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The method of RAISING POTATOES FROM 

 SEED is known to fome intelligent hufband- 

 men here. The prevailing method is this : 

 In autumn, when the apples are beginning 

 to fall fpontaneoufly, they are gathered by 

 hand, and preferved in fand until fpring, 

 nvhen they are maihed among the fand, or 

 among fr-elh mould ; feparating the feeds, and 

 mixing them evenly with the mould. As 

 foon as fpring-frofts are judged to be over, 

 they are fown in fine garden mould ; and as 

 faft as the plants get into rough leaf, and are 

 ftrong enough to be handled without injury, 

 they are tranfplanted from the feed-bed into 

 another bed of frelh, rich mould in rows ; 

 which are kept clean during the fummer, 

 In autumn, bunches of final! potatoes are 

 found at the roots of thefe plants j varying 

 in fize, the fiift year, from the hazel nut to. 

 the crab. Thefe being planted next fpring 

 produce potatoes of the middle fize; bwt they 

 do not arrive at their fulleil bulk until the 

 third or the fourth year. 



Where the ufe of the ftove or the garden- 

 frame can be had, this procefs may be fhor- 

 tencd, The feeds being fown within either 

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