... THE POTATO BLIGHT IN IRELAND. I ?? A~couflts of the progress of the potatoe aiseavpe ii iform, unfortunately, the most important items of Irish nssws ti at presnt. Frm the provincial journals we glean, the o t, following particulars :-Tr IokEreznr as ...

... unfavourable account of the potato crop c- from a farmer a few miles west of Edinburgh :- I am sorry to say that the potato disease has appeared on my farm very virulently, many of the shaws not having one ig sound potato at them. On the farm of a neighbour ...

... of the potato disease, .. QOOL.-The weather during the past week has been changeable. We have had a, little raii occasionally, with strong drying westerly breezes. The bulk of the wheat crop is secured; turnips never looked better, and potatoes are turning ...

... excellent, and only require fine weather in coe. order to be got well. baet POTATO DISEASE.-MIr. Wmln. Moulson, gardener, the Horsforth, writes- Fresh potatoes prodeced from the no: potato crab are certain to be free from the epidemic. I Sec have planted from ...

... excepsios-but it is a very large one. Tue evidence which may he afforded at tise potato market, in Green-street, is perhaps, more reliable and authoritative. It is certais that potatoes laet woeel wers hurried into the maloest with a haste th appeered to pa take ...

... beans good, peas good, potatoes ail-iseased, green crops an average, and grass a large crop. re, Mr. T. Michelmore, Berry Pomeroy, states that wheat and of barley are an average, oats good crop, beans good, peas good, Er. potatoes average, green crops good ...

... PaExZA~cc. -Wheat, barley, cud oats all promise well. Turnips: good crisp. Potatoes extensively diseased. POsrTsaeoaTrs.-Wheat above an aver~age, both in quality and quantity. Potatoes safe. Barley splendid- Beans andL peas good. ?? likely to prove 'unuder ...

... strong and vigorous. Two or three potato is growers have ?? off the reappearance of the epi- . demic, and os exeeminatinse we found the leaves tainted with thick spots, indicating the first stage at which the potato disease first commuences. If is hoped ...

... benefited graspn, turnips, and potatoes, The latter crop, we are sorry to sFy, is becoming more diseased daily; many fields in our ne;ugh- bourhood that were green a week ago being now grey or black, so much have the potato shaws been affected by the disorder ...

... r veq.,goo4.,. Beans will be. a short crop, especially winter bohanj. ~eas will be a fair eOrop, and of good quality, a . Potatoes are diseased in some. 'Parts of this district, and v quite healthyin others ; the latter character is the prevail-C ing one ...

... few complaints are made respecting potatoes. ?? daily rainss of the liast three weeks have lone considerable damage to the corn crepth. Is addi- tion to being very backward, many fields are very utch laid. The potato disease has made its appearance in ...

... through Altrin- rik chasm, Stratford, and Flixton, and I find that the potatoes M'e are very generally effected, though as yet the symptoms are are but slight. The early potatoes are as good a crop as we f 100 have had for many years. There are a few ...