THE KITCHEN GARDENER. [B. 3, 



eye of the fet, finee frequently we find clean 

 and infected 'ft ems'- iffuing from the fame 

 root, and which continue diftiiidly ib 

 throughout. 2-dly, By being planted in too 

 heavy or wet land. $dlf, By being plant- 

 ed in too poor and hungry land. 4//&, By 

 the fame land having been too frequently 

 and too recently cropped with potatoes. 

 And laftly,&$ is the moft general opinion, 

 for want of changing the feed. 



At any rate, it is a malady, which every 

 one ought to endeavour to remedy. What 

 follows are given as hints with that intent, 

 and which, it is hoped, the candid will ap- 

 ply, or improve, as they may feem to merit. 



In refpecl of the firft opinion, whether 

 It be really an infecS, or whether it be not 

 rather in confequence of the fet being, by 

 fome unknown caufe, difeafed, merits in- 

 vert igat ion. That it is an infed:, I cannot 

 bring myfelf to think. But that it may 

 proceed from difeafe in the fet or root, 

 feems to carry reafon along with it. What 

 might occafion this difeafe, may either 

 proceed from the feed being injured by 

 froft, by damp, mould, or being over dried. 

 And it is well underflood, that, from no 



difeafed 



