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findin therelifh, be from the differing kinds of the Potado's 
of Barhdos and Vtrgink ; or, whether thofe differ io kind (far 
both have the fame refemblance above-ground,) or whether the 
difference, which we find , be only frGm the diverfiry of the 
Soyl. 
That the Soyl makes a great difference , and that al! may be 
careful to chufe a fic Soyl for their Garden-diet, I fiial! here 
offer fome notable Inftances to prove It. All the people here, 
(the very vulgar,) do find the Carrots, and Turoeps or Rapes, 
from the common Fields of Meriot^ eight miles from hence, 
Weflward , far to excel other very good Turneps and Carrots 
infatnefs and pleafing relifli. And Cabbage-plants from the 
wide Fields of LydUrd ^ weft ward of Taunton (where they 
have a rich reddifli Soyl) do fo far excel all other the beft 
Cabbage plants , that thefe JL^Ww^i plants are bought in a!i 
places at 80 miles diftance* In the Spring-time, when the 
ways are pretty deep, I fee many Horfes pafs through this 
Town laden with Lj'iwr^-plarits, which they fell here, and in 
all Town many miles beyond Salisbury, Ail call for Lydwd-^ 
plants, and give more for them than for many other. They 
become fooner^and furer^and fweeter Cabbages. And Garden» 
plan's are fometimes much altered in tafte and properties , by 
the accidents of the year* In a droughty Summer, the Plague 
then being hot in London, we had Carrots in Northamptoi^jhire 
from a kind Soyl, were they were wont to be very good ; bus 
then fo rank, dry, and earthy, that we could not endure tofee 
them on the Table. 
I hear that the Turneps of Hackney are better than other 
Turneps about London. Wc have here very good Turneps, 
white and yellow, which are fatter and cfteemed more reftora- 
tive. But all England wants xh^ Bohemian Turvi^^s y bloods- 
red on the ourfide ; which are extold by Muffet (as he found 
i\\cxs\ \x\ Prague) to be foreftorative and delicate, that the Em° 
perour himftlf nurfcth them in his Garden. Thefe Arguments 
I produce to invite them that have the kindeftSoy! for thefe 
underground Granaries^ Potado's and Turneps^ to get them im>- 
mediately from Barbados , Jamiii(;a and Prague^ by Merchants, 
at the firft hand, before they be degraded^or any ways vitiated 
by more unkind Soyl. And fince there Is a peculiar fort of 
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