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they have been in every refpeft as fubjeft to the 

 diforder as the cuttings of old feed. Left the heat 

 of the pits might be injurious, I have covered them 

 in the place where they grew, and left thenn mdug till 

 the time of planting; — all the fame! I have planted 

 before they fhoot out, and after j — no difference ! 



In fliort; I once planted two tons of potatoes in 

 the month of June, which were more than half 

 rotten, and purchafed at a trifling fum of a captain 

 of a Dumfries fhip, on Briftol quay, and I never 



had a much better crop. What certain conclu- 



fions then can be drawn from thefe premifes — but 

 that, with all our wifdom, we are perfedtly ignorant 

 of Ibme of the moft fimple operations of nature ? 



I forgot to fay, that I have been in the habit of 

 planting whole potatoes, large cuttings, /mall cut- 

 tings'—nay, the mere eye of the potatoe only; 

 but I never could fee any difference in re(pe6l to 

 the curl. If the potatoe was difpofed to be curled, 

 it proved almoft equally fo in all methods j and on 

 the other hand, 1 never knew a true Dumfries po- 

 tatoe come curled the/r/? year; perhaps the /econd 

 year a few would be curled ; but beware of the 

 fhirdi for be affured, let your foil or manure be ever 

 {q good, almoft all will be curled the third year, if 

 planted in ihc/ame foil or neighbourhood. 



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