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not one in twenty clcaped. In 1775, ^^^ conn* 

 plaint of this dlfeafe became general. In 1776, it 

 occurred to him that the good crop of 1775 was 

 owing to the accidental ^<?<?p-fetting of 1772; and 

 that the reafon why the fame feed became curled in 

 1774, was their being fet fo near the furface in 

 1773; he therefore attributes the difeafe to the 

 pradlice of ehb-Jetting. 



In 1777, he took fome potatoes from a crop 

 that was curled the year before, and after cutting 

 the fets, left them in a dry room for a month. 

 Half were planted in ground dug fourteen days 

 before; the other half, having been fteeped in a 

 brine made of whitfter's afhes for two hours, were 

 alfo planted in the fame land at the fame time. 

 The fteeped ones came up ten days before the 

 others, and hardly any mifled, or were curled. 

 The unfteeped ones generally failed, and thofe few 

 that came up were moftly curled. 



He therefore advifes as a remedy, 



\ft. That the potatoes intended for next year's 

 fets, be planted nine inches deep. 



idly. That they remain in the ground as long as 

 the feafon will permit. 



idiy. That 



