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with corn, oats, wheat, and .liiass, on four tiers of 30 eighth-acre plats. 

 The experiment was connnenced in 1881. The yields of corn, oats, wheat, 

 and grass in 1890 on the respective tiers of plats are tabulated, 

 lieports of this series of experiments have been printed in the Annual 

 Reports of the l*ennsylvania Agricultural College for 1882 and 1883, 

 bulletins Kos. 1, 2, 8, 9, 11, and 14 of the college and Annual Reports of 

 the station for 1887, 1888, and 1880 (see Experiment Station Bulletin 

 !N"o. 2, part ii, p. 132, and Exi)erinu"nt Station Record, vol. in, p. 461). 



Tests op varieties of grain, potatoes, and root crops, 1890, 

 W. n. Caldwell, B, S. (pp. 144-157).— A report on tests of varieties 

 of wheat, oats, potatoes, mangel-wurzels, and turnips. Accounts of 

 similar tests in 1889 may be found in Bulletin No. 10 and the Annual 

 Report of the station for 1889 (see Experiment Station Record, vol. ii, 

 p. 28, and vol. ni, p. 453). 



Wheat (pp. 144-149). — Xotes and tabulated data on 26 varieties. 

 The varieties especially commended are Bietz Lougberry Red, Fulcas- 

 ter, Curreir I^rolific, Deitz, Red Fultz, and Reliable. Fultz, German 

 Emperor, and Raub Black Prolific "seem to be losing in quality." 



Oats (pp. 149-151). — ivTotes and tabulated data on 15 varieties. ''The 

 Improved American and Japan varieties made the largest yield per 

 acre and had good pluni}) grain. Early Russian, Baltic White, and 

 AVide Awake oats should be placed second on the list." 



Potatoes (pp. 152-157). — Xotes and tabulated data on 31 varieties. 



From both this ami pi-fvious years" trials it is found tbat the order of merit is prac- 

 tically the same -whether based upon the farmer's general comparison (yield and {gen- 

 eral character of crop) or upon that of the yield of valuable food material (dry matter) 

 per acre. * ** * 



Taking the general characteristics and yield into consideration, the following arc 

 the varieties reconnnended as yielding over 125 bushels of merchantaljle tubers per 

 acre: Burbauk Needling, Monroe County Seedling, Burpee Superior, Rural New 

 Yorker No. 2, and White Elephant of those that have been grown here for I or 2 

 years, and the Green Mountain, Ben Harrison, and Seneca Beauty of the newer vari- 

 eties tested. 



Monroe County Prize, Dakota Red, College AVhite, Arthur Menuuial, Ross Favor- 

 ite, and Vanguard of the varieties grown here before, and New Burbank and Ironclad 

 of those introduceil tliis .season, yielded from 100 to 125 bushels i)er acre and were 

 of good ([uality, and could be classed as safe varieties to jdaut. 



One noticeable feature in this season's work is the extremely h)w yield of the early 

 varieties— Hampden Beauty, Beauty of Hebron, Pearly Ohio, Eiwly Puritan, Early 

 Sunrise, Polaris, and June Eating, all except the latter (which was introduced this 

 year) having been successfully grown here in past seasons. This is no doubt mainly 

 due to the extreme wetness of the ground until July and the excessive drouth fol- 

 lowing in July aud August. 



Mamjcl-wurzcls and turnips (p. 157). — Brief tabulated data for 4 vari- 

 eties. 



Tests of varieties of vegetables, G. C. Butz, M. S. (pp. 158- 

 165). — A reprint of Bulletin No. 14 of the station (see Experiment Sta- 

 tion Record, vol. ii, p. 607). 



