EXPERIMENT STATION BULLETINS 361 



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Vines were grown on the ground last season and after they were removed 

 it was heavily manured with fine compost, and plowed. 



Early in the spring the ground was plowed and well worked with roller 

 and Acme harrow, until, at the date of planting (May 16), it was a very 

 firm, mellow seed bed. 



The ground was marked with furrows three and one-half feet apart, and 

 each variety was given forty feet of space in the row; two pounds of seed 

 were taken for each sort and cut into forty pieces; one piece was used for 

 each hill, making them twelve inches apart. 



The seed was dropped by hand with the eye up, and covered about four 

 inches. 



After planting, the ground was rolled and on the fourth day it was 

 worked with Breed's weeder, which loosened the crust and prevented the 

 growth of any weeds. 



This weeder was used once each week until the plants were from five to 

 six inches in height, after which the Planet Jr. cultivator was used weekly 

 or after every rain, until the vines covered the ground. Shallow cultiva- 

 tion was strictly adhered to, keeping the ground as level as possible. 



The plot for the late varieties is located in the northeast corner of the 

 vegetable garden, where the soil is much stronger in vegetable humus, and 

 has a sand loam mixed with clay for a subsoil, which makes it more fertile 

 than the soil in which the early varieties were grown. The preceding crop 

 was potatoes, and the ground was treated the same as for the early sorts,, 

 and planted June second. 



The same amount of seed, two pounds, was cut into twenty-five pieces^ 

 and given forty feet of space. 



The planting and cultivating was conducted the same as with the early 

 varieties. 



The table of variety tests shows the results. The new varieties grown 

 in the test this year were obtained from the following parties: 



Peter Henderson & Co., 35-37 Cortland St., N. Y. — Uncle Sam and a 

 variety numbered ^|i. 



Currie Brothers, Milwaukee, Wis, — Lakeside Champion, Snowflake Jr., 

 Milwaukee. 



B. W. Steere, Carthage, Ind. — Early Pinkeye, Extra Early Six Weeks 

 Market. 



W. H. Maule, Philadelphia, Pa.— Maule's Early Thoroughbred. 



Edwin F. Dibble Seed Co., Honeoye Falls, N. Y. — Kose No. 9, Honeoye 

 Rose. 



John A. Salzer, Lacrosse, Wis. — Inability, Champion of the World. 



Johnson & Stokes, Philadelphia, Pa. — Pride of the South, Table King. 



A. E. Manum, Bristol, Vermont. — Enormous. 



Herrick Seed Co., Rochester, N. Y. — Peachblow Seedling. 



Geo. W. P. Jerrard Co., Caribou, Maine. — Country Gentleman. 



J. M. Fluke, Nankin, Ohio. — Wise Seedling. 



L. L. Olds, Clinton, Wis. — Vigorosa. 



Fred E. Young, Rochester, N. Y.— King of Roses, Early Bell, Fottler's 

 Peachblow. 



Matthew Crawford, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. — Flagle. 



E. H. Vick, Rochester, N. Y. — Puritan, Vick's Early Excelsior, Napoleon, 

 Good News, Vick's Abundance, Iiish Cobbler, Stump the World. 



M. A. Crawford, Attica, Mich. — Michigan Beauty, Queen of the Field. 

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