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A Farmer states, that it is well ascertained, and proved by documents the most unquestionable, that the cause of curled potatoes is from allowing the crab of the potatoe to remain on the plant; for when the crab has been cut off, the future sets have always proved free from the curl.

It is also necessary that the potatoes for sets should be reaped before the stem is withered. And the matter worthy of remark is, that a green potatoe top cut off in June, at the length of six to eight inches, and pricked into the ground in moist weather, will produce good potatoes in October.

Was lately and successfully tried, by the patriotic Bath and West of England Society. It consists simply in slicing potatoes without taking off the rind or skin, and afterwards drying them in an oven or kiln. The roots thus prepared will remain sweet for almost any length of time: the Society sent some to Jamaica in a barrel; which had been four years from Britain, and on their return, were found not to be in the least degree affected.