DITIl?ION OF HORTICULTURE 



735 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



The yields from these tests are given in the following table: — 



Table Talk, cut the same as field lots 



cut to 1 Eye 



" cut to 2 eyes 



" cut to 3 eyes 



" whole small to medium potatoes. . 



Empire State, cut same as field lots 



" cut to 1 eye 



" cut to 2 eyes 



" cut to 3 eyes 



" whole small to medium potatoes 



Yield per Acre. 



Market- 

 able. 



Bushels 

 168 

 180 

 194 

 214 

 122 

 156 

 154 

 212 

 184 

 216 



Unmar- 

 ketable. 



Bushels 

 40 

 34 

 50 

 42 

 46 

 18 

 18 

 30 

 30 

 28 



Total 

 Yield. 



Bushels 

 208 

 214 

 244 

 256 

 168 

 174 

 1-72 

 242 

 214 

 244 



POTATOES PLANTED DIFFERENT DISTANCES APART. 



In order to find out whether close planting is advisable a series of tests was made 

 in planting potatoes in rows 24 and 3 feet apart and in planting the sets 12 and 14 

 inches apart in the row. The land was similar to that in which the tests with seed cut 

 in different ways were conducted. The yield per acre from these tests is given in the 

 following table : — 



Green Mountain, 12 inches by 2^ feet. 



Irish Cobbler, " 



Green Mountain, 14 " " 



Irish Cobbler, " 



Green Mountain, 12 " S 



Irish Cobbler, " 



Green Mountain, 14 " J 



Irish Cobbler, " " 



GARNET CHILI POTATOES FROM DIFFERENT SOURCES. 



In order to find out whether a variety of potatoes as grown by different farmers if 

 brought together and given uniform conditions will produce equally well, a series of 

 tests was conducted with the Garnet Chili potato. The crop was planted on land 

 manured with 15 tons stable manure and 400 pounds acid phosphate per acre. 



The different lots were given similar treatment in every way and were in rows 

 adjoining each other. It will be noticed that there was a marked difference in the yield 

 and this difference seemed largely to centre around the vigour of the plant, enabling 

 them to resist the rhizoctonia disease, which was present in the soil, and the develoi)- 

 ment of which the season seemed to favour. These same potatoes will be tested again 

 next season. The results obtained are given in the table below. 



Kentville. 



