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They are propagated and r.iifed either by 

 planting fmall or middling roots whole, or 

 principally by planting cuttings of the roots, 

 i. e. the potatoes, large ones, cut into three, four, 

 or more pieces, for iets, each furniOied with orfte 

 or two eyes, from whence to emit roots, &c. 

 and planted in the Spring, either in deep 

 drills, or with a large dibble, and each ftt 

 multiplies into many whole potatoes, as before 

 intimated. 



Any of the forts are proper to pliflt. The 

 large round reds arc very fine, though at pre- 

 fent fcarcely feen in the London markets. 

 The round and large oblong whites are pre- 

 ferred by the cultivators, as being fuppofed 

 to be rather more prciilic than the reds. 



They fhould have a lightiih rich mellow 

 ground ; or if of a Candy loamy nature, it 

 will be an advantage; and if iome jightifh or 

 moderately rotted dung is digged or plowed 

 in, it will prove an additional improvement 

 to the foil and crop. 



The feafon for planting is March and April, 

 when, having procured a quantity of middling; 

 large potatoes, cut them into three, four, or 

 more pieces, with one or two eyes to^each fei: 

 then, as to the method of planting, it is 

 fometimes peformed by dibble, having it thick 

 and blunt-ended, and with which make a Iiole 

 for each fet, four or five inches deep, and a foot 

 to fifteen or eighteen inches dillance in the 

 row, dropping a fet in each hole, and ilrike 

 the earth in upon them, the rows two feet or 

 two and a half afunder. Or another method 

 u, to draw large drills, four or five inches 



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