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The want of order in the names during the three seasons 
is certainly conspicuous. As a matter of interest the table 
is divided into three equal parts of 22 varieties each, and 
the varieties that come in the same division in the three 
seasons are printed in italics. It appears that but eight are 
common to the first part, but one to the second, and but 
six to the third, while Andrus White Rose, Astonisher and 
Jumbo, that come in the first part in 1886, are in the third 
part fin 1883 and 1884, and other equally striking incon- 
gruities appear. It might almost be said that no regularity 
exists, and yet the utmost care has been taken to make the 
conditions of planting and culture equal. Whatever the 
differences in conditions may have been, they seem to have 
acted upon the varieties in varying degrees. In view of 
these results, it should certainly not seem strange that 
those who send out new seedling potatoes are often embar- 
rassed by conflicting reports from different localities. 
WILD POTATOES. 
Five samples received as wild potatoes were grown at the 
Station the past season, though but three of these were 
clearly distinct. 
A few tubers of Solanum maglia were received from the 
Kew Gardens of England. In appearance they very closely 
resembled small tubers of the common potato. The foliage 
did not differ much from that of the ordinary potato, except 
in the remarkable profusion of its blossoms. The flowers 
appeared about with those of the common potato, but in 
far greater numbers, and they continued undiminished in 
abundance until frost destroyed the plants. No fruit 
formed, however. 
The tubers produced were very few in number, as com- 
pared with the vigorous foliage. They varied in size from that 
of a pea to one and a half inches in diameter, and were ex- 
tremely rough, though the eyes were not deep. The skin 
of some was nearly white, while in others it was much 
blotched with purple. They grew at a great depth in the 
soil, some being found fifteen inches below the surface. 
The planted tubers were not all decayed at the time of 
digging. 
A wild potato received from Prof. Beal of the Michigan 
Agricultural College under the name ‘‘Solanum tuberosum 
var. boreale, or S. Fendlerii,” resembled the above in some 
respects, but the foliage was less vigorous, and was much 
more injured by the beetle. The yield of tubers was better 
both in number and size, the largest one being two and a 
half inches long by two in width. The eyes were rather 
deep and the skin pure white. On the whole, they showed 
