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Le TO APOT May Ir. May 7. |/ 1780, 10: 9. 9. aie 1790. S Ze April Z- April 24s Þ0- 1701s O IÓ. e 100 1792. 7, 2 25» had, 1793. May 1. May 11. May 18.

E TO Apr Ts April 12% April 18.

From the above Regiſter it appears, that the difference between an early and late ſpring is not leſs than ſix weeks

ês Ls ASPARAGUS. POTATOES, GOOSEBERRIES- 1780. March27: April 3. April 10. 1784. May 8. May 17. May 22.

Ier this Regiſter may alſo be traced, the improved culti- vation of the early potatoe upon common ground: but the ) TE patatoe at preſent may be truly ſaid to be raiſed the whole t to year throughout, by the new method of heating the ſtoves with ſteam. Mr. Butler, gardener to the Earl of Derby, at his ſeat at Knowſley, has praiſed this ſome time; and Mr. wing: Collins, late his lordſhip’s gardener, who has ground.near Liverpool, had, under glaſſes, forced by the heat of ſteam, Chriſtmas, 1794, nearly, as he calculated, one cwt. of pota- toes, ready to take up. But he obſerved, that the proceſs by ) ſteam was too expenſive to afford any profit at the price they ) were uſually ſold. ) It will at this day ſcarcely be credited, that when potatoes 2e began to be brought to market ſo early as June, the gardeners 2, were under the neceflity of bringing the ſtems adhering to the 9 potatoes, for without this no purchaſer could be obtained.

10, A gentleman who has been particularly attentive to this 6 ſubjeét, obſerved that, in this northern diſtri&, autumnal 1, ſeeds reguire to be committed to the earth one fortnight at þ leaſt earlier than is recommended by Mawe, in his Ka= y lendar.

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