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potatoc, did not fprout fo early as the others. 

 The white fprout very early, and therefore fhould 

 firft be moved out of the place where they have 

 been preferved in the winter. Inftead of that, they 

 are often let remain till their roots and fproutb are 

 matted together. 



On feparating them, thefe fprouts are generally 

 rubbed off, and they are laid by- till the ground is 

 ready i during which interval they fprout a fecond 

 time: but thefe ftcond fprouts, being weak and 

 languid, will fhrink, ficken, and die, and the fruii: 

 at the roots will be fmall, hard, ill-fhaped, and of 

 a brown colour. 



Now, if putting off the fprouts once or more, 

 before the fets are put in the ground, be the caufe, 

 (as he verily believes it is) of the curled difeafe, 

 an eafy remedy is at hand. When the potatoes 

 intended for fets are dug up, lay them in a weft 

 afpc6t as-dry as poliible: in fuch actuation they 

 \vill not fprout fo foon. 



The beft time for removing moft forts Is, the 

 fipft fine day after the 24th of February. Cue 

 them into fets as foon as pofiible, and let them 

 remain covered with dry fand till the ground is 

 prepared^ which fhoi^ld be a winter-fallow. Lay 



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