... shipments of potatoes from Ireland to Scotland, And sent back, again to this country as Scotch seed, I, as one largely in the potato trade. suggest that the matter oughlt not be alloweaJ to rest without those questions being answered satiefaetorily. After seesig ...

... th the potato were sound. TaCo POTATO DISEASE -As any fact connected with this fearful disease is of importance, the following experi. mont, tried by a gentleman in this neighbourhood, may lead to useful results. He planted some seedling potatoes, and covered ...

... providing in t certain- ctseas a supply of seed potatoes for s occupiers and cultivators of land in electoral b divisions where they may be unable through poverty and in. consequence of the failure of C the potato crop-this year to procure a supply for themselves ...

... length reaches the heart itself of the potatoes and corrupts the vegetable entirely. The skin ot the diseased potatoe comes Of easily; the flesh no longer cracks under the knife, a flatulent liquid drips from the potatoe, a musty, and pre. sently an animal ...

... TECEtNTENARY OF THE POTATO. Irish Gardener's Association, Sack-ville HaI, Dublin. Ist Sept, 1896. TO Tag UDrroa or THE rRrrmALN S JOURA L. Sx-As already announced in your columns, the Irish Gawdeners' Association have deter- mined to celebrate the te ...

... THE. POTATO DISEASE. Some weeks ago there was every reason to expect an abundant crop of potatoes, and no doubt we should have had one were it not for the all but incessant rain, which has blighted oar prospects. Nor yet have we seen the worst, as the ...

... wild potato of South i Amnemica. Perhaps the mode of manuring should be chanqed. !Thle present methodi of planting potatoes in the midst of wman- lure, itself undergoimig putrefaction, may in process of time . commuiiicaito a taint to the potato. In this ...

... Z e $remalV rout DUBLIN: WEDNSESDAY, AUGUST 13, 1851. P.ROSPECTS OF1,THE POTATO. I Apprehensions for the fate of the potato begin to be very general.: Statements have been made within .the last week, which, if reliable, would lead us to expect a return ...

... the Potato Crop is about one-half of the crop, and that there will be a defciency of sound potatoes for seed tbis year. The Local Governient Board do not- think- that the demand for labour will be appreciably atfected by the failure of the potato crop ...

... THE POTATO DISEASE. 'e fETlIOD 3Y WXWICHi THE FAlIMER 7AY RECOMPENSE HIMSELF e, FOR THE LOSS OF THE POTATO ROOT. le To the Editor of the Glasgoto Herald. as Sca,-The present failure in the potato crop is truly alarming. in It is in vai any longer to attempt ...

... bread- stai is consumed, than there is of potatoes; but with nearly all grades among die' lower orders, the weight of potatoes consumed generally excoeds that of bread. From, the large quantities of potatoes that are, as we have shown, sometimcs produced' ...

... POTATO DISEASE, TO THE EDITOR OF THPE MORNING CHRONICLE. SIR-MUCh has been written on the potato disease, but very little has been added to our knowledge on the subject. There Is much ditterence of opinion as to the cause ot the disorder; but even if ...