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I do not value it the more for this habit.* The largest and 

 best roots are those growing, for the most part, above 

 ground. 



Yours very truly, 

 Richard Peters. 

 Mr. Robert Vaux, 



Sec. Philad. Soc.for promoting Agriculture. 



* I have found on two years experience that my apprehensions oi 

 the inferior value of the yellow Mangel, were well founded. My seed 

 of the white kind has degenerated. The mottled is the bes>t. Suc- 

 cess in the culture of this root mainly depends on the purity an& 

 goodness of the seed. 



R. Peters. 

 January 7, 18 18. 



