96 MAINK AGRICUIvTURAI, e:xPE;RIMENT STATION. 1909. 



Cooking test : Boiled, only fairly good. Baked, only fairly good. 

 Flavor, fair. 



4229 Laiurence Seedling. Tops were vigorous and strong and showed 

 very little injury from early blight. Yield very large, round reddish- 

 colored potatoes. A desirable potato except for color and its deep eyes. 



Cooking test : Boiled, dry .and mealy. Baked, dry and mealy. Flavor^ 

 good. 



4518 Rust Proof. Vines remained vigorous and showed very little 

 early blight up to time of frost. Yield good, large round white potatoes. 



Cooking test : Boiled, quite mealy. Baked, quite mealy. Flavor, fair. 



28 Lowell's Green Mountain. The vines remained nearly free from 

 any injury and were very little affected by early blight. It suffered less 

 than unselected Green Mountains which were sprayed. Yield was good 

 on both the sprayed and the unsprayed. 



Cooking test : BBoiled, quite dry and mealy. Baked, quite dry and 

 mealy. Flavor, good. 



Target Brand Fungicide; on Potatoes. 



At the request of the Horticultural Distributing Company of 

 Martinsburg, \\'. \'a., the Station undertook an experiment with 

 potatoes in which the Target Brand Fungicide was to be used in 

 the place of the Regular Bordeaux Mixture. 



The following were the essential points in the agreement 

 which were entered into between the Expriment Station and the 

 Company. 



Three-acre strips shall be used in the experiment. These plots 

 shall be adjoining each other. The character of soil, preparation 

 (including fertilizer), planting, cultivation, etc., shall be uniform 

 on all three plots except : Plots A and C shall be sprayed with 

 Regular Bordeaux Mixture and on same dates Plot B shall be 

 sprayed with Target Brand Fungicide. 



The Bordeaux Mixture and the Target Brand Fungicide will 

 both be applied with a A\'atson Improved 4-rowed automatic 

 sprayer and so far as possible, equal number of gallons of each 

 shall be applied per acre and on same dates. 



The Director of the Maine Agricultural Experiment Station 

 personally or by a competent representative shall supervise all 

 the work, including spraying and harvesting. 



The American Horticultural Distributing Company may send 

 a representative to observe any or all of the details of the experi- 

 ments. 



