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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



7 GEORGE V, A. 1917 



VEGETABLES. 



EXPERIMENTS WITH POTATOES. 



The field, on which the tests with potatoes was conducted, was a dark chocolate 

 loam, and had grown field roots and potatoes in 1914. Ten tons per acre of well 

 rotted barnyard manure was applied early in the spring, the land was then ploughed 

 8 inches deep, packed, floated, and harrowed, ^he potatoes were planted with the 

 plough, and the soil again packed and harrowed. 



POTATOES — TEST OF VARIETIES. 



Of the thirty varieties under test, the nineteen given in the following table have 

 been under test for four years: — 



Variety. 



Size, form and colour. 



Yield per acre 

 1915. 



Average Yield 

 per acre 

 4 years. 



Rawlings Kidney 

 Morgan Seedling.. 

 Wee MacGregor. . 



Table Talk 



Carman No. 1. . . . 

 Dreer Standard.., 



Gold Coin 



Money Maker 



Rochester Rose... 

 Dalmeny Beauty. 



Empire State 



Irish Cobbler 



Everett 



Late Puritan 



Vick Extra Early, 



Reeves Rose 



Hard to Beat 



Factor 



American Wonder 



Large, oval, white. 



Large, long, white 



Medium, round, pink... 



Large, oval, white 



Large, long, white 



Medium, round, white. 



Medium, long, pink 



Large, long, white 



Medium, long, pink. . . . 



Medium, oval, pink 



Small, oval, white 



Medium, oval, white.. . 

 Small, round, white 



Bush. 

 347 

 281 

 343 

 312 

 329 

 312 

 301 

 299 

 273 

 341 

 314 

 276 

 255 

 277 

 257 

 291 

 180 

 272 

 118 



Lb. 



36 



36 



12 



24 



48 



24 



24 



12 



12 



36 

 48 

 12 

 12 

 26 

 30 

 24 

 48 

 48 



Bush. 

 300 

 294 

 292 

 273 

 267 

 264 

 264 

 256 

 251 

 249 

 243 

 228 

 225 

 223 

 196 

 189 

 154 

 154 

 105 



Lb. 

 26 

 10 

 9 



Oi 



18 



43 



2 



30 

 39 

 21 

 27 

 28 

 26 

 15 

 56 

 28 

 59 

 34 

 48 



Owing to the dry weather of the latter part of the summer and to the short 

 growing season some of the late maturing varieties did not yield as well as might be 

 expected. In the cooking test the Everett, and Wee MacGregor proved to be two of 

 the best varieties. 



CULTURAI EXPERIMENT? "WITH POTATOES 



Potatoes were planted at week intervals from May 7, to June 4. The rows were 

 2i feet apart. The sets cut to three eyes each, were dropped 1 foot apart in the row. 



Potatoes. — Dates of Planting. 



Date of Planting. 



May 7 . 



" 14. 



" 21. 



" 28. 



June 4. 



Total Yield 

 per acre. 



Bush. 

 528 

 360 

 321 

 272 

 255 



Lb. 



48 

 12 



48 



It will be noted that, notwithstanding the June frosts, the earliest planting gave 

 the best yield. 



Scott. 



