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I was not able to difcover the fort, but be- 

 lieve it the common large Scotch-, and if fo, 

 the account is very different from the laft I 

 received at Baivtry. 



Befides cabbages, I found in Mr. Whar- 

 ton's experiment field two prodigious fine 

 pieces of potatoes, one in rows 18 inches 

 afunder. and the other two feet ; as good 

 crops as ever I faw; the foil light loofe 

 fand, and I apprehend very rich ; the cab- 

 bages, &c. grow on the fame. They raife 

 a great many of thefe roots about Don- 

 cq/ler, and reckon the mean produce of an 

 acre at 25c bufhels, and the common price 

 is 1 j. 4 d. and 1 s. 6 cL a bufhel : There 

 have been fome wagers betted this year, 

 that that quantity is gained from off three 

 roods. 



The fame gentleman has a fmall expe- 

 riment on carrots, which, like thofe I have 

 before mentioned at Baivtry^ have not 

 been hoed, but ftand quite thick on the 

 beds ; they were very poor ones, nor could 

 they poffibly be othervsrife, notwithstanding 

 the excellency of the foil for this root : 

 One of the common carrots now growing 

 in the fields of the fandy gardeners (already 

 mentioned) would outweigh 40 of the bell: 

 that can be picked out of the plantations 

 either of Mr. Lyfier or Mr. Wharton^ and 

 yet their foils appear to be as nearly allied 

 as poiTible to that of thole gardeners; but 



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