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§ IX. 



Of the Choice of thofe Roots which fhould be 

 preferved for -producing Seed. 



The time of gathering in the crop is the 

 feafon for choofing thofe roots which are 

 proper for producing feed. Thofe which are 

 only fit for this purpofe, are thofe which have 

 attained to. a middling fize, which are fmooth, 

 even, of a rofe colour without, and white 

 within fide, or marbled with red and white : 

 fuch are the marks which diftinguifh thofe 

 which it is proper to preferve and cultivate. 

 Thofe which are all white, or ail red, are 

 either degenerated, or are true beets, of 

 which the feed, by the neglect of the culti- 

 vators, has been mixed with that of the Root 

 of Scarcity. The , roots, which are intended 

 for the production of feed, fhould be kept 

 feparately from the others, in a place where 

 they are fecured from dampnefs and from 

 froft. 



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