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Eleventh Annual Report: 



The early ripening of the New Queen is decidedly in its" fa- 

 vor,, and only one variety surpassed it in yield. The Prize Taker., 

 however, besides giving the heaviest yield, produced the best- 

 quality of onions- This variety and the Australian Brown kept 

 better than the white varieties. The best way to keep them was 

 found to be to spread them, out on the ground in the- shade of 

 trees. 



The results* of this season's experiment indicate that the- 

 yields will not differ greatly, whether the onions be transplanted, 

 or be sown where they are to remain. However, but for the fill- 

 ing in of vacancies, the yields of the plats sown where the}' were 

 to remain would undoubtedly have been lower than the others. 



potatoes. 



The aim of the" experiments with potatoes' was to determine- 

 whether any variety could be profitably grown in the place of the 

 one commonly planted — Early Rose, to test the effect of times of 

 planting, of distance in rows, and of the application of Chili salt- 

 petre. About an acre and a half was devoted to the experiment. 

 The land had been previously dressed with about fifteen loads of 

 stable manure per acre. Seed of the Early Rose came from Cali- 

 fornia, of the Sunrise from the upper Gila valley, and of the re- 

 mainder of the varieties from the northeastern states. The yields 

 were as follows ; 



Variety, 



Early Rose 



Burpee's Earlv. 



Sunrise 



Early Rose 



Early Ohio ... 

 Early Andes. . . 



Bovee . . , , 



Sunrise 



Triumph , ; , .'. . 



Yield 

 per acre. 



4130 lbs. 

 4160 lbs. 

 2625 lbs. 

 3025 lbs. 

 1975 lbs. 

 3250 lbs. 

 3150 lbs. 

 2500 lbs. 

 3525 lbs. 



It will be observed that Early Rose planted January 17 gave 

 over a third higher yield than those planted February 7, the three 

 weeks start evidently proving of great advantage. Of the Janu- 

 ary 7 planting Burpee's Early matured first and gave a yield equal 



