NEW POTATOES.
TWO SOUTHERN IMPORTATIONS. ■Mr. Th'onjas JacKnian,-a: farmer from. which ' district '.is,' suffering' v.sevjrely. -from!, diotight,. States that the blight is not responsible for the shortage of potatoes from that part of the country this season.. .That ha<f been, caused solely by .the four months' drought. The visitor talks in praiSe ; of. two now .varieties of potato, which are likely to ho heard of in tho' immediate, future.. These aro called the "Duohcss of: Cornwall" and "Windsor':' Castle,"" obtained from seed:' imported from : .Scotland by . Jlr. Thompson, .of Taipu . (near Oamaru). "They are big potatoes," sometimes, of. the eha'pe of the .'Northern''Star,' but even rounder—a .tough, rough skin and. ivliito fl?sh." '_Mr. Jackman 'avers that tho new varieties do not take the blight, and are , epleridid table, potatoes.
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1005, 21 December 1910, Page 8
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129NEW POTATOES. Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1005, 21 December 1910, Page 8
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