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account for the pofTibility of thefe fadls confiftentljr 

 with his own principles, I will be one of the firft 

 to vote him a ftatiie to perpetuate his fame for ini- 

 imitable fkill in the folution of difficulties. 



0/ POTATOES. 



I formerly had the honour of fubmitting to the 

 confideration of your Society (vol. v. p. 230.) an 

 account of an experiment to difcover whether whole 

 potatoes or cuttings are to be preferred in planting. 

 — From that account, it clearly appeared, that the 

 advantage lay greatly on the fide of cuttings. But 

 as, from long experience, I know conclufions drawn 

 from fingle experiments cannot be fafely depended 

 on, and the refult of that experiment differing fb 

 widely from an account given by a very refpedtable 

 correfpondent of the Society, whofe accuracy is well 

 known, and of whofe probity and veracity I have 

 the higheft opinion j I refolved to repeat my for- 

 mer experiment as exactly as poflible, by way of 

 cftablifhing a fa6l fo interefting to the public if found 

 juft, or of retracing an error if it fhould appear to 

 be one. 



In the fpring of 1791, I prepared about three 

 acres of ground, and in April planted it with po- 



tatoes. 



