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A few especially promising varieties were purchased and others 

 were sent in by the originators or introducers. The latter were given 

 as careful treatment as our circumstances would allow and the results 

 are given as follows. 



POTATOES. 



The varieties sent in for testing, one of each kind, were cut into 

 pieces of single eyes, one piece being planted in each hill, fifteen 

 inches apart. The land on which they were planted was naturally 

 rather heavy and wet and the abundance of rain made it almost 

 im[)Ossible to properly cultivate them. A mixed fertilizer was applied 

 containing an abundance of plant food. Although the crop was 

 almost a failure, the conditions being the same for all varieties, we 

 give the record of the yield of each in the following table, to show 

 their comparative behavior under equally unfavorable conditions. 



SeedliniT, 



Rural New Yorker, 

 Chas. Downing, 

 Early Oxford, 

 Delaware, 

 Seedling, 

 Scotch Magnum, 

 Beauty of Hebron. 



E. A. Everett, Indianaj^olis, Ind. 

 J. M. Thornburn, New York City 

 J. J. H. Gregory, Marblehead, Ms 



Imported, 



Northern New York, 



Amherst, 



Small, decayed. 



Good. 



Very good. 



Good. 



Good. 



Very good. 



Small, poor. 



Medium. 



Good. 



BEANS. 



The varieties of beans in the following table were sent in for trial 

 and all received the same treatment, as to soil, time of planting, 

 fertilization, and cultivation. 



Boston Favorite, 

 Early Carmine, 1 

 Podded Horticul'l, j 

 New Prolific 



Black Wax, 

 Snow Flake, 

 Champion, 



J. J. H. Gregory, Marblehead, 



Good, late. 



Showy, extra 



early. 



Good. 



Fair. 



Fair. 



