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The Potato

... The Potato ORIGINS 'J'HE Ministries of Pood and Agriculture have issued a joint statement pointing out that it appears possible that the potato acreage this year will be less than anticipated, and makes urgent appeal to grow and plant more. It is a popular ...

Published: Monday 08 April 1940
Newspaper: Western Daily Press
County: Bristol, England
Type: Article | Words: 214 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

Potatoes

... Potatoes ORIGINS- DOTATOES have been in short supply, and housewives have certainly been thankful for even small Murphies. Nobody quite knows for certain who introduced the potato into Europe, though the credit usually goes to Cardon, a monk- Potato ...

Published: Friday 14 June 1946
Newspaper: Western Daily Press
County: Bristol, England
Type: Article | Words: 187 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

Potato

... Walter Raleigh introduced the potato into Europe, bat had not been born v.hcn the Spaniards first brought potatoes Europe from America It is true that Sir Walter Raleigh planted potatoes on his Irish estates in 1586. bat the vegetable had been known to the ...

Published: Friday 30 June 1939
Newspaper: Western Daily Press
County: Bristol, England
Type: Article | Words: 209 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

Potatoes

... Potatoes ORIGINS HPHE Ministry of Food order - - prohibiting the sale of certain varieties of potatoes, led, in some parts of the country, to run on the shops and potatoes disappeared like taxicabs in a thunderstorm. No one knows who first introduced ...

Published: Tuesday 24 February 1942
Newspaper: Western Daily Press
County: Bristol, England
Type: Article | Words: 200 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

pOTATOES

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Published: Thursday 02 February 1905
Newspaper: Western Daily Press
County: Bristol, England
Type: Article | Words: 71 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

POTATOES

... POTATOES The gap between old and new potato crops is being bridged without any absolute period of no potatoes, Mr John Millctt, Director of Potato Supplies the Food Ministry stated yesterday. There is good crop in Cornwall and wonderful one in Ayrshire ...

Published: Saturday 09 June 1945
Newspaper: Western Daily Press
County: Bristol, England
Type: Article | Words: 65 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

POTATOES

... POTATOES Although there is to be no consumer rationing scheme for potatoes, the Food Minister (Mr John Strachey) said yesterday at his weekly Press conference that the Government is concerned by the fact that potato consumption has jumped by as much as ...

Published: Wednesday 29 January 1947
Newspaper: Western Daily Press
County: Bristol, England
Type: Article | Words: 75 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

POTATOES

... whom I quote ttsllss 1787 i says Sir W. Raleigh a vessel waa obliged put into Ire.and, and his potatoes were first planted there. Hence the name Irish potatoes ...

Published: Saturday 12 August 1882
Newspaper: Western Daily Press
County: Bristol, England
Type: Article | Words: 109 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

POTATOES AS THEY ARE

... diseased potatoes are to be found.— Wittiam Bowood. —Having read about the advantages of rolling potato fields on the reeurrence of disease, it be worth notice that the experiment has been tried here mit the most satisfactory resulis. Potato disease mad ...

Published: Tuesday 02 September 1873
Newspaper: Western Daily Press
County: Bristol, England
Type: Article | Words: 577 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

Potatoes

... Potatoes ORIGINS ONDON and some other town s are experiencing shortage potatoes, as only about half the crop has been lilted. one knows for certain who introduced the potato to Europe, though the credit is usually given to Hieronymus Cardan, monk. It ...

Published: Friday 10 November 1944
Newspaper: Western Daily Press
County: Bristol, England
Type: Article | Words: 194 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

tO POTATO

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Published: Friday 30 April 1897
Newspaper: Western Daily Press
County: Bristol, England
Type: Article | Words: 34 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

Potato

... brought potatoes to Europe from America. It is true that Sir Walter planted potatoes on his Irish estates 1586. but the vegetable had been known to the Spaniards many years before. The credit is usually given to Hieronymus Cardan a monk. The potato was ...

Published: Thursday 13 November 1947
Newspaper: Western Daily Press
County: Bristol, England
Type: Article | Words: 192 | Page: 2 | Tags: none