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APPENDIX, 



On the CULTURE of POTATOES. 



Letter from Sir MORDAUNT MARTIN, Bart, to 

 Sir JOHN SINCLAIR, Bart, dated Burn-ham, 7th 

 March, 1795, 



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SIR, 



N confcquence of the circular {{ Hints refpetting the 

 Culture of Potatoes," I take the liberty of addrefling you, in 

 favour of a fort I do not find named in that paper — I mean 

 the Kentifh feedling. I was originally obliged to Sir Thomas 

 Bcevor for my Mock; they have never yet exhibited any 

 curl, and, I think, I may fafely affert, that they have every 

 feafon produced double the quantity of the Champion. I do 

 not prefer them as dainties for the table, but, perhaps, their 

 infipidity and perfect white mealinefs render them the rnoft 

 defirable of any for the purpofe of making bread. If they 

 have not already been tried, and difapproved by the Board 

 I fhould be proud of the honour of fending a few, by way of 

 fpecimen, wherever you may favour me with pcrmiflion to 

 direft them. 



My flock is not many bufhcls, having only prcfervrd thfl 

 fort with a view of (applying th< iring cottagers for 



their gardens. I feci jio linall fatisfa&ion in having I 1 



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