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that were ufed in the family, fhould have the eyes taken 

 out, and by that means I expect to have a large quan- 

 tity of feed in fpring of the beft kind, as I efteem 

 thofe taken from large roots preferable to fmall ones." 

 This account of the culture of potatoes differs from 

 the general practice, in the fuperior care beftowed on 

 them whilft growing, in taking the earth twice from 

 them, and harrowing the intervals, which certainly 

 muft very much conduce to their growth and the.' 

 cleanlinefs oP the ground. 



Quantity of feed. In the lazy-bed way, on old grafs 

 ground, the quantity of feed is much more than eithe? 

 in the mixed mode, or in the drill method. 



Sort. There are an infinite variety of potatoes, and 

 every day new varieties are produced from feed; I 

 dare fay I could reckon twenty or even thirty different 

 kinds, all efteemed good : the earlieft I have met with 

 are the Early dwarfs, called fo not from the fize of 

 the potatoe, but from the fhortnefs of the {talk, which 

 only bears the rudiments of blofToms, and never any 

 feed; beftdes this kind the Long white is much ap- 

 proved of, being both early and good to eat. The 

 Black potatoe ftill keeps its ground, as it is prolific, 

 and requires lefs manure than other kinds ; and the 

 Apple potatoe, by being the beft for late ufe, though 

 not very productive, is likely to keep its place. I muft 

 not here pafs by an obfervation of Dr. Darwin, in his 

 Phytologia ; who fays, in fection 17.2, that potatoes 



are 



