THE BRUCE POTATO.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4780, 23 July 1894, Page 2

THE BRUCE POTATO.

We have on previous occasions [. testified from our own experience as i r, to the great merits of the Bruce i i) potato as regards yield, hardiness; i r and tablo qualities, Wo note from i I recent English files that this potato, ' which is very similar to the Magnum < j Bonum variety, has como out iiril- ] e liantly in a series of experiments i f made with potatoes supplied all over ( 1 Ireland last year. Out of ten or a , ilozen varieties tested theßrucog'avo j i the best yield per acre, and was.'the I most freo from disease of any. In fact 1 I according to the Mark Lano Express ■ it might on a judgment by points be i ' reckoned the most valuable potato f ; under ti-ial, althougb not tho'inost \ I popular, its shape, ive are told,boing , against it in the estimation of.lrish 1 I consumers.Tho most popular potato t ; for tablo use is tlio variety known as t ■ the Champion/ It iraid that tlio ■ popular tasto in potatoes is liable to frequent change, but the -fancy for r the flavour of, Champions in Ireland 2 has been aq unusually long one; jiev- ' | Imps because for a time it ivaa almost the.only kind which could ba relied c i o.i to produce sound, palatable v i tubers. Other varieties favourably ti ■ mentioned wenr Ambulance, Ini--1 porator,WhitoElephant,andßoboit- - son's Victory.—N.Z. Farmer -A