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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS. 



Potatoes— Test of Varieties — 'Concluded. 



Name of Variety. 



Burnaby Seedling . . . 



Green Mountain 



Seedling No. 23 



Carman No. 1 



Polaris 



Thorburn 



Orphans 



Bovee 



Daisy 



Early Rose 



Lightning Express . . . 



Hale's Champion 



Queen of the Valley. . 



85 Nameless 



Seedling No. 25 



Freeman 



Early Gem ... 



I. X L 



Hopeful 



Seedling 214 



King of the Roses 



Lizzie's Pride 



Fillbasket 



Uncle Sam 



Wonder of the World. 

 Pearce's Prize Winner 



Early Ohio 



Bruce's White Beauty 

 Burpee's Extra Early. 



General Gordon 



Early Six Weeks 



Maggie Murphy 



Lawton's White 



Harbinger 



Vanguard 



Table King 



Total 



Yield per 



Acre. 



X. 



to to 



« 1^ 



302 8 

 300 40 

 300 40 



Yield 

 per Acre 

 of Sound. 



cr, 



S 



C3 



302 



300 



300 



299 

 297 

 296 

 294 

 293 

 293 

 290 

 257 

 270 

 281 

 277 

 271 

 271 

 271 

 238 

 256 

 256 

 256 

 249 

 244 

 234 

 234 

 234 

 228 

 228 

 228 

 218 

 205 

 205 

 202 

 176 

 176 

 176 



8 

 40 

 40 



12 

 44 

 22 



4 

 20 

 20 

 20 

 30 



2 

 36 

 12 

 20 

 20 

 20 



40 

 40 

 40 

 20 

 36 

 40 

 40 

 40 

 48 

 48 

 48 

 52 

 20 

 20 

 24 



Yield 



per Acre 



of Rotten. 



s X 



m Hi 



None 



28 



14 



None 



26 



None 



12 



None 



30 

 30 



30 



Yield 

 per Acre 



of 

 Market- 

 able. 



m to 



S X 



256 48 

 240 40 

 180 40 



240 

 267 

 243 

 240 

 264 

 249 

 235 

 201 

 170 

 230 

 223 

 218 

 203 

 203 

 180 

 217 

 205 

 154 

 176 

 197 

 222 

 189 

 176 

 206 

 171 

 170 

 168 

 184 

 162 

 181 

 151 

 143 

 140 



32 

 34 

 22 



4 

 20 

 44 

 20 

 30 

 30 



6 

 12 

 50 

 35 

 35 



50 



40 

 20 

 56 

 46 

 52 

 40 

 28 

 36 



22 



50 

 54 



40 

 45 



Yield 

 per Acre 

 of Un- 

 market- 

 able. 



M 



45 



60 



120 



58 

 30 

 53 

 54 

 29 

 43 

 55 

 56 

 99 

 51 

 54 

 52 

 67 

 67 

 58 

 38 

 51 

 102 

 73 

 45 

 11 

 44 

 58 

 22 

 57 

 58 

 45 

 21 

 42 

 20 

 25 

 32 

 35 



20 



40 

 30 



36 



32 

 30 



30 

 45 

 45 



50 

 40 



40 

 44 

 48 

 40 

 20 

 12 

 48 



20 

 30 

 30 



20 

 15 



Form and Colour. 



Long, pale rose. 



Oval white. 



Round, white purple 



eyes. 

 Oval white. 

 Long white. 



II rose. 



II white. 



II rose. 



Round white. 

 Oval pink. 

 Round white. 

 Long white. 



ti 

 Long rose. 



II pink. 

 Oval white. 

 Long II 



11 pink. 



II 11 



II red. 

 Oval white. 

 Long rose. 



II pale rose. 



II pink. 

 Oval white. 

 Long rose. 



II red. 



II pink. 



II rose. 



II white. 



II rose. 



II pink. 

 Round white. 



YIELD OF HAY, FODDER CROPS AND ROOTS. 



Hay, first crop 12 tons 1,000 lbs. 



second crop 9 



Mixed grain, cut for feed , 40 



Turnips 72 



Carrots 15 



Mangels 17 



Sugar beets 5 



Clover, in silo , 3 



Corn, in silo 51 



1,000 



1,215 « 



1,500 « 



1,700 " 



1,500 " 



The first crop of clover was cut in June, the second in August. A considerable 

 portion of the clover, both first and second crop, was cut and fed green. 



