550 



EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



1-2 EDWARD VII., A. 1902 

 EXPERIMENTS WITH POTATOES. 



The land on which the potatoes were grown was a clay loam. The previous crop 

 was grain. The land was manured in the fall of 1900 with 30 one-horse cart loads of 

 stable manure per acre, which was spread broadcast and ploughed under in the spring, 

 this was worked up once more with the disc harrow and ploughed, after which it was 

 gone over once each with the spring-tooth, disc and smoothing harrows, and drilled into 

 rows .10 inches apart. No other fertilizers were used in these plots. 



The seed was cut, leaving from two to three eyes in each piece, and planted one 

 foot apart in the drills and covered with the plough. 



Ninety-two varieties were planted May 17, and dug September 23 and 24. Owing 

 to the dry weather an unusually large crop was not harvested, but they were entirely 

 free from rot. They were sprayed with Bordeaux mixture and Paris green July 20 

 and August 20, and once with Paris green June 26. The yield per acre has been cal- 

 culated from two rows, each 66 feet long. 



POTATOES — TEST OF VARIETIES. 



Name of Variety. 



Rose No. 9 



Irish Daisy 



Canadian Beauty .... 

 Sabean's Elephant. . . . 



Early Fortune 



Late Puritan 



Troy Seedling 



Holborn Abundance. . . 



Rural No. 2 



Seedling No. 7 



Brown's Rot Proof. .. 



Clay Rose 



Swiss Snowflake 



Cambridge Russet. . . . 



Enormous 



Rural Blush 



Seattle 



Dreer's Standard 



Bill Nye 



Carman No. 3 



Pride of the Market. . . 



Penn. Manor 



Hale's Champion 



Vick's Extra Early . . . 



Rawdon Rose 



Houlton Rose 



Brownell's Winner. . . . 



Beauty of Hebron 



Vanier 



Pearce's Prize Winner. 



Prolific Rose 



McTntyre 



White Beauty 



Mortgage Lifter 



Great Divide 



Sir Walter Raleigh. . . . 



Seedling No. 230 



Early St. George 



Quaker City 



Pearce's Extra Early. . 



Everett 



Money Maker 



Country Gentleman. . . 



Total 



Yield per 



Acre. 



Bush. Lbs. 



418 

 418 

 404 

 402 

 396 

 385 

 374 

 300 

 360 

 35G 

 350 

 352 

 352 

 352 

 352 

 349 

 345 

 345 

 341 

 341 

 341 

 341 

 330 

 336 

 336 

 332 

 332 

 330 

 327 

 323 

 319 

 316 

 316 

 316 

 312 

 310 

 308 

 303 

 303 

 297 

 294 

 292 

 292 



48 

 36 



48 

 4S 

 24 

 24 



48 

 24 

 24 



36 

 36 

 36 

 12 

 12 



48 

 24 



48 

 48 

 48 

 24 

 12 



36 

 36 



48 

 36 

 36 



Yield 

 per Acre of 

 Marketable. 



Yield 

 per Acre of 



Unmarketable. 



Bush. Lbs. 



383 

 365 

 360 

 365 

 3!i9 

 363 

 301 

 325 

 334 

 330 

 268 

 319 

 319 

 312 

 330 

 312 

 308 

 391 

 301 

 323 

 308 

 312 

 281 

 308 

 281 

 310 

 310 

 275 

 301 

 299 

 268 

 277 

 281 

 250 

 290 

 28(5 

 250 

 255 

 259 

 264 

 237 

 246 

 275 



12 

 48 

 12 

 36 



24 

 36 

 24 



24 



24 



24 



24 

 24 

 24 



24 

 36 



36 

 12 

 12 



36 

 12 

 24 

 12 

 36 

 48 

 24 



48 

 12 

 36 



36 

 24 



Bush. Lbs. 



33 



52 

 44 

 37 

 26 

 22 

 72 

 35 

 26 

 26 

 88 

 33 

 33 

 39 

 22 

 37 

 37 

 44 

 39 

 17 

 33 

 28 

 55 

 28 

 55 

 22 

 22 

 55 

 24 

 24 

 50 

 39 

 35 

 66 

 22 

 24 

 57 

 48 

 44 

 33 

 57 

 46 

 17 



48 



24 

 24 



36 

 12 

 24 

 24 



36 



24 

 24 



36 

 36 



36 



36 



12 

 12 

 36 

 36 

 12 



12 

 12 

 24 



12 

 12 

 36 



Form and Colour. 



Oblong and pink. 



Round, white. 



Oblong, pink and white. 



Oblong, white. 



Long, round, pink. 



Long, white. 



Round, white. 



Oval, pink. 



tf 

 Round, pink. 

 Round, white. 



ir 



Obloner, white. 

 Round, pink. 

 Long, white. 

 Round, white. 



n 



ii 

 Long, pink and white. 

 Long, pink. 

 Long, white. 

 Oval, white. 

 Oblong, pink and white. 

 Long, pink. 



Round, pink and white. 



Long, pink. 



Long, white. 



Oblong, pink and white. 



Round, white and blue. 



Long, round, white. 



Oblong, white. 



Long, white. 



Round, pink and white. 



Round, white. 



Oblong, pink and white. 



Round, white 



Long, pink. 



Flattish, pink. 



Long, pink and white. 



