The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1867-05-25

i'm. neat isie lnAia"4AS e's-l VI"
origin II tAt Irish potato
1.-THE pol-u.eai name q. \ rniAio
i s0Auum taoero.rni. NJ A'H''s An
Tie potato j. peir MAJ ii.-i's, 'ssN-
,r,,y. ss.a ina nsti Slate w ~pyti' -t.He
rica. uiatolav rssun-.t Y wAs cv''v1 !
futitu 49, Indigenous there. ~ tu-
lers I'll the wii- potato, pianici W
III. sise cf thp cultivated NA,ie's'
differed vsry lisle f',an ". oHf
Ja-e,h Ianks thon-hi y Nus Assi
brought iil'u Lagape 'sci4 'ie ."v'ir'
tanevus raris W Scuiu America iA
t,,r nri.Abehepg ~ 1snt,e, Nhs1S n
tlrv were called paras. shet se,e
inflodUrtl r;e Sp4h in iAc tA'1A
lsrt III the sisigea'H century i9H
Sra;n they were bfeuEht itio i'A'E' K
wAese they we're called iariul '1o''i
the irvtile W unser- sonr1 MUSHROOM.
Tile potato vas received Wy i"siu-'
IL Vienna. ia 1898. tronI the severn
or NJ Mons. ID liaiusnl.. VINO lEo'
cnred the rests from NE fvPs No.
cate. under tie name NJ iatfAAi y
~as tien II nee IL LAZY. in 'Fefiii%-'
nv. Il received Tie name " Aa'iisi'
ana soon sprsai rsl'pis through '''s'
country. fhe potato louuf ~ W.
Into Englspd TN different fy.ie. "
inr brought ifon Virginia pN sf
waiter Raleigh. who vent 1i.efe w
1851. Thomas Hero, IN Report ~
tie country, describes a Plant calisa
orenAuk. having roofs - arg =
wxlnuts. il CLUSTERS. snt s~ss 'hes
are good TODD. either boiled cr feas1-
Cd. Gerarde. in III licfbas. puv''sii
cd IN 1897. gives Al Illustration n
tile rotate unie, the name ~ the =
iato OF Virginia. wnsch Is'Isr ~ Is
fained for some time. IA order ~ ~
tsngnish il from the coEyassulas IA
ratas. ar sweet potato. CIR jos. iiark'
saws tie sweet potato va Used II
England long before the introduction
ii Tie American potato ln"s "et
~andied aud seli a. confectionery.
The potato was known - lselsn
r0mgtitne before its introduction nj
Turland. Sir Walter having ArT
estate IN shat country X became \
course ol time an article 81 genef.
consumption ia Ireland. AMI tor nan
wears Ireland Was known ioE is ~
potatoes. We suppose i vas NJ n
reason they obtained the name - ifis
Potatoes. Gcrafie thought them
graf delicacy. Tie tubeFs 80
roasted anu stseped N vine,
baked with marrow AMI spices. 81
ROYAL Society. ii 1868. icok mea
ures for encouraging thc cui'iTAfi'
If the p0tafoe. win view ~ IA
venting q famine: aud il seems nj
little singular in our time the exc
sive cultivation III tie rotate IN II
lana produced The Wry evil they
aired ID remedy. Tie failure yas
dontt owing ID the want m iTe
stock. Some writer's III those ea
DAYS thought they were oniy at n
for swinx Another says they M
scos food sor poor people. fie
Quite a numerous progeny: ier IN
are a good many people ni' 7
who think potatoes alMcst ~ H'
for poor folks. Evelyn. who wfoi'
1899. saws: Plant them u yonr "
est ground: take them MI IN Nov
her tor winter ne. and there Will
remain stock enough IN ihe gru
for tile next season. las khilt
way 81 raising potatoes was n II
lice in Scotland. For many re
the irish seem 10 have been the
people who appreciated TIE trne "
ii this esculsrt; for nearly 31V y
The potato has heen their csiei sta
Il HIS been said that a People
use the potato a. their CHIEF icod
degenerate. This theory j. MT
founded; for nowhere can .thcrs
found more hardy race than
Irish. Years Of oppression AMI
rule have done more harm 70 ire
than the extensive cultivation n
potato. The tubcss 81 the 70
having no popularity Of taste, cof
ing chicfiy'oi starch. approach n
20 the nature Of flour or the 4
Of gain than any vegetable 70
For this reason it . almost uniye
" liked. and can lie nsed longe