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top of this mould I laid, in different divifioAs, a 

 certain number of potatoes of various forts, fome 

 of ray own growth, and others bought from dif- 

 ferent parts, and covered thefe lightly over with 

 more mould ; they foon came up. I then obferved 

 ■which was freeft from the blight or curl; for if 

 there were not more than one defedrive irt forty or 

 fifty, I concluded I might fet of that fort with fafety. 

 This method I have now pradifed near twelve 

 years, and never loft my crop or any part thereof 

 worth mentioning, whilft my neighbours, who fol- 

 lowed the old method, were frequently difappointed 

 in their crops; and to the beft of my knowledge, 

 all thofe of my neighbours who have of late been 

 pcrfuadcd to take the trouble of ufing the fame 

 means as rnyfelf, have never failed of fuccefs to 

 their utmoft wiflies in one inftance; nor do I ever 

 think it will fail, if duly attended to; the fault 

 boiiiig fome hidden caufe in the feed unknown at 

 prefent, and I believe incurable by any means, at 

 leaft that have yet come to my knowledge. 





. :My i^eafon for planting my hot-beds fo foon is, 

 that if. thefroft hinders the firft experiment, or 

 they all prove bad^ I may have time to make a 

 fecond or third if neceflary, with different forts of 

 feed, before the proper feafon arrives for planting 

 in the fields and gounds appointed for the great 



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