... THE POTATO. Quid nunes go about with elongated faces, asking what will become of the potato, since the great thunder-storm of Wednesday? Electric matter has been ravaging the potato fields and smiting our staple root with irrecoverable mortality. If a ...

... 1* TUC G. Yowxu. *ro rae ?? , THUx ST.AD&IW. Sin-I have just read in vour edition of 2Srd inst the h-adhljg article tin the potato disease in Ireland. A few years ago a disease called ':Mil- dew attacked the leaves of the vine in this country; it consists ...

... have laid a more than usual tract of country under potatoes, so that they can afford a little loss, should the disease extend to the ?? Telearaph. I TiiE POTATO DISEASE IN EINLAND-We never saw the potato banim and blossom so luxuriant as in this locality ...

... farmers have been somewhat alarmed about the potato, not (he says) on ac- count at any serious injury yet incurred, but lest the blight should continue to extend. There is a very large breadth of potatoes in this county; and the hopes uf gradual recovery ...

... THE POTATO. Newspaper, and individual or local reports, re- specting the potato crop this year, vary so much, and arrive at such opposite conclusions, that to get at any certainty on the point was a matter of great difficulty. The vast importance of this ...

... folloving reports from tbe rate ?? and relieving officer on the state of the potato crop in the unioni:-, S}R-I beg, as directed, to submit the following re- port on the state of the potato crop in my dlstrict,'wliich comprises six electoral ?? through the. district ...

... reports that have been circulated about this neighbourhood, regarding the potato crop having assumed the former prevalent disease, there has unot been one stone weight of unsound potatoes amongst all that wete sold in the chief markets; and the stalks still ...

... cave your potatoes than he e will dig tihem for you. When you have done 3 your duty then trust in Providence, but not be- I fore. I verily believe that the blight is a direct voice t from God, that says clearly and distinctly to every I potato-grower (if ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...