THE POTATO CROP
PREVALENCE OF DfSEASE.
The condition of this season's potatoes is. causing annoyance to dealers and consumers as. well as anxiety to thojproducers. It appears that a subT)ropb'rtiori."df tho potatoes is unsound;lW.ofta'-liii!rb'een_ prevalent,' and-'tub'ers that look sound in the sack prove often to be diseased* when they reach the table. Tlio crop promised well in its early stages, but tho weather conditions later proved favourable for the development of diseases. Some growers in the south have found more than half of their potatoes to be unfit for sale.
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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 149, 13 March 1918, Page 8
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90THE POTATO CROP Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 149, 13 March 1918, Page 8
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