No. 6. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 711 



highly enriched. It is better adapted to wheat and potatoes than 

 to corn. The potato crop seldom fails on this soil, but large yields 

 are not often secured. 



The depth at which potatoes grow is influenced largely by the 

 method of cultivation; thus the notes on this point would not hold 

 true under a method differing materially from that used at the Sta- 

 tion, which is practically level culture. 



The notes given on tendency to sprout and keeping qualities of the 

 various varieties have been made from rather limited observation, 

 and some of them may have to be modified after further experience: 



Acme. — Plants medium size, sixteen to twenty inches tall; some- 

 what spreading, more so than Early Ohio or Early Trumbull; me- 

 dium to large leaflets, healthy; blights but little. 



Tubers medium size; resembling Early Ohio in form and color, al- 

 though not a uniform. The most noticeable difference in appearance 

 between the Acme and Earlv Ohio is in the eves, the eves of the Acme 

 being more deeply set than those of the Early Ohio; skin quite 

 smooth; tubers grow medium depth and close together; yields about 

 the same as the Early Ohio and ripens at about the same time. Does 

 not sprout easily and is a good keeper. 



Banner. — Plants twenty to twenty-five inches tall; slender stems, 

 purple at base, thin foliage, dark color. 



Tubers resemble Carman No, 3; potatoes grow medium in depth 

 and quite close together. In 1899 yielded very heavily, in 1900 yield- 

 ed well, in 1901, was not grown at the Station. 



Bovee. — Plants twenty to twenty-four inches tall; a strong grower; 

 large staJks, three to five in number; somewhat spreading; leaflets 

 large, thick foliage; not much inclined to blight. 



Tubers medium size; medium length; cylindrical; color white with 

 pink markings; eyes medium size and depth. Not quite as early as 

 Early Trumbull, Acme or Early Ohio. A prolific and profitable va- 

 riety. Does not sprout badly and is a good keeper. 



Carman No. 3. — Plants twenty -two to twenty-three inches tall; 

 upright; branches grow upright and slender; foliage medium dark 

 color; vigorous. 



Tubers medium to large; short; slightly flattened; often tapering 

 toward stem end; color white, not quite as clear as Rural New Yorker 

 No. 2; skin smooth; eyes few and shallow; tubers grow medium in 

 depth and close together. A good market variety, but not of the best 

 quality. Small and unmarketable tubers very few. Some varieties 

 give a greater total yield per acre, but few excel it in marketable 

 product. A medium late potato. Sprouts quite easily; is a fairly 

 good keeper, but not as good as some varieties. 



Commercial. — Plants twenty-two to twenty-six inches tall; a 



