... 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 ...

... 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. 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 ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... THE POTATO CROP. WL? are happy to state that, though the accounts of the re- appearance of the potato disease have been by no means dis- proved, and though many new cases of the blight have been reported, during the latter part of the past week, yet there ...

... directed to the state of the potato crop in this coul- try, and his Excellency has already caused the fullest inquiry to be made in every district in Ireland respecting the disease which is unfortunately found to exist in the potato. His Excellency trusts ...

... TUE POTATO DISEASE. The follosving is a copy of the report of the Cbmmis- sinners appointed by the Government to inquire into the extent of the disease in the potato crop in Ireland, ex- tracts from which were read by Sir Robert Peel in his speech on ...

... poison, caused the potato disease, it is a presumptive piroof that theby would have ile. stroyed also the germinating principle of every other kind of plant. In 1845 1 published some observations, in the NVetn- Letter, upon the potato disease, stating, ...

... very much felt ?? Express. THE POTATO DIsEAsE._Potatoes, not only in this country but o00 the cofltinent, are this year affected with a novel disease, producing brown spots, penetrating more or less to the contre of the potato. The origin of this malady has ...

... 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 ...