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flowers. August 14, vines mostly green 
August 25, vines dead. Three pieces 
yielded 19 medium and 29 small tubers, 
weighing 6% pounds. This would be at 
the rate of 524.33 bushels to the acre. 
Pinkish skin, roundish, oblong shape, 
eyes medium. 
Notes from Rural Grounds. 
POTATO TRIALS FOR 1896. 
(Concluded.) 
SIXTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT. 
Dutchess. —This was raised by W. S. 
_<;-aves, of Tompkinsville, Pa., from seed 
of the old Pinkeye.—June 29, vigorous 
vines, white flowers. August 14, vines 
dying. Three pieces yielded 20 medium 
and 11 small tubers, weighing six pounds. 
This would be at the rate of 484 bushels 
to the acre. Buff skin, eyes not promi¬ 
nent, oblong shape, a little flattened. 
Snowflake, Jr. —From Currie Bros., 
Milwaukee, Wis.—June 29, vigorous up¬ 
right vines, purplish stems, no flowers. 
August 14, vines nearly killed by flea- 
beetle. Dug September 8. Three pieces 
yielded 19 large and G small tubers, 
weighing 8 pounds. This would be at 
the rate of G45 33 bushels to the acre. 
We could not distinguish this variety, 
either by the vines or tubers, from the 
R. N.-Y. No. 2. Nearly perfect shape, 
oblong-flattened, few eyes, as shown in 
Fig. 23. Eaten September 15. Nearly 
white flesh, fairly dry and of good 
quality. 
Lincoln. —From C. E. Kelley, Newark, 
N. Y.—June 29, vigorous vines of a light 
green color—no flowers. August 14, 
vines nearly dead. Dug August 18. 
Three pieces yielded 50 tubers, all too 
small for market, weighing five pounds, 
which would be at the rate of 403.33 
bushels to the acre. Nearly white skin, 
oblong, very shapely form. Eyes on the 
surface. Eaten September 6. Nearly 
white flesh, mealy and of fair quality. 
Peachbi.ow Seedling. —From Elbert 
L. Benedict, Stantontown, Ohio, who 
writes : “ Heavy cropper, medium late ; 
raised from seed of the Peachblow. 
Tubers very large and not the least hol¬ 
low. Fine.”—June 29, vigorous vines, 
no blopm. Three pieces yielded 24 
medium and 15 small tubers, weighing 
7 pounds, which is at the rate of 564.66 
bushels to the acre. Light buff skin, 
often russeted, roundish shape. Eaten 
October 11. Nearly white flesh, watery. 
Money-maker. — From Edward F. 
Dibble, Iloneoye Falls, N. Y.—June 29, 
vigorous upright vines, white flowers. 
September 1, vines partly green, partly 
dead. Three pieces yielded 17 large and 
9 small tubers, weighing 5% pounds, 
which is at the rate of 443.66 bushels to 
the acre. Light buff skin ; cylindrical, 
long (too long) variable shape. Eaten 
October 11. Nearly white flesh, watery. 
Rose No. 9.—From same.—June 29, vig¬ 
orous, upright vines, white flowers. Sep¬ 
tember 1, vines not quite dead. Three 
pieces yielded 22 large and 13 small 
tubers, weighing eight pounds. This 
would be at the rate of 645.33 bushels to 
the acre. Pink skin, long-cylindrical, 
variable shape. 
Killam Rose. —From same.—June 29, 
vines extra vigorous, upright habit, 
white flowers. August 14, vines green. 
September 1, vines partly green, mostly 
dead. Three pieces yielded 16 medium, 
28 small tubers, weighing 7% pounds. 
This would be at the rate of 605 bushels 
to the acre. Buff skin, inclining to 
pink ; long-cylindrical, variable shape. 
Honeoye Rose. —From same.—June 
29, vigorous vines, upright habit, pur¬ 
plish flowers. August 14, vines dying. 
Three pieces yielded 11 large and 7 
small tubers, weighing 4J£ pounds, 
which would be at the rate of 343 bushels 
to the acre. Buff skin, oval truncated 
form ; eyes medium. 
Paris Rose. —From same.—June 29, 
vigorous vines of upright habit, white 
flowers. July 28, vines dying as if from 
flea-beetle depredations. August 14, 
vines for the most part dead. Three 
pieces yielded 11 medium and 24 small 
tubers, weighing 4% pounds. This 
would be at the rate of 363 bushels per 
acre. Pinkish-buff skin, rather long- 
cylindrical shape, eyes medium. 
Ed. Bell. —From Fred E. Young, 
Rochester, N. Y.—June 29, vines of 
medium vigor, no flowers. July 29, 
vines dying as if from flea-beetle depre¬ 
dations. August 10, vines dead. Buff 
skin, roundish-oval shape. Fair shape 
Eyes few. Three pieces yielded 11 
medium, and 5 small tubers, weighing 
two pounds, which would be at the rate 
of 161.33 bushels per acre. 
Vigorosa.— From L. L. Olds, Clinton, 
Wis.—June 29, upright vines of medium 
vigor, white flowers. August 14, vines 
nearly dead. Three pieces yielded 14 
medium and 12 small tubers, weighing 
4% pounds, which would be at the rate 
of 363 bushels per acre. Buff skin, 
oblong, cylindrical shape, somewhat 
flattened. Nearly white flesh, mealy, 
without pronounced flavor. 
It will be seen from these trials, as 
from those we have made during the 
past 16 years, that the varieties differ 
widely in yield, as well as in form and 
quality. The difference in yield is as 
much as 450 bushels per acre, and it 
should be borne in mind that all the con¬ 
ditions are as nearly equal as can well 
be given in field culture. Will it not 
pay you, farmers—you who raise potatoes 
either for home use or for market—to try 
in this small, inexpensive way the lead¬ 
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Rose No. 1.—From same.—June 29, vig¬ 
orous, upright vines, purplish flowers. 
August 14, vines dying. Three pieces 
yielded 11 large and 11 small, weighing 
four pounds. This would be at the rate 
of 322.66 bushels to the acre. Pinkish- 
buff skin, eyes rather prominent, vari¬ 
able shape. 
Clay Rose.— From same.—June 29, 
vigorous vines of upright habit, white 
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