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THE GARDENERS 
CHRONICLE. 
689 
mE old from 1s. to 3s. per lb., as food f fit 
Uw nuu are iniect 
ha +3 
This 
Saied to invalids ! 
worst. 
n 
> t s 
I have found, from experience, 
but he says no persuasion can induce the natives to 
i 
Einon ml ds reco d to the million as p tion of Pot 
cheap PTEN for the materials more usually em 
ployed by t at their breakfasts or suppers ; though 
j not half 
those same substitutes, if they ha appen to possess capital 
Som 
and the 
came Soft, pppearing as it frost-bi 
Gad 
thing, Sussex.—— 
J 
eof mine came acciden- 
hi 
‘effect was, that they be- s tha 
growth, a 
itten, ai agen were total tally 
ne Wor- 
p that which is picked in the morning from that 
He also sug- 
irrigated during its 
as a Motive for S rme this, that in 
rown without 
i alleges 
Egypt and P 
cases are not exactly parallel, 
do ; but the 
afc ien k toe par! a grater onda sieve. d the Potatoes be this pede ( (Hartl tlepool, Dur- | inasmuch as n fal 
my own ind whether Australian and other ai The ius niet A I peg by fungus, mij, whilst the 2 main al Re oat in x toa M 90 
traveller j possibly, be destroye d by sa I alwa spre read a c = pa inches sometimes falling in months pis 
© root, &e. and | the paean Anoth 
a by Sy which their ‘stare is s accompanied rt not pro- | my Potatoes have not suffered. a farm if Potatoes | whom I pty intelligent _Ezalewan aa 
| vide themselves, two hree > minutes i in | letter was efi s whe cry resided at Bombay s0 
luxurious food, if they trav paid much attention to the 
r about jini vee oo sieve may be feos 
d-grate 
i = ARR Even po Eada s roots a rm on we = ay 
pe resorted to for wholesom noes as W o be 
on ‘from ‘the rot 5 
for seed 
yon time for hey int 
J 
+ 3 
7 
however, a few co 
tat. 
the case with the Janipha Manih 
4 a tapioca are eye re ed, tough its inher root | cau 
nslow. 
yunds with am 
Hitcham, 
S 
Boito s.—In my last communication on 
e infected ones were directed to be 
Stori oring 
toring P 
s might be e put into strong 
ldron for the time required, a 
to be succeeded by porr _— 
neither be expensive n 
water i 
uld be experimented upon. 
in which Potatoes of t Fog ote 5 nk janet sails 
The Po- 
nets and placed in 
ted by the East India Company with the 
management of one of the experimental Cotton estates 
1, and 
nd i the en laid out to dry, 
that the Nyots were so satisfied 
i with it two years 
ce in on very 
the a have perished, 
b 
ago, 
neighbourhood, rhe fears ¢ 
toes, th 
cut Segchvise; froti stem the best 
detecting the pro h 
3 
= 
Žž 
ahs 
D 
© 
n 
a 
2 
since occurred 
when the nose fe appears sound ; for, by thus sepa- 
o may b 
vegetable.—C. W. 
Potato Sets——A friend in this neighbourhood has 
brought me a bag € of Potatoes, which he grew by way o of | as 
5 
Il 1 
boiled i is black, and has a fetid smell ; ; I, therefore, sug- 
and it 
the and had valisa te 
r J 
i aS communication until I saw th 
Ir e sec 
— st tn F. R.” w 
icle th 
ved ve infected shock end, the nose en 
0 be reserved, tho = the ‘stem should decay ; ; and 
had rubbed of, his sets 
See fal 
aie ndma t 
e sugges 
may ru ort ne 
stem end wi a as sand ia] 
Bien be cane). The s 
by cutting away t 
coed chance of keeping, 
infected iret and the addition of 1-10th of salt | (or 
"even Tess) to t he dried earth has owerful effect in 
drawing ak ‘the sap, but wiee in E the 
Potato time must decide.—J. Prideau: 
n sh 
had to this method for i eins 
Diseas ne at p. ge 
from “ R. B? da 
T 
een ay ae splitting a Zo op syi 
ma a dealer in Mar 
cion 3 
eaded a“ New d 
ing the sam ae as curiously oh nervy 'vithzo Sek an will be 
s 
x about to plant | ne 
, in whick i 
Sik t 
spring recurso res be |i 
ock.—J. S. t! 
the 
bs 
i 
hesi ed gira t| as hei 
iter also prape 
otatoes, them ont suspic | as that xs e Cotton would b ere e 
k Ea large proportion of the Potatoes now ought to | the dec confined ean- ipo , as he disturbances w. took n central India, and 
; decaying ip i spots, have | heard of any other Peas so affected. ‘Toth this inna | which requi long a tim uell, were in this ve! 
