POTATO TRIALS.
A CONTRAST IN RESULTS. Willi potatoes so expensive as tl'.ey are, and so ditiioult to grow free from' failure, it is advisablo to plant at least Iho.so varieties Tvliich are likely to give the best- crops. Tlio average of seven experiments carricd out by suburban gardeners at. Melbourne, and reported, in the ".Journal of l:y tlio Departmental officers who supervised tliem, attributes the following merits to' a number of varieties;—
Now Zealand trials have embraced som'o of those varieties, in addition to others,, sirl, no doubt,, for local purposes tbo Now-Zea-land results aro'.tho most valuable; A prominent fuaturo is the low position occupied by the oid favourite Lapstone Kidney:—
Melbourne Results: Weight per acre. Variety. ' Season-Quality tons uwt Scottish Triumph ... Mid Good 5 0 Up-to-Dato Hid Good 5 4 20th Century ... Mid Good fi .'J Warrior Lato V.G. 4 17 Table Talk Mid Good .4 11 Duchess of BuccImicIi Early,. Fair ,• 4 4 King Edvrcrd VII ... Early Poor 4 3 Northern' Star ... Lato Poor . 4 2 Empress Queen ... Lato ' Poor . 3 17 Royal Kidney ... Early Fair 3 12 Bunion Mid Good. 3 12 Factor Mid Good 3 8 British Qucon ... Early Good 3 7 General KiU-honer... Early Fair 2 17 GfiodfrHov ... ... Mid Fair 2 18 r/i!ku.iir Rothesay... liiiriv Good 2 7 Dukn of York ... Early Poor 2 8 Even-good ... ■ ... Early Fair 2 2 Sir John Llewellyn... Early V.G. . 1 19 Early Puritan ... Early V.G. . 1. 14
Nsw Zealand Results: (S. Canterbury and Momahalri.) lbs from 40 per aero Variety. Season, sets; tons cwt. Imperial ' Lato- — 17 6 Commercial Lato — 17 4 Freeman ... ... Lato — 17 3 Duchoss of Cornwall Lato — 17 1 Dakota Red Lato Gl ' 17 0 Victor R050 Lato — 16 13 Northern Star ... Lato 65 16 11 Russell's Perfection.!. Mid — 16 6 Scottish Blno ... Lato DO ' 1(5 4 Lord Roberts ... Mid — 16 '4 Seotia ... . ... ! ... Lato — 10 3 Star of Now Zealand Lato '.—:''' 16 ' 3 Factor. ' ... ... Lato 100 . 15 11 British Quoen: ... Mid 95 13 12 Up-to-Date ... ... Lato 86 12 6 Duko of Rothesay ... Mid — 11 3 Scottisli Triumph ... Lato — 10 6 Sir John Llewellyn... Early 48 6 19 Empress Queen' ... Mid 25 5 9 Lapstono Kidney ... Lato 38 3 17 King Edward VII ... Mid 43 1 IS Princess Victoria ... Mid 171 —
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 58, 2 December 1907, Page 2
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374POTATO TRIALS. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 58, 2 December 1907, Page 2
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