COUNTRY LIFE THE Government in its wisdom has probably condemned
a deal of good food to destruction by forbidding the present sale, except
under special privilege, of the variety of potato called by the magnificent name of "Majestic." The worthy idea is that potatoes may be short in June, and that this special variety is the best keeper. Last season it proved the best in several regards; btit many specialists fear that even this admirable tuber will have decayed away by then. Whether the labourers, now riddling what they call "humbugging old potatoes," already decayed at the core, or the Government are right I do not know ; but it is certain that one of the standard needs of English agriculture is the factory for excess products whether of potatoes or plums, of polenta, alcohol, or jam. The reason given for the absence of such is that they would only be busy at widely separated periods. The reason is not considered good enough in well-organised countries, Germany, for example.
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