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THE recently established National Potato Society has as one of its many objects the discovery of a “disease-proof” potato. Even if it only succeeds in throwing some light on the relative immunity of some varieties, and on the causes of that comparative exemption, it will do some good. Next to wheat, there is no crop more important in this country, and whilst wheat-growing seems to be getting more and more unprofitable, the culture of potatoes is extending so much that it is evident that the growers must find some good reason for the increased production. The enormous importations from Germany, Holland, and other countries should serve as a stimulus to our farmers, for it is obvious that, excepting in the comparative cheapness of labour, those countries possess no special advantages over our own in the matter of potato-growing.
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Disease-Proof Potatoes? . Nature 70, 606–607 (1904). https://doi.org/10.1038/070606a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/070606a0