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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 grew on. 



The potatoes intended to be early are 

 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 



