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A note of warning must be given here about that much- 

 dreaded disease, the Black Scab or Wart Disease, which, 

 during the last few years, has seriously threatened to annihi- 

 late the potato in this country. It is illustrated on pp. 167 

 and 168. Since the first appearance of this work, the Board 

 of Agriculture and Fisheries, 4, Whitehall Place, London, 

 S.W., have taken the disease in hand, with a view to 

 exterminating it. Persons who find their crop attacked 

 like the specimens illustrated, must at once notify the 

 Secretary of the above Board of its presence, or run the 

 risk of incurring a penalty of ten pounds in default. The 

 Board will then send an expert to deal with the crop so 

 as to prevent the disease spreading. Elsewhere a list of 

 varieties recommended by the Board as likely to resist an 

 attack of the disease is given. 



T. W. S. 



