Selected Potatoes at the Ruakura Farm of Instruction
In the foregoing group photograph, which' reads from left to right, Up-to-Date, Late Rose, Supreme, and Coronation, it has been attempted to choose varieties which allow of a wide range of soilconditions. Up-to-Date has already been described, but placed here for comparison. Late Rose, a long red-skin potato, has been chosen as one which may be successfully grown', on well-drained light peaty swamp. Supreme is an oval to long, uniform, white-skin variety having shallow eyes. This may be grown on heavy stiff land, and up to the present time has not been in the least affected by scab. Coronation, an oval to round purple-skin variety much resembling Runciman’s Purple, proves suitable for light sandy soil with gravel subsoil. On a heavy stiff soil this potato is liable to grow excessive haulms, and on digging a root one is astonished to find only rough inferior tubers.
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New Zealand Journal of Agriculture, Volume V, Issue 1, 15 July 1912, Page 31
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153Selected Potatoes at the Ruakura Farm of Instruction New Zealand Journal of Agriculture, Volume V, Issue 1, 15 July 1912, Page 31
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