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The earliest variety, as indicated by the death of the tops, was 
Vick’s Extra Early, of which the foliage was entirely dead August 
17. Bliss’ Triumph was noted ripe only one day later. ‘The foliage 
of the small tuber of the Early Rose was dead August 21, and many 
of the earlier varieties were marked ripe August 24. The foliage of 
the later varieties was destroyed by the blight. 
Large vs. Small Tubers for Seed. 
Computing the average of the forty-five varieties in which one row 
was planted with cuttings from a large tuber, and the other from 
one or more small ones, it appears that the merchantable yield from 
the large tubers was a little more than one and a half per cent. great- 
er than that from the small ones ; and that the total yield from the 
large tubers was about five per cent. greater. The difference is so 
slight that it is hardly worthy of consideration. 
Second Planting. 
In our second planting of potatoes, we planted only the varieties 
grown in 1884, of which we had sufficient seed to plant a row of sin- 
gle eyes one hundred feet long. The ground was less highly fertil- 
ized than that used for the first planting. It received a moderate ap- 
plication of barn-yard manure in the fall of 1884,and during the fol- 
lowing winter; the manure being plowed in, in the spring, previous to 
planting the potatoes. These were cut to single eyes, and the cut- 
tings placed one foot apart in the row; in other words one hundred 
cuttings of each variety were planted. The rows were three and a 
half feet apart and were planted May 5th to 9th. The ground was 
cultivated as often as it seemed to require it until the tops com- 
menced to fall; and sufficient hand work was done to keep the rows 
nearly or quite free from weeds. 
The crop from this planting rotted so seriously that the weights 
were undoubtedly affected in many varieties. As will appear from 
the following table of yields, several sorts were a total loss. In some 
cases, as in the varieties of which the yields are omitted, the tubers 
were so far decayed as to render weighing impossible. The figures 
given express as nearly as could be obtained the actual yield. 
The yields of the different varieties and the per cent. of rotten tu- 
bers, are given in the three right hand columns of the following 
table : 
