... THE POTATOE. TO TUE EDiTOR OF THE CALrEDONIANUiMERcEPT. SiR-The present circumstances of the country in reference to the potatoe crop demand that every suggestion should be made that mav tend to preserve that vegetable; for though i substitutes may be ...

... half of land that I fed with potatoes in the. ipring of 1790, indead of havi-g a Summer bllorw to kill weeds >aA qiiick grafs, as I had been advifed to Ho ; _nd whirl, wheat was fown on the fame land from whence tl.e potatoes were taken ir. the month of ...

... at- ?? withouit'having recoisrfeto that expedient. ?? appears to the Bdard, tlaat se prdi'ibn of an hn- creaebd quantity of potatoes i5i the 1nootba of Septem er ot 061tober'trOidy be ?? egiuatlf ?? t he .publicas-if the fraese-wre ?? at an arhier period ...

... price nt'these potatoes were lOs. 6d. per sack, and the 0 expettce of assahing, pariag, and kiln-drying theam, came to Ss. per ctvt., but would have been considerably less if a larger qtjantity had been dote at the same time. h As potatoes, if well washed ...

... POTATOE FLOftl. (Baft be acknowledged that there is not a more il root than the potatoe.— lt is cultivated at no I expence, my, it profpers in a foil which would nerwife barren and unfrtutfoi. The name of Mr ! i:ee, who introduced this root into this ...

... PRESERVATIONOF POTATOES. r~o asia EDITOR OP THE CALADOK1ANT MERCURY. I am vtry sorry to hear that the severe frost, since the be- gniidg of January, has totally destroyed a great many eYeel- lent potatoes; but I hope that this general loss will not pre- ...

... only about 120 years since the potato was first cul- ?? in America, and in the United States the pro- duct now exceeds one hundred million bushels, in addition to large quantities of siv'eet potatoes. . The growth of the potato extdnds pretty generally through ...

... lifted oa patotare, letd tleo ltad apott oniuil thley pgret was o Stiffclo, I ttcotld act ro!sily distinggaioh the diseosed potatoes at that tiwle. so I ailowed the)), to got q(uite doy before I soparatcl the bhilt from tte good. I set tly erotlots to htandpick ...

... PRESERVATTON OF POTATOES. Our readers wil! rccoll-rcl that we lately pnb- liflicd an account of a very important improvenie mt in the nrcfervation of potatoes, ainounced at a Meeting ofthe Agricultural Society of Bath It v.-as ftated that potatoes cut in -flices ...

... a good practice to make use of whole potatoes as sets. fin 1p The best cultivators in Ireland and Scotland invariably cut tio ry the largest and best potatoes into sets, rejecting in the case to of kidney potatoes the root or mealy end as having no bud ...

... simple peasant will thitik it strange thatt ytearbly thiree-fourths of his potatoe is useless, motre useless Ihthe so muteb wat~i frolt the spring ; bitt wvithouit making nhe potatoe pass ihtrottgi a chemical process in his presence, itt order to ciiniince ...

... I Sil-Mucl has been said acid written, for some b years past, about the failure of the potatoe crop; all ?? Opinions published, various as the formsg of the potatoes themselves; but in no case is tire real h Cause perfectly disclosed, or a permanent remedy ...