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James Clark (horticulturist)
James Clark (1 May 1825 – 5 June 1890), was an English market gardener and horticulturist in Christchurch, Dorset who specialised in raising new varieties of potato. His most noted success was Magnum Bonum, described by ''The Times'' as "the first real disease-resisting potato ever originated and offered to the world". Early life James Clark was born in Tuckton near Christchurch, Hampshire (now Dorset) on 1 May 1825. His father Thomas was a farm labourer. Clark had only a poor education and at the age of nine was sent to work on a farm in the neighbouring hamlet of Iford. When he was aged twelve his family moved closer to Christchurch and his father became an under-gardener at nearby Sandhills, the seaside estate of Sir George Henry Rose, the Member of Parliament for Christchurch. Clark also became a gardener, working for the town's wealthier residents. It was during this period that a fungus unwittingly transported to Europe from America devastated the potato crop in Irel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Clark (1825-1890) - British Horticulturist - The Journal Of Horticulture 1880
James, Jim, Jimmy, or Jamie Clark may refer to: Crime * James Clark (lynching victim) (died 1926), accused of rape, lynched by a mob of white men * James Lee Clark (1968–2007), convicted killer, executed by the state of Texas * Jim Clark (criminal) (1902–1974), American bank robber and Depression-era outlaw * James Clark (criminal) (1902–1974), Depression-era bank robber known as "Oklahoma Jack" Entertainment * James Clark (artist) (1858–1943), English painter * James B. Clark (director) (1908–2000), American film and television director * Jim Clark (film editor) (1931–2016), editor of ''The Killing Fields'' * Jimmy Clark (tap dancer) (1922–2009), member of the tap dancing duo The Clark Brothers Politics U.S. * Champ Clark (James Beauchamp Clark, 1850–1921), Speaker of the US House of Representatives, 1911–1919 * James Clark Jr. (1918–2006), Maryland State Senate president * James Clark (Kentucky politician) (1779–1839), Governor of Kentucky, 1836–1839 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irish Lumper
The Irish Lumper is a varietal white potato of historic interest. It has been identified as the variety of potato whose widespread cultivation throughout Ireland, prior to the 1840s, is implicated in the Irish Great Famine in which an estimated 1 million died. Agricultural features The 'Irish Lumper' is noted for its ability to flourish on garden beds that are poor in nutrients, wet-footed, or both. Until the 1840s, it was closely adapted to growing conditions in Ireland, particularly western Ireland. The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food of Ireland noted that the Lumper was a "very old variety, and ... probably well known when first recorded by Dutton (1808) in his Agricultural Survey of County Clare. ... It was described by Andrews (1835) as a 'coarse species' and was recommended by Howden (1837) as stock feed due to its enormous yield." In the 1840s, infestations of ''Phytophthora infestans'' devastated a series of potato harvests, leading to widespread famin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |