... 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 ...

... Blackwater, and the other at the north side of MeoA m. I have about forty acres under potatoes, all of whichi pear to be in a most thriving condition, and as for the late potatoes, during tise last four years, I have never seen any crop in so advanced a state ...

... must be because we Irish'are all i'potatoe brained. If this is not the case, 'the proper cultivation of the potatoe is WtilU unknown, and the phenonienon attributable only to the powers above. A missed crop of potatoes is a melancholy event to the labour- ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... so nuru, dreaded potato disease-it might with more ?? be considered the result of the harsh 'winds which hays latterly prevailed, We have been assured by many gentle !men, who are looked to as authorities on the point, that the potato gardens never looked ...

... 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 ...

... -t T.HE POTATO. - We copy the following letter from the Cork porter, addressed to the editor:- 5n le DA Bloomficld, 19th September, 1818 DR SIR-Permit me through your widely circulatig journal, to advert briefly to the all-absorbing subject Of th potato ...

... 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 ...

... quality of this sort enables families in this country to have good potatoes on their tables scery day in theyear-an advantage not enjoyed by Scotland. It is of much importance in potatoe planting to have the sets cut large and strong, and the small ones ...