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PRODUCTION OF 



Sect. XVII. I. 2i 



central bulb only, which will produce a flower th 



mer, and another large central bulb like itfelf. 



fum 



See Sea. IX. 3 



& 



Another caufeof the degeneracy of potatoes may arife from divid 



o many fets, which muft deprive the embry 

 appropriated nutriment ; as the umbilical part 



plant of much of 



of the root is generally thrown afide by thofe idly-ingenious difTed... 

 of it ; for though the part, where the umbilical veffels were inferted' 



to poflefs new 

 fuch as are feea on the lobes of a 



may not after the mature growth of the bulb appear 



elTels from th 



mbryon pi 



^^ 



a o 



gardea-bean 



yet 



becomes decompofed, it muft fup 



ply mucilaginous or faccharine nutriment to the roots of the 



plants 



new 



As the potat 



third year, refembling in this circumftanc 



fed from feeds do not flower on the fecond 



th 



bulbs of tulips and 



hyacinths ; thefe new roots, I am told, are fold as early potatoes, and 

 that they are forwarder in their growth from their beino- aenerallvt 

 planted without being divided ; and that they form their n^'ew roots 



fooner 



they do not flow 



Bed. XVI. 3. 4 



To improve the feeds of potatoes fee 



aace. 



The following method of planting whole potatoes is recommended 

 Mr. Adam's ElTays on Agriculture, and has a promifing appear^ 



The idea 



u r u . ^^^ '^^' " ^''''^'^ ^ mentioned before, refpeaing tha 

 culture of the Scotch and Anjpu cabbages,, might be fuccefsfuUy ap. 



Ihed to that of potatoes. I^t us fuppofe the ground, in which they 



be fet^ is properly prepared by plowin 



the furrow 



be drawn in it at four feet diftance all over the field, andcrofled by 

 other furrowsat an equal, diftance. Where thefe interfed each other 



lay in fome dun 



from a wheelbarrow 



. -' — """6 "'^"^ ^ wneeiDarrow, extending froi 



mterfeaion fourteen. or fifteen inches each way: let a 



tending from the point of 



mg fpread a little of 



man. follow 

 the mould from the furrow over the d^... 



let a third hand put one whole found potato at the point of interf°c 



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