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tolerably well, yet their fets will moft, if not all, pro- 

 duce curled potatoes ; hence he is convinced, that 

 no fets ought to be ufed from old tilled or couch- 

 grafs land ; and that, in order to have good fets, 

 they fhould be procured from land that was pur- 

 pofcly fallowed for them ; from frelh ley land, where 

 they are not curled ; or from ley land that was burnt 

 laft fpring: Plant them on virgin mould, and your 

 potatoes will have no curled ones amongft them; 

 keep them for winter from any other kind. 



To avoid the uncertainty of getting good lets, 

 he recommends crabs to be gathered from pota- 

 toes growing this year on frefh land, free from 

 curl, and the next fpring to fow them on frefh ley 

 land, and continue to plant their fets on frefh ley 

 land yearly, which he is Convinced will prevent 

 ;he curl. 



There are different forts of curled potatoes, 

 fome badly curled, others not fo bad: thofe that 

 are badly curled will not be recovered by planting 

 them on fine frefh ley land ; and thofe that are but 

 litde curled may be recovered by planting them on 

 the afore-mentioned land. 



Some potatoes will have one good ftem, and one 

 purled ftem, owing to the fct having two eyes: one 



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