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Vol. XLII. No. 1769 
NEW YORK, DECEMBER 22, 1883 
PRICEFH r E CENTS. 
12.(0 PER YEAR! 
[Entered according to Act of Congress, In the year 1883 , by the Rural New-Yorker In the office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington.] 
was 302 50 bushels to the 
acre. Best five weighed two 
pounds 14 ounces. Large 
and small 89,193 or 61-7 to a 
hill. Quite a number rot¬ 
ted—no wire-worms. 
variety of good shape, smooth buff skin, eye 
not deep. There is nothing about its appear¬ 
ance which would distinguish it from 50 
others. It was eaten Nov. 10, and judged to be 
of good quality. 8o many of the pieces failed 
to sprout that we could not estimate the yield. 
Test 17 *4. —Carter’s Ashtop Fluke Potato 
received direct from James Carter & Co., 
the great seedsmen of 237 High Holborn, 
Loudon, England. These were planted just 
as in 41 A. The yield wasat the rate of 312.54 
bushels to the acre. Among the best tubers 
five weighed one pound six ounces. Of large 
and small potatoes, rejecting all less than one 
inch in diameter, there were at the rate of 
212.960 to the acre or 14 2-3 to a hill, about 
one-third of which would in this country be 
considered marketable. The tubers grew 
close to the stem and near the surface. This 
is an early intermediate variety of a very 
smooth skin and uniform shape, with eyes 
scarcely recognizable. Eaten Oct. 25, it was 
thought to be rather mushy than mealy. The 
flesh is yellow. Fig. 703 is n>engraced from 
the catalogue of Carter &.Co., and though so 
perfectly smooth in appearance it is a good 
portrait. 
Test 13 a. Cosmopolitan (Fig. 704), received 
from the same firm. Rather larger than the 
above. Eyes faint and few but more prominent 
$tap*vimeat (Stound.sf of the $uval 
Heui-^ovhfv. 
EXPERIMENTS WITH NEW 
VARIETIES CONTINUED. 
Test No. 00 v. — O. K. 
Mammoth received from J. 
A. Everett, of AVatsontown, V 
Pa. Pieces (douhleeyes) were : .V. > 
planted in light, poor soil. 
12 inches apart and four 
inches deep in drills three 
feet apart. They were, as 
usual, lightly covered with 
soil upon which potato diem- Mjafc. 
ical fertilizer at the rate of 
600 pounds per acre was 
sown. They were cultivated 
flat. The yield was at the 
rate of 412W2 bushels to the y-'L 
acre. Best five weighed t -C/.- 
pounds 12 ounces. There 
were 94,400 small and large 
potatoes to the acre. 
Test No. 41 ,4.—Here we 
have the same test in retent- 
ive soil, fertilized as above. 
The yield was at the rate of 
627.60 bushels to the acre. 
Best five weighed three 
pounds 6V„' ounces. Of large 
and small there were at the 
rate of 148,808 to the acre. 
The quality of those raised 
in poor,'sandy soil (66 t) was * *• ^ VM 
good, the flesh lielng white, dry and mealy. 
Those raised iu retentive soil (41 A) were 
somewhat salvy. The typical shape, as nearly 
as could be judged, is shown iu Fig. 705. Eyes 
rather deep, skill nearly white. The shape is 
HEAVY MANURING ABOVE VS. HEAVY 
MANURING BELOW THE SEED 
PIECES. 
t EST 75 B .—The following ex¬ 
periment was made in the 
hopes of show ing whether, iu 
order to secure a greater 
yield,the manure or fertilizer 
should be placed above or 
below the seed pieces of po¬ 
tatoes. The variety planted 
was Winslow's Seodliug, re¬ 
ceived from Aaron Low, of 
Essex County. Mass. The trenches wore dug the 
same asm 9.4, and the pieces placed in the 
bottom and slightly covered with soil. Half- 
leachtxl ashes were then spread at the rate ot 
12 bushels to the acre; then potato fertilizer 
at the rate of 500 pounds to the acre; then 
fresh unleached ashes at the rate of 15 bushels 
per acre; then a layer of soil; then hen 
Cosmopolitan Potato.—F ig. 704. (Two- 
thirds Natural Size.) 
manure at the rate of 12 bushels per acre. 
The trench was then filled with rich soil and 
another spread of potato chemical fertilizer 
was raked iu at the rate of 500 bushels to the 
acre. Here we have a surfeit of manure. 
We are to compare the results with 77 B, 
which received uo uiauuro of any kind, and 
with 76 B, in which the same manures were 
placet! under the seed pieces instead of on top 
of them The yield was 316.43 bushels per 
acre. Five potatoes amoug the best weighed 
three pounds 15>£ ounces. Of large and 
small potatoes there wore at the rate of 72,600 
to the acre, or five to a hill. The potatoes 
were injured by wire-worms. 
Test 76 B.—ln this the seed pieces wore 
placed abort! the manure—the same fertilizers 
were used iu the same quantities, etc. The 
yield was 257.10 bushels to the acre. The best 
five weighed two pounds three ounces. Of 
large and small there were 70,230 to the acre, 
or 5** to a hill. The tubers were injured by 
wire-worms the same as m 75 B. 
Test 77 B .—The same potato was plauted 
iu the same way iu soil unmitnurnl. The yield 
Ashtop Fluke Potato.— Fig. 70S. (Three- 
fourths Natural Size.) 
than iu the Ashtop. Skin russoted, aud of a buff 
color. One of the earliest of our potatoes. 
Yield at the rate of 342.83 bushels to the acre. 
Best five weighed one pound 11 ounces. Large 
and small at the rate of 176,660 to the acre, 
or 12 1-6 to a hill. Not over one-third of mar¬ 
ketable size. This had a nutty (some would 
call it " strong") flavor, and was quite dry. 
Test 58 r.—Carter’s Ashtop Fluke in light 
sandv soil—treated as in 66 r. The yield was 
250,10 bushels to the acre. Large aud small 
188.100. Best five weighed but 14 ounces. 
Test 59 V —Cosmopolitan in light, sandy 
soil, yielded at the rate of 249.75 4 bushels to the 
acre; large and small 171,820; best five 18 
ounces. The flowers are white and lilac varie¬ 
gated-vines vigorous. 
PEA TESTS CONTINUED. 
It may be remembered that in our pea tests 
of last year, it was stated that Carter’s “ Eme¬ 
rald Gem ” was planted three days after the 
other ‘ Earliest of All ” peas, and that pea 
Emerald Green Pea. From Nature—F ig. 700, 
