On Wed, 2 Jul 2008 13:37:57 EDT, [email protected] wrote: >I vaguely remember reading that there are various varieties of potatoes and >the one that has the greatest problem (too watery) is the one planted in the >1840's. Had a different variety been planted, there wouldn't have been a >famine. Don't remember why the problem variety was planted. Maybe it was the >cheapest? It doesn't give variety of potato, but PRONI gives an account of the blight year by year at http://www.proni.gov.uk/historical_topics_series_-_03_-_the_great_famine.pdf