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from the fprouts or fibrous fhoots from the potatoe, 

 I have, for two years lad paft, cultivated the potatoe 

 from the (boots, both In my garden and fields; 

 though in no very extenfive degree. The laft: year 

 in my garden I fet forty ftioots, and earthed them up 

 at various times with frefli earth; on taking them 

 up in November, I had a produce from them of 

 upwards of two Winchefler bufliels. I alfo planted 

 with flioots in the open field about one-third of an 

 acre, with the plough, in the ufual manner of plant- 

 ing fets from the potatoe, by fetting the flioots in 

 the furrow, and turning the ground over them with 

 the next furrow. As foon as the tops appeared, 

 and the weeds began to fliew themfelves, I caufed 

 them to be (tirred with the plough, and earthing them 

 with frefli earth by the plough, twice in the fummer, 

 and once hoeing and cleaning by the hand by labour- 

 ers, the top was fl:rong, free from curl, and on 

 taking them up in the autumn, I had a crop equal 

 from the flioots to that from the potatoe plants. 

 The harvefl the laft year was rather unfavourable 

 in our country for potatoes ; and, through anxiety 

 to get them together, my bailiff omitted taking a par- 

 ticular account of the produce, but he aflures me, 

 they were equal to thofe raifed from the cuttings 

 of the potatoe.* Bering ill in the gout at the time. 



• I generally have a produce of about three hundred Winchefler 

 bulhels per acre. 



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