68 THIRD POTATO REPORT 



Lucien Thompson, Durham. — " Soil light, plowed spring of 1898, Crop, in 

 1897, only one-half ton of June grass per acre. No manure ; used 800 pounds 

 Bradley Potato Fertilizer in furrow. Furrowed out and covered by horse 

 power. Hoed, and Paris green used twice. Only ordinary care. Potatoes 

 free from scab, and not more than four quarts of rotten potatoes found. Two 

 years' trial show me that Green Mountain {^-^ are the best yielders, and the 

 most profitable for a general crop. I shall continue the Green Mountain and 

 Carman No. 3 (11) for my field crop of 1899, ^"^ plant few early kinds for 

 my own use. The Carman No. 3 stands blight better than my other kinds, 

 tops being the last to die." 



H. E. Coffin, Berzvick, Ale. — " The varieties of potatoes received from you 

 were planted in good season, as soon as the ground was warm. The soil was 

 a mellow and rich loam on high ground, and sloping to the south. I spread 

 on a heavy coat of stable manure, and used a handful of Swift's Lowell Fer- 

 tilizer in the hill. The yield was not very large. The Victor Rose (68) were 

 large and smooth, extra fine. Governor Rush (80) gave the largest yield, 

 nearly all smooth and nice. All of the others were also smooth and fine 

 excepting Reeve's Rose {58), which were one fourth small, and quite scabby. 

 Algoma (91) small and scabby, and White Mountain {j2)) I'ather small. 

 Early Harvest (19) was the earliest ; fine, smooth, but not very large." 



George D. McDnffee, Doi>er. — "The soil in which the potatoes were planted 

 was a loam not ordinarily wet. The rows were twenty feet long, and twelve 

 hills to the row. Date of planting, May i. All varieties rotted, more or less. 

 Early Thoroughbred (28), early and all right, Carman No. 3 (11), handsome, 

 Uncle Sam (i), little rot, medium early, Delaware (17), many lack vitality, 

 Sir William (65), no good. Carman No. i (10) scabby, Banner (3), promising, 

 excepting the rot." 



Eli Mender, Rochester. — "The soil in which the varieties were planted was a 

 sandy loam. Only with a few exceptions, namely, Burrns's No. i (93) and Vir- 

 girosa (95) were free from rot. The only ones rotting quite badly were 

 Fill Basket (86) and Alexander Perfection (92)." 



A. E. Ross, Soniersxuorth. — " The land that I planted was used for potatoes 

 the year before, with an application of 23 per cent, of S. P. Guano. This 

 year I used eight cords of barnyard manure, and one-half ton of Guano per 

 acre. I planted Green Mountain {1^ of my own seed, on one side, and Mag- 

 gie Murphy (45) on the other side. None of the varieties were as large as 

 my Green Mountains, and nowhere with the Maggie Murphys. I saved only 

 Early Michigan (90) and Breck's Chance (87) for trying again. There was 

 no scab; I dusted all my potatoes, after they were cut, with flour of sulphur, 

 and thought it helped them. Soil a dark, sandy loam." 



y. H. Stiles, Strafford Centre. — "All of the varieties sent me rotted badly ; 

 taking them as a whole, fully two thirds were lost. They were planted in a 

 clay soil, on a side hill." 



