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Experiments in Potato Growing. 



and growers cannot afford to purchase manure for which they 

 get no return. 



Tests of Varieties. 



One of the most striking results accruing from these ex- 

 periments is the large number of differently named potatoes 

 which bear a very great similarity indeed to one another. 

 Given similar treatment of seed for the two previous years, 

 the raisers themselves of the so-called new varieties would 

 not be able to "select " their own variety when growing with 

 others of the same type. 



The following groups have been drawn up on the results 

 of our own experiments. Each variety was purchased as 

 genuine stock under its. own name, and grown side by side 

 with its synonyms for several years. These groups could 

 be considerably augmented were other names added which 

 are known to resemble the respective types, but it is perhaps 

 as well only to refer to those which have been actually 

 observed under precisely identical conditions. 



I. — Varieties closely resembling Up -to -Date. 



Scottish Triumph. Warrior. 



Dalhousie Seedling. Sir Mark Stewart. 



Cottar. King Loth. 



Dalmeny Regent. Table Talk. 



Hero. Heather Blossom. 



,, Beauty. Nobleman. 



Factor. Duchess of Buccleuch. 



Duchess of Cornwall. Sensation. 



Dumfries Model. Colonel Slaney. 



Conquering Hero. Talisman. 



General Roberts. Dalmeny Argon. 



Dalmeny Helium. Scottish Monarch. 



Highlander. Engineer. 



Superlative. ■ Motor. 



II. — Varieties closely resembling British Queen. 



Pioneer. Russet Queen. 



Dalmeny Radium. The Macpherson. 



The Colleen. 



III. — Varieties similar to Abundance (Sutton's). 



Maid of Coil. Dalmeny Gem. 



Diamond. Scottish Queen. 



Conqueror. Twentieth Century. 



Ireland's Best. 



The three following are also closely allied: Special, 

 Crofter, Sir John Franklin. 



IV. — Varieties similar to Charles Fidler. 



Lord Dundonald. Sirdar. 

 Table King. Rival. 

 Monarch. 



