I 76 THE POTATO. 



REMEDIES. From experiments made at the farm belong- 

 ing to the Agricultural Department of Leeds University 

 it has been found that dressing the stored tubers with 

 quick not slaked lime, at the rate of 71b. per cwt. has 

 prevented healthy tubers being attacked by the " Wet 

 Rot " disease. The linie quickly forms a thin shell over 

 the tuber, which is afterwards easily removed, leaving the 



POTATO TUBER INFECTED WITH SPINDLE DISEASE. (See p. 177.) 



skin clean and bright. It appears that when slaked lime 

 is used, it forms a sticky, pasty mass, and is removed 

 with difficulty from the tubers. The quicklime, on the 

 other hand, in the process of hypation, expands and forms 

 a thin, hard shell, which does not adhere to the tuber. By 

 treating the tubers with lime the tubers are said to sprout 

 quite a fortnight earlier than when no lime is used. 



