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the knowledge of fo beneficial an article ot 

 diet. 



Though this country does not fpontaneoufly 

 produce any great variety of vegetables pro- 

 per for the table, yet by the introduction of 

 foreign products, and the arts of culture, it 

 nourishes in its bofom, at this time, the great- 

 eft and molt ufeful varieties of fruits, and 

 other dietetic vegetables, in the world. I con- 

 ceive, however, every additional article of 

 nourifhment, efpecially like this almoft incre- 

 dibly abundant, and at the fame time falu- 

 tary both to the human and brute fpecies, 

 muft, like the Potatoe which Raleigh brought 

 from America, prove an interefting acqui- 

 sition to the public. I calculate, from the 

 product of my garden, that a fquare yard of 

 ground, planted with the Mangel Wurzel, 

 will yield fifty pounds in weight of falu- 

 tary food$Xan abundance equalled by few, if 



any 



