EXPERIMENTS WITH POTATOES. 
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Table No. 1—Continued. 
Number. 
NAME OF VARIETY. 
Weight of Table 
Potatoes—lbs. 
Weight of Small 
Potatoes—lbs. 
Yield per Acre— 
Bushels. 
Average Yield for 
Three Seasons 
—Bushels. 
52 
Manhattan. 
18 
3 
508 1-5 
490 1-10 
53 
Bliss’ Triumph. 
18 
3 
508 1-5 
54 
Putnam ....... . 
16 
4 
484 
55 
Champion of America. 
14 
6 
484 
317 14-15 
56 
Breezze’s No. 6. 
17 
3 
484 
339 5-10 
57 
Orange. 
16 
4 
484 
391 1-2 
58 
Collum’s Superb. 
17 
3 
484 
367 
59 
Cook’s Suberb. 
18 
2 
484 
320 1-4 
60 
Compton’s Surprise. 
16 
4 
484 
320 1-4 
61 
Jordan’s Russet. 
17 
2 
459 8-10 
431 3-10 
62 
Boston Cracker. 
15 
3 
435 3-5 
433 3-5 
63 
Irish Cup. 
18 
435 3-5 
335 2 5 
64 
Rhode Island. 
18 
2. 
435 
484 
65 
Paragon. 
14 
4 
435 3-5 
66 
Boston Market. 
17 
411 2-5 
474 14-15 
67 
Baker’s Imperial. 
17 
411 2-5 
302 1-2 
68 
White Whipple. 
15 
2 
411 2-5 
343 5-10 
69 
Bonanza. 
16 
387 1-5 
189 3-5 
70 
Diamond. 
12 
4 
387 1-5 
368 14 15 
71 
Landreth’s Garfield. 
16 
387 1 5 
368 3-5 
72 
Orange County White. 
15 
363 
258 3-15 
73 
Howard. 
15 
363 
411 1-10 
74 
Alamo. 
15 
363 
202 4-10 
75 
Early Telephone. 
14 
338 4-5 
429 3-10 
76 
Early Harvest . 
12 
3 
363 
385 1-5 
77 
Peerless .... . 
15 
363 
463 4-10 
78 
Neshannock. 
14 
338 4-5 
177 3-10 
79 
Crandall’s Beauty. 
12 
2 
338 4 5 
80 
Portage. 
7 
6 
314 3-5 
81 
Eclectic . 
10 
2 
290 2-5 
326 1-2 
82 
Early Snowflake. 
12 
290 2-5 
371 1-5 
83 
Wall’s Orange. 
7 
3 
242 
281 1-3 
84 
Early Kent. 
8 
2 
242 
434 3-15 
85 
Rubicund. 
7 
4 
266 1-5 
275 1-15 
The following notes on the most prolific varieties are 
submitted : 
Perfect Peachbtow —Tubers somewhat roundish, eyes 
few in number, and shallow. The most prolific late va¬ 
riety g row n here. 
Pose’s Seedling —Tubers cylindrical, eyes few and shal¬ 
low, color light red, foliage light green, much curled. A 
very prolific medium early variety. 
Watson’sSeedling —Tubers cylindrical, color light rose, 
foliage erect, light green and curled. A prolific medium 
early variety. 
Charter Oak —Is a late variety with irregular, oval 
tubers, skin white, eyes large and shallow. Invariably a 
good yielder. 
Lee’s Favorite —One of the best earlies ; stems de¬ 
cumbent, strong; tubers cylindrical, skin light rose. 
Early Ohio —A very early variety, sure cropper, but 
inclined to be scabby on rich land. Tubers oblong, skin 
light, smooth to roughish. 
