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The fmoothnefs or roughnefs of the (kin. 

 The confiftence, that is, the mealinefs or vifcofity, and 

 tafte, of the bulb. 



The colour, length, thicknefs, &c. of the umbilical cord, 



Their tendency to go deep, or to rife near the furface 5 

 to ramble wide, or to adhere clofe to the ftem. 



The time when the bulbs knot and fet; marking, not 

 by the kalendar only, but alfo compared with the advance 

 of the plant above ground. 



The time when they attain perfect maturity with refpeft 

 to fize, and alfo that period of their growth at which they 

 Jofe the herbaceous, and attain the farinaceous tafte. 



Their general prolificacy. 



How long they may be kept, at what feafon they are in 

 greateft perfection for eating, &c. 



Particulars obfervable above ground. 

 The general height, colour, and form of the ftem. 



Their tendency to pufh out many or few ftems from 

 a root. 



Whether they carry blofTom or not. 



The form, dimenfions, and colour of the leaves. 



The form, colour, and general habitude of the blofTom 5 

 where there is any. 



The time at which the blofTom appears. 



The tendency they have to produce few or many apples. 



The tendency they have to produce thofe excrefcences 

 on the ftalks that refemble potatoes below ground, whieh 

 may be called air potatoes, 



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