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common fort, that it might well be ranked as 

 a diftindt /pedes. Inftcad of fpreading itfelf 

 flat upon the ground, or burying itfelf parti- 

 ally in the furface-mould, it rifes in a cylin- 

 drical form, eight, ten, or twelve inches high ; 

 ftanding in a manner wholly above-ground ; 

 generally taking a rough irregular outline, and 

 a fomewhat reclining pofture. In colour, con- 

 texture, and quality, it refembles very much 

 the common turnep ; of which it is by much 

 the mofl formidable rival. Indeed, for early 

 fowing, to be eaten off in autumn, this long- 

 rooted fpecics fcems to gain a preference even 

 to the common white-rounds : the roots are 

 of quick growth, — acquire a great fize, — and, 

 ftanding wholly above-ground, are readily 

 drawn; or, if eaten off by llieep, are con- 

 fumed with little wafle ; the refufe fhells being 

 fmaller than thofe of broad flat turneps half- 

 buried in the ground. 



But this very circumftance renders them 

 wholly unfit to be fo'.vn as a fpring-food ; for, 

 {landing, as they do, cxpofed on the furface, 

 they become liable to the attack of every 

 froft; and, from annual experience, it is 

 known that they fuffcr fooner, and more, from 



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