EXPERIMENTS WITH CHILIAN SEED-POTATOES. 25 



All the lots I have mentioned, except the first, 

 were grown in the field. I ^vill no^v give a few 

 cases of garden cultivation. 



Mr. Boyd had some planted in his garden at Sea- 

 mill, West Kilbride, in a sunny border with a 

 southern exposure, — a perfectly sheltered spot, 

 where the soil, although light, is in constant culti- 

 vation, and very productive for gro^ng vegetables. 

 "The potatoes were planted on the 26th of March, 

 at which time the darkest sort weighed Ij lbs., and 

 the lighter (Borajilla, 1883) 1 lb. 3 oz. They were 

 dug on the 13th November, when the dark sort 

 weighed 11 lbs., and the light 6 lbs. The disease 

 was nothing to mention, I could only say it was 

 there. I do not think it was worse in the one than 

 in the other. By the time they were dug they 

 should have been ripe ; but there were a good 

 many small potatoes in both, the largest kind, how- 

 ever, having the best-sized potatoes." 



Mr. Low had some grown at Monifieth, Forfar • 

 shire, with the following result : — 



"Chilian potatoes, planted April 17th, dug October 

 22nd. 



" I.— Seed direct from N. Chile, March, 1883 (Bora- 

 jilla). Some large, others rather small. 



"II. — From tubers grown at Pollokshaws from un- 

 ripe seed received from Chile, 1882. Not generally 

 large, but beautifully shaped, and all large enough 

 for seed; a few very large. The number at each 

 root was counted and ran from twenty up to thirty. 

 "III. — ^Froni one tuber of the first lot grown at 

 Rugby and cut in two — 4 lb. 6 oz. of beautiful 

 tubers, very few small. 



"Not perfectly ripe when dug, but not one diseased." 

 Mr. Buchanan, 34 Steeple Steet, Kilbarchan, sent 

 me to-day the following report : " Planted end of 

 March, Chilian potatoes. Ground Avas workable and 

 seemed safe for potatoes, but four days afterwards 

 we experienced severe frost with N. and N.W. 

 winds. Put in at same time 'Red-boas' for main 



