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THE DERWENT POTATO

" x Tho Dorwont potatq, for which North •••;."Otago was at one time famous, Has almost •: "'"disappeared; (says tho- Oamaru "Mail"). :.:"At tiines a tuber'.of 'the.varietyis tobe- . r but it is. a noor apology for the full-flavoured sort . that was so duringjthe years :1864:to -1885. . v J.The late . Mr.' flasaLs, of Cave .Valley, ■ ;;.brought them early into. prominence, and ...they were distributed over Otago as the ...Cavo Valley. flour-balls..: Tlleir- cultivation - was" taten up by'the croppers of ■ and'Totaxa,'. and great crops of , .-i fino tubers were produced. Fortunes were Smade by many of these potato.kings.'. The' ; quality, began to ..deteriorate,. probably '•'by-a- careless'selection' of seed, ..planting ~'V too often in the same ground, , too little ' ■ cultivation, and the . prevalence of, the .fat hen, which robbed the' potatoes of ' their, These, 'followed by; : ; thri'.blighfß;',of'various: kinds, have com- ■; taVdownfall' of ;the Derwent. ■■ Occo. : monally'.ai'feeedling has appeared withthe trne v charaoter..:..Mr.' Eoxby, • of . Oamaru,;.discovered'' in his'garden., a: batch '.of .seedling 'potatoes which hadresuited from the': self : growirig of a vagrant / : potato plum'. - He selected and planted out • seven whole potatoes in November. These : were : cleanly cultivated, and': grew well, • and m. April, dug, the iproduco. being ; $07 potatoes,'; weighih" 681b; ; : The potatoes i ;have been''Vexamihed' ; by . potato-growers ;. and - exports, and'.'pronounccd to bo the : ■ . true Dorwent.type; • ■ '

- '-fNeVeriliis .the•'demand : for cle'ar-Keaded in been. Bo>'urgent i)s7it.,'is right now. We are liv-ing-.4n. a; pfogressive'..-: age, /and' m ost; take advantage of sill' iip-to-date methods. It isl'ih 1 ; savings/ from: waste. of -any descrip- , tion ; \that'inoney -is; made, to-day, and by on all details of 'claim to be ; able to produce Tesults for'our many: cream suppliers. wa'jit-'more-cream. ' Can you supply iusF'vFurtlier'.particulars, Wanganui 'Ercsh Food Co.r-Advt. .

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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2770, 13 May 1916, Page 10

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THE DERWENT POTATO Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2770, 13 May 1916, Page 10

THE DERWENT POTATO Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2770, 13 May 1916, Page 10

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