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mifcuoufly having been firft planted next the edge of the 

 plot for the fake of accuracy. 



iff row. Small potatoes whole. The twenty) «»»«» 

 plants together weighed - - S 5i 



2d. Small potatoes cut in two - - - 3i 



2d. Small pieces cut from the fmall end of large? x 

 potatoes, with one eye in each - 3 



4th. Pieces of an equal fize with the former, cut } 

 out of the large end of large potatoes, with> if 

 one eye in each J 



[N. B. Though it was not expecled that any difference 

 could arife from the difference of circumftances here 

 notedy yet as this had never been afcertained by experi- 

 ment, the fad was not certainly ejlablijhed. This trial 

 was meant to give it the certainty wanted.'] 



-x vuntn. 



fame potatoes that were employed in No. 3 I 26 1 



6th. Large potatoes, from which all the eyes had 

 been cut out, fave one about the middle part 

 of the bulb - 



$th. Large pieces cut from the great end of the 

 fame potatoes that were employed 

 and 4, having only one eye in each, 



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yth. Large potatoes with one eye only, left in 7 

 the fmall end of the bulb, - - J I2 3* 



2th. Large potatoes planted whole, as nearly") 

 as could be got, of an equal fize with the [ 124! 

 former, J 



[N. B. No. 6 and 7 were intended to difcover whether 

 the produce continued to increafe with the weight of the 

 feed planted. The leaving only one eye was intended 



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