C 59 I 

 PAPER FOURTH. 



OF THE MARKS FOR DISTINGUISHING DIFFERENT 

 SORTS OF POTATOES FROM EACH OTHER:— ITS 

 UTILITY, &V. 



§. I. 



IHave had occafion to obferve, in fome of the 

 foregoing parts of this effay, that there are feveral 

 varieties of potatoes, which differ from one another 

 confiderably in fome of their mod effential proper- 

 ties. Thefe varieties are indeed fo numerous as 

 renders it impofiible for almolt any perfon not to 

 have remarked them, yet no one is fo well ac- 

 quainted with all thefe varieties and their properties, 

 as to know with certainty which kind would be 

 mod profitable to cultivate on every particular oc- 

 cafion ; for want of which knowledge, much lofs 

 mud be annually fuftained by the public. But till 

 fome method fhall be adopted for diftinguifhing 

 each kind from another with certainty, it is in vain 

 to hope for any comparative trials that could be of 

 material utility to the farmer. To begin this fyf- 

 r.em of claffification as to this particular, the fol- 

 lowing hints may be of ufe. 



As it is impoffible to convey a diftinct idea of 

 3\e fmall variations that require to be here attended 



to, 



