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none, in my opinion, is (o produ&ive as tfie 

 ox-noble, nor any To good for the table as the 

 -kidney, I fpeak of the forts now in ufe: but 

 it is highly probable that by experiments in 

 raifing from feed, we may at fome future time 

 obtain potatoes fuperior to any at prefent 

 known. 



The belt method of preferving potatoes is 

 to make them into what is termed a pie. To 

 make the pie, choofe a dry piece of ground, 

 dig it about eight inches deep, and lay the fods 

 or mould fo taken out bankwife on each fide 

 the intended pie; which will prevent the pota- 

 toes from running about. Let the pie be from 

 fix to nine feet wide at the bafe, and the fides 

 fronting the eaft and weft; one end only being 

 expofed to the north. Raife it as high as you 

 pleafe, diminifhing it to a fharp ridge, like the 

 roof of a houfe or barn* If it be brought to a 

 fingle row at the top, the pie will be the better 

 for it. You muft then cover the heap, firn: with 

 ftraw, and then with mould regularly a foot 

 thick : but if you add a greater thicknefs, you 

 will better infure the fafety of your pie from 

 intenfe frofts, which, if furrered to penetrate, 

 would fpoii the whole. After incrufting your 



pie 



