384 THE KITCHEN GARDENER. [B. 3. 



In refpecS of the laft and moft prevalent 

 opinion, viz. for want of changing the 

 feed, by which is to be underftood, from 

 one farm, &c. to another, or from one 

 country or diftricl: to another, much might 

 be faid on both fides of the queftion. But 

 I muft beg to fay ? that it by no rneans'car- 

 rjes convidion to me, that this is the 

 caufe, or indeed, that it can poffibly operate 

 in the fmalleft degree towards it. On the 

 contrary, the curl has frequently been 

 brought to places where it was never known 

 before, by this miftaken notion. 



But, may not the feed be as effectually 

 changed on the fame farm, or garden, if 

 of any coniiderable extent, as by being 

 carried from one parifh or country to an- 

 other ? Are potatoes improvable, like 

 wine, by*being fea-borne, or land-borne, 

 without being afterwards planted in foil, 

 different from that in which the laft grew ? 

 Certainly no. And ihall he who has his 

 feed brought from land, non-defcript, and 

 which he never faw, be certain of planting 

 again in that which is eflentially different 

 in quality ? May it not as probably hap- 

 pen, that, per chance, he fhall plant in land 



exadly 



