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EXrEKL^lENT STATION. 



[Jan. 



In discussing variety tests of potatoes in the fifteenth annual 

 report of the experiment station, Dr. Brooks concludes as fol- 

 lows : — 



It is firmly believed that it is much wiser that potato growers shall 

 secure seed of standard varieties grown and stored under the best con- 

 ditions, than to pay high prices for new varieties, which in so many 

 instances when carefully tested under the fairest possible conditions 

 are found not to equal the older sorts either in ])roductiveness or in 

 quality. In our experience seed grown in northern Maine has in- 

 variably been found to be superior to that of our own production, even 

 in the first generation. The Maine seed gives the larger yield, and the 

 crop is somewhat earlier. It usually costs somewhat more than home- 

 grown seed, but it is richly worth the greater price. 



PiJELiMTXAi^Y Test, 1012. 

 During the x>ast year, seed of nineteen varieties of potatoes 

 was obtained from widely dilferent sources. The seed was 

 treated for scab, cut and planted in the usual way. The yields 

 ranged from 91 bushels to 312 bushels ]ier acre. The varieties 

 crown w^ere : — 



Buckbee's Extra Early Rockford. 



Clyde. 



Diamond. 



Early Six Weeks. 



Early White Albino. 



Farmer Potato. 



Gray's Mortgage Lifter. 



Green Mountain. 



Johnson's Early Flour Ball. 



Northern Star. 



Quick Crop. 



Sir Walter haleigh. 



Six Weeks. 



Snow. 



Sutton's Early Monarch. 



The Early Surprise. 



TIic Irish Cobbler. 



The Petoskey. 



Trust Buster. 



In 1913 the second-year test will be made of these varieties 

 using the seed grown in this year's test. 



