Rensselaer Gazette, Volume 2, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 July 1858 — TILE POTATO DISEASE. [ARTICLE]

TILE POTATO DISEASE.

Another thebry has been recently suggested on this subject. It proceeds from a man of much experience and of high reputation as a thorough practical gnrdner; one who haa been in charge of extensive establishments lor mahy years in England. He suggests that the disease is caused by the potatoes that are used for seed having been permitted to become over-ripe when grown; and his remedy is to take up the potatoes that are wanted the following year’s planting at an earlier period than the general eri)p; that is, as soon as they have grown to thefr size, and whilst the leaves remaingreen. To get a pure sort, free from disease, he advises (as others have done) raising from seed. Ho also recommends planting the potatoes whole, and never cut into sbts. This last recommendation wo believe to be good, beyond all doubt.— American Farmers Magazine. • Will the Jasper farmers save the seed early this full and try the remedy as recomr mended above!