Potato Storing
Potatoes have been a good crop in the kitchen garden where a good area of neglected ground needed cleaning and breaking up. Of the three varieties planted, Arran Banner has proved the best, free from pests and as reli- able as ever. The Dunbar Specials seemed to have an extraordinary attraction for wire- worm, and this was apparent even in a half row that was made up with.the Arran strain. The half-row of Dunbars had worm. The Banners were free of the pest. One surprising thing was the soundness of the Majesties, which were grown from seed selected from last year's crop. New Majestic seed last year produced tubers that were large, but they were heartily attacked by everything within range. This year the Majesties were smaller and much more sound. The crop was lifted after a deal of back-breaking work, laid along a path on a bright afternoon and finally harrowed down to the shed to be stored in barrels. Whatever the experts have to say about clamps, I prefer my potatoes from a storehouse where frost and damp are kept out. There is no earthy taste from barrelled potatoes, as is often the case with those from a clamp.
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