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Un- 
No. of No. Merchant- merchant- Total 
eyes vege- able tubers able tubers yield per 
planted, tated. pereye,oz. per eye, oz. eye, Oz. 
Defiance; | | 
A — Largest tuber..... 11 11 14.91 6.00 20.91 
—Smallest tuber.... 38 3 9.25 4.83 14.08 
B — Largest tuber.... 9 9 14.39 4.14 18.53 
—Smallest tuber.... 38 2 4.25 fag ea ss 
Early Mayflower : 
A —Largest tuber..... 11 11 8.70 S29 es) L009 
— Smallest tuber.... 10 10 8.68 4.8 13.48 
B — Largest tuber..... 8 8 8.72 4.56 18.28 
— Smallest tuber.... - 8 8 5.37 4.37 9.74 
Early Sunrise: 
A = Largest tuber..... 11. 11° 17.55 2.18 19.738 
— Smallest tuber.... 7 TMoplosle 8.14 16.28 
B — Largest tuber..... 8 6 8.21 1.83 10.04 
— Smallest tuber.... 4 3 4.42 4,49 8.84 
English Champion: 
A — Largest tuber..... 11 11 18.41 6.04 19.05 
—Smallest tuber.... 8 Brera O0789 8.91 14.10 
B — Only tuber....... Toes, 9.33 5.29 14.62 
fura Blush : 
A —Largest tuber..... 11 11 18.59 3.64 22.23 
—Smallest tuber.... 10 10 15.45 SafO8s “bole 
B — Largest tuber..... Pe it LOL oG 38.82 19.68 
— Smallest tuber.... 10 10 8.40 4.25 12 65 
Walls Orange : 
A — Largest tuber..... 10 10 12.12 ZO ay C6 
— Smallest tuber.... 9 9 8.83 2.42 11.25 
B — Largest tuber..... 1B Saye 8.83 2.68: cllipot 
—Smallest tuber.... 7 t 8.25 3.48 11.68 
In order to bring out more clearly the lessons suggested by these 
figures, we present them in other aspects. | 
Although being of different varieties, and not different plantings 
of the same variety, these plantings cannot in a strict sense be con- 
sidered as duplicate experiments, yet such a treatment of them is 
not improper. 
Calculating the yield per hundred eyes, and arranging the varieties 
in order of merchantable yield, omitting the English Champion, 
which is not entirely comparable, we have: 
