[ 33% } 
Each potatoe, and half potatoe, planted 6 inches apart, 
in drills 20 inches afunder, and twice houghed, 
_EXPERIMENT Iv. 
In a {mall bed. 
Produce. Weight. 
No. 1.—3 whole potatoes, 42 to the pound, ete tb, 
83 
6-eyes in each * 
2.—6 half ditto, 3 eyesineach ~— 56 12 
3.—12 quarter ditto, 1 and 2 eyes in each 131 23 
Each potatoe, half and quarter, planted in a {quare of 18 
inches; thefe potatoes a {mall early fort. 
“EXPERIMENT Vv. 
Planted on the 24th and 25th of June, 1796, in a bed, in 
which were early {pring cabbage, about 281b. weight of 
potatogs, whole and in cuttings; they were taken “* the 
r1th November, remarkably fine. . 
I fhould have obferved, that the potatoes. pro 
duced from Experiment the Third, were very fine. 
I am forry the froft prevents my opening the heap, — 
as I fhould. have been happy to have fent the So-, 
ciety a fpecimen of them, as well as of the Fifth 
Experiment. 
I am, fir, 
Your obliged humble fervant, 
DAVID SWEET. 
Gittifham, Devon, 
8th Dec. §796. 
ART. 
