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Mississippi, La Fayette County: Burpee's Welcome does not suc- 

 ceed here. The Early Burt is a success. 



Missouri Agricultural College: White Victoria gave a tall, 

 briinchei, very white, heavy oat, of medium size; promises well. 



Nebraska Agricultural College: White Victoria sown broadcast 

 failed to maintain itself against weeds. 



New York Experimental IStation: White Victoria medium good. 

 Very closely allied to the Welcome, differing only in time of matu- 

 rity. 



Houghton Farm : White Victoria gave a fine crop of plump, heavy 

 oats in well-branched heads. Straw leafy and fairly tall. 



Pennsylvania State College: White Victoria a good variety; 

 plump and heavy grain. A more valuable oat for this locality than 

 the Harris, notwithstanding the earlier maturity of tlie latter. 



Tennessee Experiment Station, Knoxville : White Victoria did 

 not succeed. 



Virginia, Spottsylvania County : Russian oats made a fine yield; 

 evidently could be profitably grown here. 



POTATO SEED {PiHiigle's Hybridized). 



Colorado Agricultural College : From this seed over 2,000 plants 

 were raised and set out in the open ground; 55 of the most promis- 

 ing were saved for trial another season. Nearly all the plants bore 

 some tubers, but only such as bore tubers of fair size, close in the 

 hill, and with a moderate amount of haulm, were thought worthy of 

 trial again. The weights of such varieties as were weighed varied 

 from 3 ounces, the lowest, to 4 pounds 11 ounces, the largest yield 

 from one plant. 



Connecticut Experiment Station : The potato seed produced small, 

 well-shaped tubers. At the Storrs School they produced remarkably, 

 some of the tubers being as large as small hens' eggs. They are pre- 

 served for planting next year. 



Massachusetts, Bussey Institution : Reports potato seed planted 

 at Pembroke. The experiment was a great success in spite of 

 drought. Some of the tubers grew to be as large as a man's fist. 



Michigan Agricultural College : The potato seed gave a bountiful 

 harvest of tubers. We have a half bushel of these"^ which we shall 

 test further. 



Neiv Yoil-c Experime7it Station: ''Pringle's Hybridized" potato 

 seed grew well. Will test further. 



Houghton Farm : Potato seed gave a fair crop of small tubers of 

 the most diversified characteristics, which promise some very inter- 

 esting results from future crops. 



Tennessee Experiment Station : About two quarts of small pota- 

 toes; shall experiment further. 



PYRETHRUM ROSEUM. 



Connecticut Experiment Station : Seed of this plant was sovm in 

 1884, bloomed in 1885, and then died. 



_ Michigan Agricultural College : The seasons are too cool and 

 short for tlie profitable growth of this plant. 



New York Experiment Station : The plants grew well, blossomed, 

 and some of them matured their seed. 



Pennsylvania State College : Did not bloom. 



