A STANDARDIZED POTATO TRIAL. 
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9. Preston. A hazel loam one year from pasture at Council 
Farm, Hutton, nr. Preston, 82 feet above sea level. 
10. Shropshire. A medium loam containing a fair quantity of 
flinty stones. Old pasture bastard trenched early in 1917 at Oswestry. 
The following table shows the weight of seed of each variety sent 
to each station : 
Weight of " Sets " sent to each Station in Lb. 
Guernsey. 
Edinburgh. 
Bristol. 
Leeds. 
Wisley. 
Boston, 
Lines. 
Co. Down, I. 
Exeter. 
Preston. 
Salop. 
Total. 
Early 
Varieties. 
Sir J. Llewelyn 
2* 
2* 
2* 
2i 
2* 
2i 
2^ 
2* 
ai' 1 
x 4 
2# 
2^i 
Snowdrop (Resistant) 
Sharpe's Express 
2| 
2i 
2* 
2* 
2i 
2* 
2i 
21 
21 
2* 
24l 
2| 
2i 
2* 
2f 
2* 
2i 
2i 
2| 
2f 
2f 
25i 
Witch Hill . ' . 
2| 
2| 
2i 
2| 
2f 
2* 
2| 
2* 
^ 8 
2f 
27 
Midlothian Early . 
2| 
2| 
2f 
2f 
2f 
2j 
2f 
3 
2i 
2l 
271 
Second Early Varieties 
British Queen 
2f 
2| 
2! 
2| 
2i 
2| 
2| 
2i 
3 
2l 
271 
Great Scot 
3i 
2| 
3* 
2* 
3 
2i 
3* 
2* 
3i 
29^ 
Secundus 
2f 
3i 
2| 
31 
3l 
2| 
3* 
2f 
31 
2| 
3ii 
Burnhouse Beauty . 
2| 
2| 
21 
2f 
2| 
2| 
2f 
2! 
2| 
26^ 
Dobbie's Favourite. 
2| 
3 
2| 
2| 
3i 
3 
2* 
2y 
2| 
2| 
28f 
Main 
Crop Varieties. 
Dobbie's Prolific 
2i 
3 
3i 
2f 
3i 
3f 
2| 
3 
2| 
3 
29f 
The Provost . 
2f 
2i 
2| 
2| 
2* 
2| 
2f 
2f 
2i 
2f 
25 1 
The Factor 
2f 
2f 
2f 
3 
2| 
2f 
2| 
2f 
2f 
2f 
27i 
King Edward. 
2i 
3 
2* 
3t 
3i 
2f 
31 
2| 
3i 
2i 
29 
The Admiral . 
2| 
2| 
2| 
2| 
3i 
2| 
2| 
2f 
2| 
2f 
28 
Kerr's Pink . 
2* 
2| 
2I 
2| 
2i 
2f 
2| 
2* 
2* 
2* 
26J 
Arran Chief . 
3i 
2* 
2* 
2| 
2f 
2i 
2| 
21 
2| 
2* 
271 
Isis 
2| 
2i 
2f 
2* 
2i 
2f 
2* 
2| 
2| 
2i 
25I 
White City . 
3i 
3 
3t 
3t 
3i 
3i 
3i 
31 
3 
3* 
321 
The Lochar . 
2* 
2i 
2i 
2f 
2* 
2i 
2* 
2| 
2* 
2i 
25* 
546! 
I have a lot of detailed information from the different growers, 
but considerations of space prevent my giving it. The wet August 
adversely affected the crop of the late varieties, and so did the dry 
July, while the dryness of July helped the early varieties to finish 
off well. Mr. Sowman reports that during the growing period the 
plants were closely inspected. No variations in foliage of each 
individual variety could be detected to warrant the marking of any 
as rogues. Disease was more prevalent in the south than in the north. 
All crops were weighed as lifted. Both Mr. Veitch of Exeter and 
Professor Barker of Bristol speak of rust attacking ' Midlothian 
Early ' badly. While there was no rust on any of the varieties in the 
