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STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



Carman No. 3 answers more generally to the Sir "Walter Raleigh description, 

 but the tubers are not quite as flat, and it is inclined to extend its season longer 

 than the other varietj'. 



Six Weeks was the second in ripening, the vines dying off rapidly after Sep- 

 tember 10, and the potatoes being thoroughly ripe on September 17. Skin white, 

 netted. Tubers round to ovate, flattened, medium size, inclined to be knotty, with 

 eyes quite shallow. Flesh dark white, coarse but dry. 



Honeoye Rose was next to Six Weeks in ripening. Skin light pink, fine. Flesh 

 white, fine grained and dry. Small size of tubers perhaps owing to late blight 

 due to location of plot. 



Pingree was the first variety in ripening, and for quality was the best. Skin 

 white and smooth. Flesh white, fine and very dry. 



Irish Cobbler is the smallest in size as well as lowest in yield. Flesh white 

 .and firm, fairly dry. 



Thoroughbred is a desirable variety for size, yield and quality. Flesh white, 

 coarse and fairly dry. 



Pinkeye is an attractive looking variety, the tubers being white skinned and 

 often red splashed in spots. Flesh fine, but not dry. 



In the table below the date of ripeness as indicated, is the date upon which a 

 large percentage of the vines were dead and the potatoes ripe. The varieties given 

 as ripe September 20 are those the vines of which were ripening previously and 

 being slightly injured by the frost of the previous night, the potatoes upon in- 

 spection were found quite ripe. Those marked as ripe October 5, are those the 

 vines of which were killed by the frost of the previous night and of these five 

 varieties Sir Walter Raleigh and Rose of Erin were then the ripest, being followed 

 in deeree of ripeness by Delaware, Northern Beauty and Carman No. 3 in the order 

 named : 



Variety. 



Carman No. 3 



Boypp 



Harrineton IVr 



Konenvp Rose 



Six Weeks 



Thorni'Ehbrpd 



Snnwflake and Blush 



Delanarfi 



Pinkeye 



Pingree 



Rose of Krin 



Sir M'.ilter Raliegh.. 

 Pride of Michigan... 



Hurst 



Iri«h Cobhler 



Northern Beauty. . . . 



Size of 

 plot. 



Rods. 



Ux45J 

 1x3 

 |x8 

 Jx8 

 fx8 



!x8 



fxl7 



|x8 



}x8 



ix8 



JxS 

 Ux41 

 1x8 

 3x8 

 ?x8 

 lix4 



Time of 

 planting. 



May 

 June 

 June 

 June 

 June 



June 

 June 

 June 

 June 

 June 



June 

 June 

 June 

 June 

 June 

 June 



Time of 

 blossom- 

 ing. 



Ai^st 6 

 Aug. 4 

 Aug. 5 

 Aug. 4 

 Aug. 2 



3 . Aug. 6 



3 Aug. 5 



3 Aug. 2 



3 Aug. 6 



Aug. 3 



Aug. 2 



Aug. 10 



Aug. 8 



Aug. 10 



Aug. 5 



Aug. 10 



Time of 

 ripening. 



Total 

 yield. 



Bu. 



113} 

 3 



^ 



5 

 5 



9i 

 lOi 

 12} 



8i 



n 

 11 



120J 

 7 

 5} 



3 



In 1902 all potatoes were planted June 4 to 10, the plots being laid out between 

 the rows of fruit trees as during the preceding season, and three rows 4 feet 

 apart being planted ,between each row of trees, thus leaving four feet for culti- 

 vation on' each side of the tree row. Planting was done by means of the. Acme 

 hand planter, the hills being 18 inches apart in the row and a single seed piece 

 with 2-3 eyes was used for each hill. The ground was plowed soon after the middle 

 of April, then harrowed once each week until planting time. The soil was thus 

 left in good tilth, and the almost total absence of weeds during the rest of the 

 season made subsequent work an easy task. Level cultivation was given through- 

 out the season and at least once every ten days until the length of the vines 

 interfered. Early cultivations were deep, and done with the one-horse snrin.ff-tooth 

 cultivator, while shallow cultivations yfere subsequently given with the Planet 

 Jr. horse cultivator. As deep plowing was not deemed advisable in the orchard, 



