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are called the red apple and black potatoe ; 

 and are preferred to all others, by the Ame- 

 ricans, to eat in the spring. They have also 

 some other sorts, for which I know no 

 names ; having taken their names from some 

 small cause, such as the poor-house pota- 

 toes, from coming from the poor-house at 

 Baltimore: these are a summer or early po- 

 tatoe, — but not dwarf potatoe, — and they 

 are the best, though small. I saw no kidney 

 potatoes, except a few sent from England 

 to ]Mr. Bowley, a neighbour of mine, to 

 set : and the produce of them was very 

 small indeed, both in size and quantity, al- 

 though great pains had been taken to enrich 

 the land they grevv^ on. 



The potatoes intended to be early arc 

 sometimes set in November, and answer 

 well. They cover them with leaves of 

 trees, over which is put earth ; and they 

 remain in the ground all the winter, al- 

 though there are such severe frosts. The 

 other early potatoes are set as soon as the 

 frost breaks up. The winter potatoes, or 



