School: Kilcullen (B.)

Location:: Kilcullen, Co. Kildare
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The Potato Crop

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Around Kilcullen there is a good deal of potatoes grown. My father grows potatoes every year but he only sprays them when he sees the blight appearing. Very few other people around spray them. My father has about one acre under potatoes. The potatoes he sets are kers pinks, epacures, pilots and champions. Other people have larger quantities of potatoes sown. The usual prices of potatoes are from two shillings and sixpence to sixpence. Seed potatoes are usually eight
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Topics
1. activities
  economic activities
  agriculture (~2,659)
  potatoes (~2,701)
Language

English
Collector
Pádraig De Núinnseáin
Gender

Male
Address

Kilcullen, Co. Kildare

Informant
James Nugent
Gender

Male
Age

47
Address

Kilcullen, Co. Kildare