixture of 

 eight ounces of Paris green and one and one-half lbs. of Arsenate of Lead to a 

 barrel of water was used to kill the potato beetles. The potatoes were dug on October 

 13 and 14. There was very little rot in the uniform test plots as these were sprayed 

 with Bordeaux mixture. There was much rot in unsprayed plots. 



Twelve Most Productive Varieties of Potatoes — Average of Five Years. 



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Name ot Variety. 



Dalmeny Beauty. . . 



Carman No. 1 



Hard to Beat 



Gold Coin 



Late Puritan 



Empire State 



Ashleaf Kidney 

 Rochester Rose. . . . 

 Sharpe's Victor. . . . 



Dewey 



Early Hero 



llolborn Abundance 



Number 



of years 



under test 



7 

 7 

 5 

 8 



17 



23 

 7 



16 

 6 

 6 

 6 



22 



Season. 



Medium late 



Early 



Medium late 

 ii 



Early 



Late 



Colour. 



White Good 



Pink... 

 White. 



Pink..' 



White. 



Quality. 



Good. 



Average Yield 

 per Acre, 

 li?06-1910. 



Bush. 



276 

 245 

 228 

 178 

 178 

 177 

 172 

 171 

 168 

 160 

 153 

 153 



Lbs. 



19 

 51 

 22 

 38 

 12 

 19 

 16 

 10 

 44 

 36 

 31 

 14 



