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was negligible. When the crops at this centre were weighed, 

 ware, seed and chats were calculated separately, as shown in 

 the table below : — 



- 



Lochar. King George 



Arran Chief 

 (Sprayed) . 



Arran Chief 

 (Unsprayed) 



Templar. 



Ware 

 Seed 



Chats , . 



Total for 

 Plots. 



Total cal- 

 culated 

 per acre 



Cwt. qr. lb. Cwt. qr. lb. 



13 I 18 1 13 20 

 2 1 1 I 3 8 

 3 18 2 25 



Cwt. qr. lb. 

 II I 15 



3 24 

 3 25 



Cwt. qr. lb. 



Ill 

 3 20 

 3 24 



Cwt. qr. lb. 



5 3 26 

 2210 

 I 3 3 



16 2 8 15 2 25 



15 2 8 



15 I 16 



10 I II 



T. qr. T. c. qr. 



13 15 : 13 I 



T. c. qr. 



12 18 2 



T. c. qr. 



12 15 2 



T. c. qr, 



8 11 3 



The large proportion of small tubers in the Templar variety is worth}- 



of note. 



At Northiam. — The agricultural organiser reports that 

 the land at this centre was not nearly so uniform throughout 

 as at the other centres. The results were again very similar 

 to those obtained at Hellingly (above), but the highest yield 

 was from Arran Chief (13 tons 10 cwt.), followed by Lochar 

 (12 tons), King George (10 tons 5 cwt.) and Great Scot 

 (10 tons). 



At Pevensey. — The land at this centre was very poor 

 Three kinds of i\.rran Chief seed were included in the test- 

 and as the yields varied from only 5 tons 2 cwt. for Lochar to, 

 I ton 14 cwt. for Arran Chief (local seed, once grown from 

 Scotland) they are not worth full record here. 



The results demonstrate that, of the varieties tested, 

 Lochar is the one giving the best yields in East Sussex. 

 The order of merit is (i) Lochar, (2) King George, (3) Arran 

 Chief, (4) Great Scot, (5) Templar, the last named being 

 apparently quite unsuited to the soil throughout the county. 



The trials also indicate that in good soil, approximately an 

 extra 4I tons per acre may be obtained by planting Scotch 

 seed in lieu of that grown locally. 



In addition to these cropping tests, the East Sussex County 

 Council arranged for a test of the cooking quahty of the above- 

 mentioned varieties, and also of one or two other varieties 

 grown in the county. The test was carried out by the East 

 Sussex School of Domestic Economy at Lewes. The results 



