t. YORKSHIRE. Ji 



8. 



POTATOES. 



THERE is only one SPECIES of potatoe 

 -^-SOLANUM tuberofum : but the varieties of 

 that fpecies are endlefs. Every county has 

 its favourite kinds ; though very different 

 from one another. To enumerate the forts 

 of any particular Diflricl: would be filling the 

 page with barbarous terms ; without convey- 

 ing any ufeful information to the reader. 



The vARiETiEsof potatoes are tranfitory in 

 every Diftridt ; having their entrances and 

 their exits. The rough-fkinned " Rufia 

 taty" of this Diftrici was long a favourite ; 

 but is now, I believe, with many others which 

 have flourifhed for a time, entirely loft. 



There is fome reafon to believe that the 



difeafe, which has of late years been fatal to 



the potatoe-crop in this and other Diftrifts, 



under the name of " CURLED TOPS," has 



E 2 arifen 



