REPORT OF MR. R. ROBERTSON 



351 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



potatoes — test of vauieties — Concluded. 



Name of Variety. 



Prize Taker 



Dakota Red 



Irish Cobbler 



Flemish Beauty 



Columbus 



Northern Spy 



Maggie Murphy 



Delaware 



Thorburn 



Calico 



General Gordon 



Ohio Junior 



Burnaby Seedling 



American Giant 



Early Norther 



Uncle Sam 



Maule's Thoroughbred 



Green Mountain 



I. X. L 



New Queen 



Rochester Rose 



Early White Prize 



Lizzie's Pride 



Early Harvest 



Early Andes 



New Variety No. 1 



Carman No. 1 



Early Puritan 



Empire State 



Sharpens Seedling 



State of Maine 



Early Six Weeks 



Lee's Favourite 



Early Sunrise 



Chicago Market 



Up to Date 



Burpee's Extra Early 



American Wonder 



Reading Giant 



Reeve's Rose 



Daisy 



Early Market 



Bovee 



Early Rose 



Polaris 



Clarke's No. 1 



Earliest of All 



Early Ohio 



Early Michigan 



Total 



Yield per 



Acre. 



Bush. Lbs. 



290 



290 



290 



288 



288 



286 



2S6 



279 



277 



277 



275 



275 



272 



272 



272 



270 



268 



266 



266 



264 



264 



259 



259 



257 



255 



253 



250 



248 



233 



224 



222 



220 



220 



213 



211 



211 



211 



209 



209 



204 



200 



193 



191 



187 



187 



187 



187 



176 



171 



24 

 24 

 24 

 12 



12 



24 

 12 

 12 



48 

 48 

 48 

 36 

 24 

 12 

 12 



36 

 36 

 24 

 12 



48 

 36 

 12 

 24 



12 



24 

 12 

 12 

 12 



36 

 12 

 36 

 24 



36 



Yield 

 per Acre of 

 Marketable. 



Bush. 



235 



246 



253 



253 



259 



264 



264 



244 



248 



211 



246 



253 



261 



244 



250 



237 



235 



233 



244 



220 



233 



242 



226 



224 



198 



220 



215 



237 



220 



200 



182 



182 



180 



187 



189 



167 



189 



193 



147 



176 



167 



154 



158 



165 



165 



165 



160 



154 



138 



Lbs. 



24 

 24 



36 



24 

 36 

 12 

 24 



48 

 12 

 48 

 36 

 24 

 12 

 12 



12 







36 



24 



36 

 36 



ii 



36 

 36 

 24 



i2 



12 

 12 

 36 

 24 



12 



24 



36 

 36 



Yield 

 per Acre of 



Unmarketable. 



Form and Colour. 



Bush. Lbs. 



55 



44 



37 



35 



28 



22 



22 



33 



28 



66 



28 



22 



11 



28 



22 



33 



33 



33 



22 



44 



30 



17 



33 



33 



57 



33 



35 



11 



13 



24 



39 



37 



39 



26 



22 



44 



22 



15 



61 



28 



33 



39 



33 



22 



22 



22 



26 



22 



33 



24 

 12 

 36 



36 

 36 



36 



48 

 36 



12 

 12 



i2 



12 

 36 

 24 

 36 

 24 



24 

 36 

 36 



36 



24 



Round, white. 



Round, red. 



Round, white. 



Long, flat, pink. 



Long, white. 



Round, red. 



Long, pink. 



Round, white. 



Oblong, pink, white. 



Long, pink and white. 



Oblong, pink. 



Round, pink. 



Round, pink. 



Long, white. 



Long, pink and white. 



Oblong, white. 



Oblong, white. 



Oval, white. 



Long, pink and white. 



Oblong, pink. 



Oblong, pink. 



Round, white. 



Long, pink. 



Oval, pink and white. 



Round, pink. 



Round, pink. 



Flat, round, white. 



Long, white. 



Oval, white. 



Round, pink and white. 



Round, white. 



Oblong, pink. 



Round, white. 



Long, pink. 



Long, red. 



Round, white. 



Long, pink and white. 



Round, white. 



Oval, pink. 



Long, pink. 



Long, pink and white. 



Round, pink. 



Long, pink. 



Long, pink. 



lLong, white. 



jLong, pink. 



'Long, pink. 



Long, pink. 



Long, white. 



EXPEEBJEXTS WITH MTLLET. 



The land on which the millets were grown was a clay loam 

 for a previous crop. It was manured in the fall of 1899 for the 

 25 one-horse cart loads of manure per acre. The land was plou 

 were removed and worked up the following spring with the 

 smoothing harrows. The seed was sown June 5 with the Planet 

 plots were one-fortieth acre each. Seven varieties were sown, 

 and weighed September 14. The yield per acre was calculated 

 lows : — 



and had potatoes on it 

 potatoes at the rare of 



ghed after the potatoes 

 disc, spring-tooth and 



Junior seed drill. The 

 and the crop was cut 

 from the plots as fol- 



