The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-04-06
PRESS BULLETIN
OF the Ohio Agriculture Expert
ment StatiOn---C Comparison
Of Varieties of Potatoes.

The following varieties of potatoes
comprise a partial list of those on
trial at the Ohio Experiment station
the past season, the majority having
been planted three seasons or more.
Those are included concerning which
there is most interest at present, either
because they are new or have been
brought prominently before the public
in various ways. Those are more es-
pecially noted which are worthy of
commendation.
1t Is not the practice of the station
to say much about a variety until 1t has
been tested more than one year, nor is
1t thought best to avoid mentioning a
variety simply because 1t is not new.
The safest varieties for general plant
ing are those which have been found to
be adapted to a diversity of soils. To
aid in the determination of varieties of
this class Is the object Of these brief
notes.
ACME-An early variety, resembling
the Early Ohio but rather more prolific,
its average for three seasons being
| about ten per cent above the Early
| Ohio. 1t ripens at about the same time
as the Early Ohio.
BOVEE-An early white variety,
with pink markings. 1t stands second
| in the list of early sorts as to produc-
| tiveness. 1t is commonly ranked with
| the Early Ohio as to earliness. but it
| should be rated as few days later.
It's average yield for three years is
about forty per cent above the Early
! Ohio.
| CARMAN No 3-A we'll known second
early, or late, white variety, similar
in habit of growth and shape of tubers
to the Rural New Yorker No. 2, but
rather more prolific. The tubers are
smooth and uniform in size. and nearly
all are marketable. 1t is regarded as
one of the best of it's class for market,
but as only second rate in quality.
| CRAIGHEAD-Tubers rather long,
slightly fiattened, smooth, white. A
new midseason variety of considerable
merit which has been on trial here
three seasons. 1t has given good yields
and the tubers are nearly all of market
able size.
| COMMERCIALLY new midseason,
pink variety. OF considerable promise.
The tubers are of good size, regular in
shape and smooth. 1t has been on trial
here for two seasons and has given
satisfactory yields.
EARLY TRUMBULL--An early white
variety of recent Introduction. 1t
stands at the head of the list in pro-
ductiveness of early varieties on trial
here for the past three years, giving an
average Of 271 bushels per acre. 1t has
been given a trial in various localities,
and while it is not alike successful in
all localities, 1t appears to have given
general satisfaction. Its season of
ripening is with the Early Rose and
Early Harvests. Heretofore Bovee and
Early Harvest have stood at the head
Of early varieties in our trials, but the
Early Trumbull must now be accorded
first place.
EARLY MICHIGAN-Another early
white sort which has made good
record quite generally. It's average
yield Ia a little below that Of Early
Harvest.
ENORMOUS-A very prolific, late
white variety 1t is one of the heaviest
yielding varieties thus far tested at the
station; it's average for three years
being 297 bushels per acre, or about 1s
per cent above the combined average
of Carman No. 3. Sir Walter Raleigh
and Uncle Sam. and 33 per cent above
Carman No. 3. 1t is, however, not quite