8 
EXPERIMENTS WITH POTATOES. 
SEEDLING VARIETIES. 
Two thousand two hundred and ten seedling varieties 
of the potato were raised from seed sent out by the Depart¬ 
ment of Agriculture two years ago. Ninety-six of these va¬ 
rieties were saved for trial another season, with the 
results as exhibited in the accompanying table. The 
soil, treatment and general conditions were as nearly 
identical as possible with those surrounding the named 
varieties. As will be seen some of these varieties yielded 
fully as well as the best of the named kinds : 
Table No. 2. 
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Weight of Table 
Potatoes—lbs. 
Weight of Small 
Potatoes—lbs. 
COLOR AND SHAPE. 
Yield per 
Acre. 
Bushels. 
Number of Hills 
Planted. 
1 
10 
8 
.Roundish flat; color white. 
393 1-4 
8 
2 
16 
4 
.Cylindrical; color white. 
403 1-3 
12 
3 
24 
2 
.Round; color light. 
524 1-5 
12 
4 
26 
2 
.Flattened; skinwhite. 
376 1-2 
18 
5 
10 
4 
.Oblong; skin purplish. 
440 
8 
12 
6 
.Oblong; skin purple. 
272 1-4 
16 
7 
32 
2 
685 2-3 
12 
8 
42 
6 
.Oblong; color light pink. 
528 
22 
9 
18 
2 
.Oblong; skin light. 
816 2-3 
(5 
10 
5 
2 
.Cylindrical; blue. 
211 11-12 
8 
11 
17 
3 
.Long; skinwhite. 
484 
10 
12 
4 
4 
.Irregular; color purplish. 
193 3-5 
10 
IB 
7 
7 
.Oblong; skin light. 
338 4-5 
10 
14 
8 
4 
.Round ; skin blue. 
290 2-5 
10 
15 
12 
4 
.Oblong; skin light. 
327 2-3 
12 
16 
16 
.Oblong, flat; eolo r white. 
327 2-3 
12 
17 
11 
4 
.Roundish, flat; white. 
453 4-5 
8 
18 
16 
3 
574 3-4 
8 
19 
18 
4 
.Round; skin much russeted. 
532 2-5 
10 
20 
12 
2 
.Roundish; color white. 
440 
8 
21 
26 
5 
.Oblong; skin white. 
584 5 6 
12 
22 
6 
3 
217 4-5 
10 
23 
11 
2 
524 1-3 
6 
24 
10 
3 
154 
22 
25 
20 
2 
443 2-3 
12 
26 
10 
.Roundish; skin blue. 
403 1 3 
6 
27 
24 
.Cylindrical; color red. 
586 4-5 
10 
28 
20 
4 
.Oblong; skin white. 
580 4-5 
10 
29 
36 
.Roundish flattened; purple. 
871 1-5 
10 
30 
12 
.Oblong; color light. 
580 4 5 
5 
31 
14 
10 
264 
22 
32 
10 
.Oblong; color light. 
242 
10 
33 
10 
6 
327 2-3 
12 
34 
18 
2 
.Oblong ; skin red. 
484 
10 
35 
8 
4 
...Oblong; eyes few and shallow ; white.. 
363 
8 
36 
8 
3 
.Roundish flat; skin blue. 
443 2-3 
6 
37 
14 
6 
.Round ; skin light in color. 
403 1 3 
12 
38 
12 
.Oblong; color purplish .. 
303 
8 
39 
30 
.Ohlong; color white. ... 
726 
10 
40 
12 
6 
.Oblong; skin purple. 
435 3-5 
10 
41 
16 
4 
.Oblong: eyes few and deep; white. 
481 
10 
42 
40 
3 
.Cylindrical; color light. I 
1,040 3-5 
10 
