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ART. XXVIII. 
An Account of some Experiments in raising Pora- 
rozs from Seed, with Reflections on the same. 
In Letters to the SECRETARY. 
[By Mr. Nenemian Barter. 
DEAR SIR, Bristol, Dec. 4, 1794. 
I Have about a bufhel of potatoes raifed from feed, 
which are very much at the fervice of the So- 
ciety, to be difpofed of to fuch gentlemen as may - 
have curiofity to plant them the enfuing feafon, The 
feed was from the Warminfter red potatoe, and 
fown early in the fpring 1792. ‘There are feveral 
varieties, and not one of them, as I think, exattly 
refembling the parent ftock. 
A notion prevails in Lancafhire, and fome other 
potatoe countries, that after a certain period the 
cuttings, or off-fets, are apt to degenerate in quality, 
as well as in power of producing abundant crops— 
whereas it is thought, that potatoes raifed from feed 
continue to improve in both refpeéts for a confider- 
able number of years. 
The culture of the potatoe is pretty generally un- 
derftodd to be of great national importance; and 
cannot, as I imagine, be too ftrongly recommended, 
The quantity of farinaccous matter in any given 
¥ weight, 
