DIVlf^ION OF HORTICULTURE 



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SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



Variety Tests — Potatoes. 



Variety. 



Table Talk 



Woodbury White Rose 



Rawlings Kidney 



Early Ohio 



. American Wonder 



Reeves Rose 



Manitoba Wonder 



Hamilton Early 



Early Bovee 



Peacock Surprise 



Early White Prize 



Irish Cobbler 



Gold Coin 



Late Puritan 



Variety. 



Yield per Acre. 

 4- Year Average. 



Wee McGregor. 



Bush. 

 441 



lb. 

 39 



Early Norther. 

 Houlton Rose.. 



Variety. 



Yield per Acre. 

 3- Year Average. 



Bush. lb. 



411 

 376 



52 

 SO 



Variety. 



Yield per Acre. 

 2- Year Average. 



Early Snowdrop 



Ashleaf Kidney (English Type). 



Bush. 



245 

 137 



lb. 



39 

 46 



CULTURAL AND OTHER EXPERIMENTS 'WITH POTATOES. 



(a) storing Test.— In order to determine the keeping qualities of the different 

 sorts, twenty-two varieties were stored during the winter of 1914-15. The tempera- 

 ture in the cellar was rather high, averaging perhaps 40° to 45° F. at least. This, 

 combined with the dry atmosphere, made the test quite a severe one. In the table 



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