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§, XII. 

 In the foregoing experiments no attention was 

 paid to afcertain any other part of the produce but 

 the weight of the bulbs only; but as it may happen 

 that the weight of the flems, and the quantity of 

 tpples produced, may, in fome cafes, be an object 

 of value, it is worth noting that the ftrength and 

 weight of the ftems were in all the foregoing expe- 

 riments apparently much in the fame proportion as 

 the weight of the bulbs; the ftalks being invariably 

 ftronger where the crop of roots was weighty than 

 where it was light. The produce of apples, fhould 

 thefe ever be found to be an object of value, (which 

 there is great reafon to think will be the cafe) in- 

 creafes in a yet higher degree than the potatoes 

 themfelves, when the feeds planted are very large; 

 when the cuttings are fmall, fcarcely one apple is 

 {ccn in a field; when they are large plants, the 

 apples are numerous and of great magnitude, hang- 

 ing in clufters of nine or ten together; fo as in 

 fome cafes I have known them produce at the rate 

 of more than 200 bufhels per acre. 



[I mean to make fome experiments on the ufes 

 to which thefe may be applied; the refult of which 

 Jhall be in due time communicated to the publick.] 



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