The potato crop only failed.
"My Lady of the Chimney Corner"
Alexander Irvine
But he had not remarked it; and as little did he guess what was then passing in the poor artist's mind, as Crow muttered to himself, "I know one that will not be your guest to-day, if he dines on a cold potato, or doesn'tdine at all."
"The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II)"
Charles James Lever
Without even glancing at us he removed a pen from a raw potato and silently handed it to Knowlton.
"I Walked in Arden"
Jack Crawford