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^My. -That thefe fets be well defended from froft 

 till the beginning of March. 



^thly^ That the fets be cut a fortnight before 

 planting. 



^tbly. That they be fteeped as above, twa hours 

 in brine or lye* 



6fhly, That the dung be put over the fets* 

 And, 



ytbly. That frefh fets be got every year from 

 fandy foils near the coaft, or on the Ihore. 



P. S. At planting, the hard dry fets fhould be 

 caft afide, for they will probably be curled. Curled 

 potatoes always proceed from fets which do not 

 rot or putrefy in the ground* 



LETTER VL 



THIS writer had five drills of the old red po- 

 tatoes, and four of the winter whites, growing at 

 the fame time in the fame field. The drills were 

 prepared exa6tly alike. Among the red not one 

 was curled 3 the winter whites were nearly all curled* 

 He fays he has found, by experience, that the red 

 never curl. 



LETTER 



