BLIGHT IN POTATOES.
. That.the blight whioh has. attacked' the potato crops of, Tasmania has been classified as Irish blight by Mr. T. TV. Kirk, is bad .news, indeed ,for that' State, for Irish : blight is the' mostrapid-spreading ■and ,damaging foi;m of all potato ailments. Wo had it in New Zealand .three years ago, when the local markets reekedwith > products . that had''come: iiitoy, store tainted,.; an d had. decayed' -in ,a' night' into a noisome mush, from .which exuded a .treacly fluid by no means pleasant. A COOd DrODOrtMaJaf Qlir-notatoftfl,frnpi i
south aro blighted this season, but tho affection is a much milder one than tho Irish blight, and tho losses insignificant as compared to what thoy wcro three years ago. Tho prices toll tho talo. Good table varioties can bo purchased at the produco exchange at from 4s. to,ss. (for Derwonts) per cvrt. The purchaser may;,loso 5 per cent, of,his purchase through blight, but, if he sorts his sack at once, ho will not, 'if ordinarily fortunate, lose more.
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 594, 24 August 1909, Page 8
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169BLIGHT IN POTATOES. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 594, 24 August 1909, Page 8
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