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LXXX. The Method of rearing Seed, in the East Indies, 

 of the Carrot, Turnip, and Radish, to prevent the Dete- 

 rioration of those Vegetables. By William Ingledew, 

 Esq. 



Read April 2, 1822. 



The difficulty of preventing vegetables, particularly the 

 European kinds, from becoming deteriorated in India, is well 

 known to all gardeners who have had experience in that 

 climate; seeds are consequently imported every year from 

 England, and these, from various causes, often disappoint 

 the Horticulturist, being either decayed or dead on their 

 arrival. 



From this circumstance, I was induced to pay particular 

 attention to a method of rearing the seeds of some vegeta- 

 bles, which I first saw practised in the neighbourhood of 

 Seringapatam, in the year 1806; from that year to 1818, I 

 was much occupied in gardening, and therefore had ample 

 opportunities of witnessing its efficacy, and if the practice of 

 eleven years can authorize me to speak with confidence, of its 

 results, I need not hesitate to declare my belief, that vege- 

 tables on which this operation can be performed may be 

 always preserved in their genuine and perfect state and 

 quality. 



The Indian gardeners in the Deckan confine the process 

 I am about to describe to three different sorts of vegetables, 

 the Carrot, the Radish, and the Turnip, these being in more 

 constant demand among the native inhabitants than any other 



