New Principles of Gardening. 
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Of Potatoes. 
1. Their Names. 
Lujius calls Potatoes, Battata, Camotes, Amotes, and Ig. 
nanes, and in Englifh they are called Potatoes, Potatus, 
and Potades. 
2. Their Defeription. 
To defcribe Potatoes would be a needlefs Work, feeing 
that they are now very well known by moft (if not every} 
Perfon in Exgland. But as there are divers Kinds of them 
that grow very well in England ( which I {uppofe came originally 
from Ireland, they being very plentiful in that Country ) it will 
not be amifs to fay fomething of their Kinds. 
The firft is the white Kidney Potatoe, fo called, in regard 
to its Form, whichis the true Form of a Sheep, or Hogs 
Kidney. ; 
The fecond is the white round Potatoe of Colour and Tafte 
like unto the preceding, as alfo its Skin which is very thin ; 
both thefe Kinds are very pleafant in Tafte, and oftentimes 
very large, but don’t increafe fo much as the following. 
The third Kind is that, which is called the Lancajbire Potatoe,. 
of a very pale reddifh Colour, and of a very large Growth, 
but very watery and infipid in Tafte to what fome of the 
others are, and efpecially when planted in a cold and wet Land. 
The fourth Kind is the red Potatoe, with a rough Coat, 
the very beft of any, and the greateft Bearer: ’Tis a Potatoe 
that is generally very large, and of a much finer Tafte than the 
Lancafbire, and a much better Bearer, but docs not come fo 
very early, for which that is moft valued. 
3. Their Temperature. 
The Roots of Potatoes are temperately dry. 
4. Their 
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