... THY. POTATO CRIOP AND THE POTATO DbISEASEX is aoh-uer coluulu will be found a very intreitstig o ;::r rom Mr. .1, Torbitt in reference to the cul- a ;tato of the potato plant. The writer has for s v0tra years dcvoted special attention to this mrst --'rtant ...

... THE POTATO. 7 TEE Sunadat Times says, in an article headed 1 The Potato Bogey :- There is art endeavour in cer- tain quarters to set up something like a scare with regard to the failure of the Irish potato crop. Scares of all kinds are to be deprecated ...

... THE POTATO BLIGHT. It is not surprising that the threatened spread in Ireland of the potato blight should be a source of much anxiety not to the general public only, but to politicians and the farming classes in particular. When it is borne in mind how ...

... never tasted a good potato. In Devon- shniz they were better; anti 'as ve drove North- wards, -5c saw the crops mulch less affected with disease. ' At Wolverhampton all the crop is gone. At Leominster the main crop of tield potatoes has not been yet disturbed ...

... many places. Potatoes, in consequence of' the blight, have advanced in price, and are now selling in this market, by retail, at 3d. per stone of 14lbs., for best ?? Standard. We are ooncerned to state that our accounts respect Ing the potato crop are, this ...

... TIlE POTATO CROP. Wn annex all the statements front variouts sourers which Nve have been ahic to glean since our last, respecting the con- tition of the potato crap, anxlitos as we are to give our readers the fullest infirmation on a subject, at ithis ...

... of disease and consider it as another growth (a fungi), which has found the potato plant to be its natural soiL How it comes about that this fungi should have found in the potato a con- genial soil is worthy of consideration, as in this very much lies the ...

... THE POTATO PLANT. WE have been favourod with a copy of a little bro- chure, containing the substance of a paper read before the Kilkeniny Literary and Scientific Institution, and entitled Remarks on the Potato Plant, wvhich strikes us as otfering a ...

... THlE POTATO TERCENTENARY. SPEECH BY THE LORD LIEUTENANT. DeuMJN. Tires-'DA.l-The closing day of the celebration of the tereentenary of tie potato, in- au-urated and made 'in undoubted success by the members of the Irish Cardeners' Association, was ynarked ...

... being of the sante age die together. Here is a potato that has been seven years from the seed of a potato apple, and here is a twig fioni a vine that has been seven years from the berry of the vine. The potato has 6 eyes, and there are 6 eyes ipon the twig ...

... POTATO DISEASE. SALT AND ITS VIRTUFA. Reprinted from the We#t nubeorahd Times of Saturday, November 16th, 1189. IT is reported from many quarters that 'potato disease is assuming a somewhat alarming form in certain varieties, and that not even the hardy ...

... farmers having assured me that the potato crop has been badly damaged. An extensive Lisburn dealer in potatoes, however, says he does non believe all he hears about the rot, as he has never handled sounder potatoes than he has done. so far. this season ...