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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



4 GEORGE V., A. 1914 

 Potatoes planted at Different Distances Apart (Non-Irrigated). 



EXPERIMENTS WITH POTATOES (IRRIGATED). 



Test of Varieties. 



Eighteen varieties of potatoes were planted on land on which grain had been 

 grown last year. They were planted on May 14 in rows thirty inches apart, the sets 

 being placed one foot apart in the rows. The potatoes for planting were cut into 

 pieces with two or three eyes in each, although medium rather than large-sized 

 potatoes were selected so as to avoid cutting as much as possible. The crop was 

 irrigated twice, on July 31 and August 7. They were dug September 28, and the 

 yield was computed from one hundredth of an acre. 



Potatoes. — Test of Varieties (Irrigated), Lethbridge, 1912; Sown May 14; Dug 



September 28. 



Variety. 



1 Table Talk 



2 Wee McGregor 



3 Dteer's Standard. . 



4 Dalmeny Beauty. . 



5 Factor 



6 American Wonder 



7 Reeve's Rose 



8 Gold Coin 



9 Morgan Seedling. . 



10 Money Maker 



11 1 Late Puritan 



12|Carman No. 1 



13 Empire State 



MiAshleaf Kidney. .. 



15 Irish Cobbler 



16 Everett 



17 Vick's Extra Early 

 lSiRochester Rose. .. 



Total Yield 

 per Acre. 



Bush. Lb. 



720 

 680 

 655 

 643 

 626 

 620 

 591 

 576 

 561 

 551 

 530 

 526 

 523 

 516 

 501 

 468 

 435 

 393 



20 

 40 



40 

 40 

 40 

 40 



40 

 20 

 40 

 40 

 20 



20 



Yield per Acre 

 Marketable. 



Bush. Lb. 



666 

 646 

 628 

 616 

 606 

 603 

 558 

 556 

 538 

 525 

 520 

 503 

 508 

 498 

 468 

 450 

 410 

 378 



40 

 40 

 20 

 40 

 40 

 20 

 20 

 40 

 20 



20 

 20 

 20 

 20 



20 



Yield per Acre 

 Unmarketable. 



Bush. Lb. 



53 

 33 

 26 

 26 

 20 

 16 

 33 

 20 

 23 

 26 

 10 

 23 

 15 

 IS 

 33 

 18 

 25 

 15 



20 

 20 

 40 

 40 



40 

 20 



20 



40 



20 



20 



20 

 20 



Form and Colour. 



Oval, white. 

 Oval, white. 

 Round, white. 

 Round, white. 

 Oval, white. 

 Oval, white. 

 Oval, pink. 

 Oval, white. 

 Irregular, pink. 

 Flat, white. 

 Oval, white. 

 Oval, white. 

 Oval, white. 

 Oval, white. 

 Round, white. 

 Oval, pink. 

 Flat, pink and white. 

 Oval, pink. 



Potatoes from New York (Irrigated). 



Five varieties of early potatoes were received from Honeoye Falls, New York, 

 U.S.A., to be tested out, and they were sown on land that had been in hoed crops tbe 

 year previous. They received two irrigations on July 28 and August 8. Thoy were 



