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apprehend his foil is richer and moifter than mine. 

 He fays (I think) that fome of his were i8 inches 

 in circunnference, and upwards -, whereas the largefl: 

 of mine were not nnore than 14 or 15; but the far 

 greater part were only from 10 to 12. My foil is 

 gravelly apd dry, which feems not favourable to the 

 large growth of this root, but then it is lefs fufcep- 

 tible of froft, and probably for that reafon they 

 were not fo liable to be injured by it. The ftems 

 of fome of my plants are now feven feet high, and 

 nearly as thick as a man's hand-wrift. The feeds 

 feem nearly of a full fize, but are as green as ever, 

 and I think will not be fit to cut thefe five or fix 

 weeks. At all events, I think this plant would 

 afford a very large quantity of defirable food for 'fix 

 months out of the twelve, (fay, from the beginning 

 of July to the end of December) and in a favourable 

 feafon, two or three months longer. But inTevere 

 winters I am afraid there can be no dependancc 

 upon it after Chriftmas, unlefs means fimilar to 

 thofe ufed to preferve potatoes be adopted for their 

 prcfervation. 



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