all of H > THE P0TAT ° lNDUSTRY of Colorado. .. 
bii g ht/^ a ^edr: a rTo d u : r the co r on “ 
outside of the foliage or stem of the'nnt f T S ' that WOrk on the 
late Blicrht—Th m ™ potato above ground.* 
ably causes more trouble ''Topouto ab ? Ut and which P>'°b- 
other is that known as late bhVht o of the East than any 
fungus came to the United Stiles Westons. This 
homef, being the home of the potato hi SIlf 1 Euro P e > its native 
we hear of this disease causing™ t, \ South America. The first 
the time of the famine in Ireland duriV?! *7 great 6Xtent was at 
tury. The ravages of this dispac • 16 f° r t Ie s of the last cen- 
Ireland, resulted g in the death of ™ destro y in 8' the potato crop of 
starvation, and brought to a cr sisT°° ^v P ‘f in 0ne ^m 
emigration from Ireland that is n, polltlcaI . Ration and the 
fungus did its first damage in the TlX Tq bemg abated - This 
gradually spread from the eastern Yf d 1843 and has 
midity of the climate would pYrmft itYglowthY' “ ^ “ the h ”' 
»»y s."* “ TJ'/rJn trv "r sc »* 
mould. When the seasons ar 1 Gr Slde of the leave s as a fine 
ity, the plants seem to withstand*th^dise^ 6 ^ ^ Wlth little humid - 
able, except that the plants Sear tn n f S ° Wl11 not be notice- 
disease is prevented by spravino- Wh e f lber tban where the 
Experiment Station, that while unsnrl at i the Conne cticut. 
“hr signs of disease, the foliLe appeared m° tS * ° W « d n ° partic - 
plants were dead two or three t to r ’ pen off so that the 
Plants were still in g 0od condition Stfilrost sTrtwf 6 
Damage of late Blight _-\i a i \ , st struck them. 
vines or injure them so as^to reduce th/ d °f , the . f nngus kill the 
the weather conditions favor the dY^ y ’ 6 d ’ bUt m seasons when 
tubers decay in the "round or if de / el f p , me y of the fungus, the 
cellar many of them will decay later^Tr 3re taken to the 
times as great as fifty p er cent of th . ' S ? SS by c,eca y is some¬ 
's not uncommon for this disease to T °t ° P °! & wbcde district. It 
Part of a state within three or fo w ^ ‘ he P ' ants over a Ia rge 
^fungus is first seen on the phms 378 ^ ^ dme the effect 
fungicicT/BOTcleatt^m'ixUire “'n .^ lmc i st universal remedjTiiI7~b^rThI 
powers planning to Vtat£TrT“ ‘° ^ Coi urado potato 
been known in this State. P 1 f diseases which have never 
■fThe Potato, Samuel Fraser 
ungus'livgg 11 over winter Inlth Ytifh d * se . ase wi| l visit Colorado for as the 
? he t r h e e fo State and pianted many times fn^he'f Tf haVe been br °ught 
v ore. We may conclude that ao tv, e l^st ten or fifteen years 
State our climate is not favorable to f ° Un<i ln 
