MASSA(]HUSETTS 

 AGRICULTURAL EXPERLA'IENT STATION 



OF THE 



MASSACHUSETTS AGRICULTUEAL COLLEGE 



AMHERST, MASS. 



TWENTY-FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT. 



Part XL 



SUMMARY OF LEADING CONCLUSIONS. 



FRED W. MORSE, ACTING DIRECTOR. 



During- the past eighteen years 371 varieties of potatoes have 

 been tested. In all eases the varieties have been tried two suc- 

 cessive years, and in the second year the seed has invariably 

 been selected from the home-grown product of the previous 

 season. The majority of the new varieties have proved in- 

 ferior to the old standard sorts like Beauty of Hebron, Early 

 Pose, Green Mountain and Irish Cobbler. 



\^arieties which have given higli yields in more than one 

 two-year test are Carman 'No. 1, Enormous, Simmon's Ifodel, 

 Steuben, New Satisfaction, Ped Piver Early Ohio, Houlton 

 Rose, I. X. L., Daughter of Early Pose, Pose No. 9, Button's 

 Seedling, Fillbasket, White Ele])hant, Restaurant, Thorburn, 

 Vanguard and Woodbury's White. 



Eighty-two samples of seed were tested during the vear for 

 purity and freedom from weed seeds. Timothy gave an aver- 



