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station, we are enabled to present a table showing the prices of potatoes 

 for spring and fall in New York state for the past seven years. 



GENEVA STATION. 



First annaal report, 1882. 



" A great loss of plants occurred in the case of the small eyes used as 

 seed, and quite a wide discrepancy in time of vegetation occurred in all 

 the rows." 



'' We note as proven, that under circumstances of field culture, when 

 the character of the soil is unfavorable, the use of single eyes cut shallow, 

 that is, all eyes containing but small portion of potato skin and substances, 

 is not to be recommended. Our crop from this seeding was a failure 

 both in respect to the number of seed which vegetated and in the yield of 

 those that vegetated. iSingle eyes cut so as to include the prolongation of 

 the eye into the substance of the potato yielded an average of eighty-two 

 bushels per acre, while ordinary half potato seed produced eighty-six 

 bushels per acre." 



tSecond annaal report, 1883. 



' ' In plats 1 B, one to five, each of 1-10 acre area, three rows were 

 planted with single eyes, three with cut potatoes, and three with whole 

 potatoes. The yield of each of the thirtieths of an acre was as below. 

 The variety, White Star. The summary of the yields in bushels per acre is: 



Table XXIV. — Whole potatoes vs. cuttings. 



