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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0787, Page 385

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  2. The Potato Crop - Growth

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    When the potato is set it must be well minded. After about three weeks or a month the stalk comes up and coarse green leaves come on the stalk. Those leaves get food from the air and send it down to the seed which was set.
    In the meantime seven or eight small potatoes grow out of the seed which was set and they grow bigger as time goes on. When the stalks are three or four inches above the ground they are mounded. The alleys between the drills are dug and the loose clay is put up on top of the drills. This keeps the moisture down with the potatoes. In a while after the moulding the blossoms come on
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. potatoes (~2,701)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Madge Keely
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Mainscourt, Co. Dublin
    Informant
    John Keely
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    56
    Address
    Mainscourt, Co. Dublin