NOTES ON VARIETIES 7 



the bugs appeared, the vines were treated three times with Paris 

 green, and twice sprayed with Bordeaux mixture. The second 

 and third time that Paris green was used, it was stirred into 

 the Bordeaux mixture. 



May and June were cool, dry months, and potatoes started 

 slowly. While the rest of the season was sufficiently wet, there 

 was no continuous moist, muggy weather to induce late blight 

 and rot. 



TABLE II. — The Fifteen Heaviest Yielders, in Order of Productiveness. 



<x> 

 ,0 



a 



a 



Varieties. 



Yield per 

 acre. 



58 

 74 

 69 

 80 

 78 

 65 

 57 

 76 

 70 

 73 

 43 

 56 

 41 

 44 

 72 



Eeeve's Rose. 



White Rose 



Vick's Perfection — 



Governor Rusk 



Woodburv White 



Sir William 



Quick Crop 



Woodhull's Seedling 



Vaughan 



White Mountain 



Late Puritan 



Queen of the Valley . 



King of the Roses 



Leonard's Favorite. 

 White Star 



453 

 399 

 394 

 375 

 373 

 354 

 342 

 329 

 324 

 323 

 316 

 315 

 310 

 307 

 306 



NOTES ON VARIETIES. 



i. Uncle Sam (Henderson). — This variety was first put upon 

 the market last season. The introducers claim it to be a heavy 

 yielder, of uniform shape and size, and superior in cooking 

 qualities, which claims seem to be well-founded — from our results 

 the past season. It made strong, healthy vines, continued to 

 grow late, and yielded well. The tubers were oval in shape, of 

 handsome appearance, and but few small ones. Skin mostly a 

 clean white, with a somewhat russetty appearance. It ripens 

 with Rural New Yorker. All things considered, this potato 

 gives great promises for the future. Mr. H. N. Hammond, a 

 seedsman and potato-grower of Michigan, says : " Heretofore. I 

 have considered the Carman, No. 3, the most perfect of all late 

 varieties I have tested, but from one season's trial, I must admit 



