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grown. There fhould be frefh earth of- 

 ten laid upon them, to prevent the 

 canker that is apt to infeft themj and 

 as you want to ufe them, take them 

 frefh out of the ground. 



Some there are that recommend a 

 black moory land, as does Mr. Bradley^ 

 but whatever I have obferved of them 

 is, that they love any fandy, loofe, rich 

 foil, be it either black, reddifh or yel- 

 low 5 and withal I find that a little fhade 

 is very agreeable to them, if it be near 

 or under the trees of any old garden or 

 orchard, where fome of the glimmer- 

 ings of the fun may have entrance. 



SECT. III. CHAP. XLI. 



Of the potatoes or battata. 



HE potatoe is another of the fifer 



jL or fifarum kind, cail'd by fome 

 the fifarum ^eruvianum, or skirrets of 

 Pm/, whofe nutriment being as it were 

 between flefh and fruit, are of mighty 

 nourifhing parts, and flrengthen nature 

 to a great degree, having been long the 

 common food of the Spaniards, Itali- 

 ans ^ Indians J and many other nations. 



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