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In 1891, E. B. Hale (class of '93) coiulucted a similar experiment, testinc? 

 4o varieties, some of which were included in Mr. Groner'e experiment the 

 next season. The following table gives the result of his experiment. The 

 graphical portion of the table is compiled on the same scale as that of the 

 previous table, i. e., 00 pounds to the inch. 



Table 14. — Comparative yields. 



Variety. 



White Star 



White Elephant 



Watson's Seedling 



Delaware 



Vick's Extra Early... 



Thorbarn 



Seneca Beauty 



Rural New Y'k'r No. 2 

 Hochester Favorite-.. 



Puritan 



Polaris 



Pearl of Savoy 



New Badger State 



Monroe Seedling 



Mammoth Pearl 



Ked Star.. 



Green Mountain 



■Garfield 



Early Mayflower 



Early Albino 



Brownell's Banner . .. 



Early Telephone 



Early Maine. 



Empire State 



Bannock 



Chicago Market 



Clark's No. 1 



Barbank Seedling 



Beauty of Hebron 



American Giant 



Alexander Prolific 



47~ 



Yield of 

 plat in 

 pounds. 



73 

 73 



641/2 



losy, 



61 

 60 

 30 

 110 

 90 

 64 

 51 

 60 

 86 



76 



8.52 

 832 

 61 

 E>7 

 97 



58'/2 

 50 

 47 

 102 

 71 

 65 

 87 

 60 

 76 

 96 



Per cent of 



marketable 



potatoes. 



94 



97 

 90 

 94 

 70 

 75 

 93 

 96 

 94 

 83 

 82 

 83 

 96 

 88 

 88 

 90 

 92 

 90 

 90 

 84 

 96 

 69 

 90 

 91 

 95 

 94 

 94 

 91 

 91 

 97 

 94 



Bushels 

 per 



195 

 195 

 172 



289 

 162 

 160 

 SO 

 293 

 240 

 171 

 136 

 160 

 229 

 235 

 235 

 202 

 228 

 223 

 162 

 152 

 2.59 

 156 

 133 

 125 

 272 

 189 

 173 

 232 

 160 

 202 

 2.56 



