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larly fine flavour, but lack somewhat in colour. Evergood 

 cooked badly. This variety frequently shows, when cut, dark 

 discoloration of the " flesh " which does riot disappear with 

 boiling. From the experience of some farmers in Yorkshire it 

 would seem that Evergood is specially adapted for a heavier 

 class of soil than the medium loam on which these were grown, 

 and that when grown under these conditions the cooking quality 

 is satisfactory. 



Variety 



of 

 Potato. 



Colour. 

 Maximum 



Flavour. 

 Maximum 



Flouri- 

 ness. 

 Maximum 

 Marks 



Total 

 Marks, 



Total 

 Marks, 



Marks 

 1-5- 



Marks 

 20. 



1904. 

 Maximum 



1903. 



Maximum 





15- 



5°- 



50- 



British Queen 



H 



18 





47 



44 



Northern Star 



12 



20 



3 



46 





Charles Fidler 



15 



15 



15 



45 



48 



Sir John Llewellyn ... 



13 



18 



14 



45 





Discovery 



12 



19 



13 



44 





Empress Queen 



13 



17 



14 



44 



41 



Up-to-Date 



13 



17 



14 



44 



44 



Up-to-Date No. 2 ... 



13 



17 



14 



44 



44 



Conquest 



13 



17 



13 



43 



42 



King Edward VII. ... 



H 



15 



14 



43 





Royal Kidney 



13 



15 



12 



40 



35 



British Lion ... 



15 



12 



12 



39 



43 



Challenge 



13 



12 



13 



38 



35 



Goodfellow ... 



*3 



13 



12 



38 





Evergood 



1 1 



13 



11 



35 



» 1 



When the figures relating to quality are considered in con- 

 junction with cropping and disease-resisting powers, the varieties 

 range themselves in the following order of merit :— Up-to-Date, 

 British Queen, Royal Kidney, Northern Star, Up-to-Date No. 2, 

 Empress Queen, Evergood, Charles Fidler, Conquest, British 

 Lion, Challenge. Evergood, one of the best disease-resisting 

 potatoes, and a good cropper, suffers chiefly through its inferior 

 cooking quality. 



Preparation of Sad. — There are two methods of dealing with 

 seed-potatoes — one, that of putting the seed-size tubers, when 

 lifted, into shallow boxes,* and storing them in a well-lighted and 

 well-ventilated shed untilplantingtimc — theother, that of straight- 

 way putting the seed into " pies " or " pits " in autumn, as is 

 usually done, and leaving it there until about planting-time. 



* An account of the method of sprouting seed potatoes recommended by the Irish 

 Department of Agriculture was given in the Journal, Vol. XL, Feb. 1905, p. 673. 



