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get fufficknt nutriment from the foil to bring them to that 

 ftate. Hence a confiderable crop in number, luxuriant in 

 appearance, but very unequal in fjze and quality. 



idly. Cuttings or fetts produce only three or four fhoots, 

 part flrong, part weak ; not fo luxuriant upon the whole as 

 in the former cafe, having lefs benefit of the parent flock, 

 whilft young, but not interfering fo much with each other; 

 and the quantity of furrounding nutriment being more 

 nearly proportioned to their wants, each fort comes nearer 

 to perfection than in the cafe of whole potatoes^ though the 

 produce is not fo numerous. Hencp a crop inferior to the 

 whole potatoes in quatitity and luxuriance of appearance, 

 but of better quality. 



idly. Scooped eyes produce only one ftem each : the weak 

 eyes, weak rtems \ the flrong, ftrong ones ; having but little 

 ajftjlance frctn the parent Jiock in their infancy^ they appear very 

 weak and dwindling dxfirjl^ but afterwards improve much 

 in luxuriancy. The weak eyes ufually exceeding the flrong 

 ones in number, a few only come up moderately Jlrong^ 

 many very weak, and fome not at all. Hence a crop inferior 

 to the tv^o former, in luxuriancy, quantity, and quality. 



\th!y. The ftrongeft p^ots ufually arifing firji from the 

 potatoe, the /i/«2w/^^/<j« cfyZioo/i will chiefly confifi: oi Jlrong 

 ones^ thofe being firft ready to take off: and having all the 

 benefit of tlie parent flock, as long as it is necefliary to it, 

 and as a fingle ftem having no other to interfere with it, its 

 bulbs come to the greatefl perfeclion. Hence a crop, lux- 

 uriant in appearance, confiderable in quantity, and compleat 

 in quality. 



ii this rcafoning be juft, (and it is certainly confirmed by 

 the refult of the experiment above ftated) the method of 

 planting by fhoots, procured as I have dcfcribed above, and 

 well managed, may prove a mofl valuable one. At all events, 

 I cannot but recommend it to the Society to promote fur- 

 ther tricis, with a view to afcertain a point of fuch impoit- 

 ance. Plantations of potatoes, made in this way, appear to 



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