-ene and unwholesome flavour as to be hardly |a learned note upon the disease, by Mr. Berkely; Panina If “J. F. R.” has got samples of this improved 
our is chiefly in the juice, which js | and thus your readers -are to have | z pia of Éan of the second = oe neration, he would con- 
ay be thus got rid of:—Clean and | alarm—second only to the Potato ra prat obligatio: me by sending me a 
away all brown ; then | trust I may pe SPOP to oea ery, by infocining . R %. i sample of it by post. F: heartily th thank | = J. F. R.” for 
cut up the Potato into pieces smaller than a Walnut, | that I have ason for setig t that his | his the 
n stout clot! th, fold ~~ oe over | new disease i is igen older than the of h f had 16 Cotton 
ash the: em abro oad w ith a ther great- _ smart and that it is a disease Aap may be tn dia ble of great ra te =n re being 
th e Peas, grees ng some | thousands | judiciously iamar with suitable foreign varieties; your 
B the ju juice spondent thinks if the old varieties deteriorated 
_ the ie into a large an of cold water ; ; leave it ere! I can spe a pretty conidently pan Sem tn Ei the new, when growing in proximity to each other, the 
four or five minutes to soak thoroughly, an ira we out | I have seen it in the Ear PREY na new ought for the same re: improve the old, and 
in ; then give it another soaking and wringin x and Green Marrow, and, in fact, no doubt = 27 wil to a much rune — it is 
juice will be pretty vera a ie out if the aping up into air att the 
are well crushed. The h thus cleansed is the Pea is termed “ pigeon-eyed.” I oa re say a pomi 
as n ere well 
A little starch may be settled from 
; but they wash out z te 
oes are mashed very fine. This 
ed, and mixed with one-third flour, ae 
d, pudding, or pastry. —J. Prideauz. 
“Cause i Potato Murrain. —In the early part « rt me 
has inereas 
x obligation on-many a farmer 
t was intense, it cam 
hot days in i Cornwall. The 
Y 
and lasted only ye hours. The day be 
this accession of intense heat, a friend of mine, 
who — a er en ee iger of Gorran, took parti- 
iving crop of Potatoes in that 
at orie t the plants, at that time, 
perfect Lp f recen arion 
oie nakes Eat Grapes 2 
| was 4 ‘dreadfully moose kan ` 
essed that, 
ed this year from 
raining the land thoroughly will not prevent it, Tam} 
prise they must} carry their appeal to the Pl eiades.— 
the wetness of the | 
ke 
d- 
a 
him, a 
wn va | vitt me 
and new- cotton 5 
earth (proportionally) se much as the earth nateni 
ae the o 
the cul 
serve 5 ‘and sete? is the aversion 
to ay 
| se ne i w among the natives dae Tn, hat x an im- 
again a usand 
—Your correspondent, who | ihe uld take n ccs rve it, sa if he did, 
a snake, might have | it is still most pro nd are that it would" be entirely 
ing.—H. spoiled the next generation, = being planted amongst 
i I trust your correspondent will 
7? who a 
all 8 mek tee the 
y, an "short ep 
I ikid oN Bove fact extremely interest. 
The gentleman en crt o me is an in- 
asad I have no 
e, as e 
ned by the Satit hi D x- 
wi rapid growth, and that the plants see 
s to the 
re all | th 
Peravianum or 
pont 
untry. My ‘hist reason 
ry arises from the maby page 
— 
ease enna 
was ever 0 
qua a of this agen Bie vari 
es 
uently unable to adapt their functio 
rature. This view | ‘of the diseas 
n, M.D., 
J r= 
on the floor T of a large Vinery to dry ; in the course 
I found that “onesthind of them was eee 
or less, and they irb 
mo: e Bow 
Tsland, at ieee none that I eve: 
o | long silky stapled Cotton, 
leal of what has been attempted pes 
e states, great diversities 
2 of ae the gen 
iety 5 
e United ‘States, go on fro’ 
whilst Tinnivelly hs iat he 
© 
continue to favour us wit 
- | the iman which tł 
t it seems 
the more 
in s ‘opinion.— 
may be some w. 
isa de ne the Summer a 184 4o 
n be no doubt that 
Rue which seems t 
have remarked (p. 487) a a consequence | of the àr, an 
#1944 
ae loii 
Tor sar aan that the | 
with the whole tribe of flowering shrubs, has 
benefited more or less from the same cause. mer 
=: 
good Cotton has b 
rst generation ; 
r saw 
the 
grea’ in 
£ the ates the Chery, sag ear, and 
one shee’ tegen. and had the 
dur pe 
e that excess 
= as frost to the free set- 
skm 
f the Nut. as poco of bearing a 
a it-tree, 
2 | frost 
they are no 
from the B toes? Air has 
re 
on the ees 
the weather, 16 Potatoes, 12 of which 
Y, both a a = eit Evo hiet must | 22 
js- | does not break, 
lif it is picked = the dew is 
ndia ; as is generally much cleaner than 
side of the Peninsula, 
w bearing a full 
Teehouses. Hain on former occasions 
yaa ea a 
m the 
enna lage rath 
mld not be jretreð 
and lini ning it with bricks , with 
per > 
