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the only ones which are then in their perfection ; the 
third and fourth have not yet reached it. 
5 thly, In a good foil, having a favourable expofition, 
well drained and worked for a number of years, I have 
never feen any canes with above thirty-eight or forty 
joints; nor have I ever feen any that had fo many when 
the length of the cane has fallen Ihort of four feet and 
a half, nor this except in pretty good years. 
6thly, I have never feen the firft joint of the cane ap- 
pear in fuch a foil fooner than the fourth or the middle 
of the third month. 
Nor, feventhly, have I ever cut fuch canes at the 
fourteen or fifteen months end, but I found fome that 
were either rotted or dried, according to the feafon; rot- 
ted 
tion de leur valeur reelle : les fecondes produftiotis font les feules qui fubfiftent 
dors dans leur perfe&ion; les troifiemes et quatriemes ne Pont pas encore atteinte. 
5 e observation, Dans un bon terrein bien expofe, egoute, et travaillant de- 
puis plulieurs annees, je n’ay jamais vu de Cannes qui euflent au dela de 38 a 40 
noeuds, ny cette quantite de noeuds dans une longueur moindre de 4 pieds et 
demi, et ces 4 pieds et demi avec leur 40 noeuds feulement dans des annees afiez 
favorables. 
6 e obfervation, Je rray jamais vu la canne nouee dans cette efpece de terrein 
avant It 4® mois ou le milieu du 3 e , 
7 e obfervation, je n’y ay jamais vu couper les Cannes a 14 ou 15 mois fans en 
trouver de pourries on deifechees fuivant la faifon 3 pourries je les coupois apres 
