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underftaod, in other parts of the kingdom, that 

 n^ turnep-feed is fit to be fown which has not 

 t)een raifed from tranfplanted roots. But not 

 fo in Norfolk, where feed is frequently raifed 

 ffom untranfplanted turneps. 



It is a fad: well underftood by .every hufbajid- 

 man, here, that If the feed be gathered repeat- 

 edly from iLintranfplante.d roots, the plants from 

 this feed will become " coarfe-necked" and 

 " foul-rooted;" — and the flelh of the root itfeljF 

 will become rigid and unpalatabje. On the 

 contrary, if it be gathered, year after year, 

 from tranfplanted roots, the jjecks will bepome 

 too fine, and the fibres too few ; the entire 

 plant acquiring a weak delicate habit, and the 

 produce, though fwcet, will be fmall. For 

 the neck,or on-fet of the leaves, being reduced 

 to the fize of the finger (for inftance), the num- 

 ber and fi^e of the leaves will be reduced in 

 proportion; and in a fimilar proportion will 

 the number and fize of the fibrils be reduced. 

 From a parity of reafoning it may perhaps be 

 inferred, that when the neck acquires a thick- 

 nefs equal to that of the wrift, the fize of th? 

 foot will be in proportion, 



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