EXPERIMENTS WITH POTATOES. 



147 



and harrowed in the spring. Four hundred pounds commercial fertilizer 

 was applied in the drill, and the piece was planted May 15-19 and har- 

 vested September 20-25. The field was sprayed three times but finally 

 succumbed to the blight. The yield was sixty barrels of merchantable 

 potatoes and thirteen barrels of small ones per acre. Number 3051 was 

 from an unsprayed portion of the field. 



Nos. 3052 and 3053, Delawares. The name of the sender and the cul- 

 ture is not known, except that 3052 was sprayed with Bordeaux mixture 

 and 3053 was unsprayed. 



Nos. 3054 and 3055, Carmen. These were from the same person as 

 3052 and 3053. No. 3054 was sprayed with Bordeaux mixture and 3055 

 was unsprayed. 



ANALYSIS OF POTATOES GROWN IN 1898, THE RESULTS CALCULATED 

 TO WATER CONTENT AT TIME OF SAMPLING.* 



Varietj'. 



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P 



cj 



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^ 



CO 



p^ 



iS'3 



Hebron 



Hebron 



White Elephant .. 

 White Elephant.. 

 White Elephant.. 

 White Elephant.. 

 White Elephant .. 

 White Elephant .. 

 White Elephant .. 

 White Elephant . . 



Delaware 



Delaware 



Delaware 



Delaware 



■Carmen 



Carmen 



3036 



% 

 79.72 



% 

 16.94 



3037 



78.13 



18.59 



3038 



76.81 



19.96 



3039 



76.92 



20.38 



3044 



78.74 



15.96 



304, "5 



75.21 



19.31 



3046 



75. S8 



18.81 



3047 



77.44 



18.12 



3050 



75.56 



18.14 



. 3051 



78.13 



18.62 



3040 



76.02 



19.20 



3041 



76.93 



18.63 



3052 



75.72 



18.63 



3053 



77.64 



16.26 



3054 



76. S7 



18.03 



3055 



76.57 



17.07 



% 



0.90 

 0.72 

 0.84 

 0.90 

 0.64 

 0.61 

 0.56 

 0.63 

 0..56 

 0.63 

 0.61 

 0.61 

 0..55 

 0.61 

 0.66 

 0.59 



% 

 2.12 



2.06 



2.19 



2.31 



2.25 



2.12 



2.25 



2.06 



1.81 



1.75 



2.06 



2.19 



2.31 



2.56 



2.06 



2.38 



% 

 76 



0.78 



0.99 



0.87 



0.92 



0.83 



0.96 



0.88 



1.04 



0.9S 



1.01 



0.94 



0.95 



0.91 



0.90 



0.76 



% 

 100.44 



100.28 



100.79 



101.38 



98.51 



98.02 



98.46 



99.13 



97.11 



100.11 



98.90 



99.30 



98.16 



97. 9S 



98.52 



97.37 



1.0604 

 1.0795 

 1.0867 

 1.0742 

 1.0803 

 1.1058 

 1.0921 

 1.0906 

 1.1129 

 1-0881 

 1.0S52 

 1.0904 

 1.0745 

 1.1120 

 1.0967 

 1.0S04 



*The analyses were made by the Chemical Division of the U. 8. Department of 

 Agriculture. 



As these results are not given in the usual form of food 

 analyses, they are presented in that form on both the fresh and 

 water free basis in the tables which follow. As the fat was not 

 determined, it is included with the carbohydrates. It will be 



