MICHIGAN EXPERIMENT STATION BULLETINS. 



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POTATOES— Cbntinwed. 



Varieties. 



Stray Beaaty 



Sammit 



Sunlit Star.. 



Superior 



Supplanter ._ 



Sylvan 



Ttiorbnrn 



Timpe's No. 2 



Timpe's No. 4 



Timpe's No. 5 



Timpe's No. 6 



Tonhocks 



Triumph 



Umpire 



Wall's Orange 



Watson's Seedling 

 Way 



West's No. 1 



West's No. 2 



West's No. 3 



White Elephant... 



White Flower 



White E'y Ohio... 



White Star 



Wixom's Seedling 

 Tick's Champion . 



Seedsman. 



* Jerrard 



* E. E. Stine... 



* Markh£im 



* Burpee 



* Presley 



* Markham 



* College 



J. T.Timpe... 

 J. T.Timpe .. 

 J. T.Timpe... 



J. T.Timpe... 



* Markham 



Henderson ... 



* Presley 



* Farm Dept 



*Farm Dept.... 



* Presley 



* W. E. West... 



* W. E. West... 



* W. E. West... 



* Jerrard 



* Markham 



* Presley 



* Farm Dept 



*Van Benschot'n 



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18. sp. 



15, sp. 

 1.5, sp. 

 22, up. 

 20, sp. 



20, sp. 



16, sp. 



17, up. 

 17, sp. 



19. up. 



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Aug. 10 

 22 

 15 

 15 

 15 



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 14 

 30 

 16 

 31 



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 20 

 12 

 30 

 20 



20 

 22 

 11 



10 



18 



20 

 20 

 14 

 20 

 18 

 25 



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108.9 



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 145.2 



92. 

 135.6 



143. 



10:1.6 



131.3 



234.9 



170. 



138.9 

 174. 

 181.5 

 107.7 



57.8 



164.8 

 121.9 

 143.5 

 98.9 

 133.5 



120. 

 126.9 

 140. 

 113. 

 62.3 

 132. 





102 

 2.56 

 159 

 1.59 

 221 



106 

 205 

 124 

 197 

 130 



153 

 19 1 



182 

 198 

 108 



1.59 

 1.53 

 168 

 111 



199 



164 

 148 

 175 

 139 

 117 

 132 



g.2 



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The following are brief descriptions of the new varieties: 



American Wmider. Strong, vigorous, upright grower. Season late. 

 Unproductive this year. Tubers slightly longer than broad, somewhat 

 flattened. Eyes and curtain medium. Flesh rich cream. 



Boston. Strong, upright growth. Season medium, fairly productive. 

 The tubers resemble the White Elephant. Flesh light cream. 



Cream City. A spreading, medium grower. It sets many tubers, but 

 the yield is only fair. Tubers kidney-shape to oblong. Eyes shallow. 

 Flesh medium cream. 



Farmer's Alliance. Top large, spreading. Season late. Fairly pro- 

 ductive. Tubers many, small, oblong. Eyes shallow. Color pink. 



Fillbasket. A medium, spreading grower. Season late. Vines blighted 

 August 15 and the yield was reduced. Tubers oblong, regular. Skin 

 rough. Eyes shallow. Curtain long, arched. Flesh light cream. 



Genesee Co. King. A fairly upright grower. Suffered from the 

 blight. Tubers white, oval, and of fine appearance. 



Gov. Rusk. A good, spreading grower. Productiveness only fair. 



Hicks No. 9. A good, upright grower, foliage tough and shunned by 

 the beetles. Yield only fair. Tubers of good appearance, white. Skin 

 smooth. Eyes indistinct. 



Iron Clad. Growth spreading; season medium. Only fairly productive. 



Koshkonong. Vigorous, spreading grower. Only fairly productive. 

 Tubers rather long and somewhat flattened. Color white. It is of good 

 appearance. 



