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the feverltics of winter than the commom 

 WHITE-ROUND STOCK ; wliich, taken all in all, 

 is, I believe, the beft fpecies of turncp known, 

 at prefcnt, in thefe kingdoms. 



II. Soil. Turneps are Ibwn on every 

 fpecies of foil in ufe as arable land. It is ob- 

 fervable, hdwever, that the ftronger, heavier 

 foils, of the fduthern parts of this Diftridt, 

 will not bring turneps freely without marl ; 

 tvhich^ perhaps, by rendering the foil more 

 friable, and confequently lighter, fits it for the 

 tender fibrils of the turnep-plant in its infant- 

 flate; or, perhaps, the marl itfelf is accept-, 

 able to this luxuricus plant. 



Be this as it may, marl is found highly bene- 

 ficial to the crop ; and the faft proves, that a 

 foil by nature ungenial to turneps, may in 

 fome cafes be rendered agreeable to them,' by 

 art. See Min. 136. 



III. Succession. In the regular coiirfe of 

 management, turneps fucceed barley after 

 wheat; and in this part of the Diftridt, where 

 the hexennial round is obfcrved with confider-* 

 able regularity, they feldom fucceed any other 



S ?. crop; 



