... 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 ...

... of Septeinber. Its work seems twofold - propagation and destruction. The potato and the potato plant hand down the disease , from one year to the other, and from one kind of potato n to the other. It is one of these diseases thiat plants are , subject to ...

... 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 ...

... degenerated potato crops, and that it may qt be got rid of, as the potato disease has in some in instances been got rid of, by raising fresh kinds of O0 r potatoes from the seed. It is alsofound, according H to the same authority, that, wherever the potato te ...

... THE POTATO DISEASE, Tothe Ebn'Oltbf 7h Au.&EIMZEJidhxA . ?? 3 Saa,-I take til-libarty of bringing- before your ?? proposed remnedy'for this widely-spreadhalamity, 'which may not have been hitherto thought of or tried, and which~ has -redck, be g ted by ...

... THE POTATO 1845-1849. die. THE discouraging accounts of the potato crop, c] ion, especially from England, will be read with more G ter, sorrow than surprise. The remarkable weather - ZISof the year, while unfavourable for the cereals, tl r isf tl 1 if ...

... later are resolved into their elements. The potato comes to maturity in a perfect and healthy state, and exhibits no marks of decay till it reach maturity. The names potato malady, potato disease, or potato blight, are improper aid incorrect. The former ...

... th(: best crop. :1 Much also woul(' depend oii the seed potatoes, whether they Avere sound seed or from potatoes that were affleted last Heaiin. 4. I have loll- 1ieei of opinion that tlw potAto crop w'll mluch eudpcl on the weather at thi time or tlay ...

... TEE POTATOE DISEASE ____ Po the EDITOR of the A3FRDEUS? JOURNAL. SIa,-As the time of year is now approaching for potatoe planting and as this plant is extensively used among all classes of theCoMMumity, Ithinkitis thedutyofeveryoneto state whatever they ...

... ministered, to get rid of one's enemies. Ever; the ea potato itself is not wholly above suspicion in this eI particular; for, though the tubers are wholesome t enough (when decently cooked), the berries or a potato apple are said sometimes to have proved ,d highly ...

... ON THE POTATO BLIGHT. SINE, the first appearance of the fungoid disease called the potato blight, is 1845, it has had a mnore or less destructive manifestation every year during the long period of twenty- three years, and has varied in its result almost ...

... POTATO PLANTING. -To the EDITOR Of the ABIRDERN JOURNTAL. Sbra-! see that several letters liave appeardole ini your paper regarding the planting bf potatoes-'a ordpa'hivhel 'has now become very precarious. As no notice has 'been taken of one important ...