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for the premium, and unable to procure the zeed in England, with a spirit of enterprize not to be damped by trifling obsta- cles, determined to import it from Holland. Bat through a mistake of the Seedsman received those of the turnmip rooted cabbage in its Stead, a plant well known in the higher north- ern Jatitudes, The Seeds were Sown, in due course of time planted out according to the mode then adopted; when hav- ing acquired a more enlarged size, the discovery of the mis- take was quickly made. Mr. Reynolds not disheartened by the disappointment of his first hopes, determined to treat these Strangers with respect. He watched tbeir progress, paid every attention to their culture; and at length received the just r6- compense of reward for his patient unwearied assSiduity. They Proved to be very valuable crop, and having passed the ordeal of experiment, have Since, in compliment to their first intro- ducer and original cultivatior, been known and disseminated under the denomination of Reynold's Turnip-rooted Cabbage. I have the honour to be, Sir, with great respect,

Near Norwich, Your obedient Servant, Dec. 26, 1803. CASTOR.

P.S. Just as I had finiShed the above, and was going to Send it off, I accidentally met with a letter from the Rev. Davies Lamb, of Kidley, in Kent. As it contains a further confirmatipn of Mr. Howman'*s opinion, 1 Shall not Scruple Selecting from it the following extract.“ The common tur- mp cabbage being much recommended as a very bardy plant that. would abide the most Severe winter, I thought it worth making 5ome trial of; and accordingly im March 1767, 1 SOwed an ounce of its Seed; when the plants had six leaves they were pricked out, and transplanted two feet Square on very rich ground. At Michaelmas they were fourteen, and Some eighteen, inches round; and had a very promising ap- Pearance: but the winter Proving very Severe, a great num- ber of them rotted with the frost, and more in proportion than of the common green round turnip.?

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REPLY TO AGRICOLA MERIDIONALIS, ON ANIL- MAL LABOUR.

To the Editor of the Agricultural Magazine. SIR, ee FTE DOK ENZ. Ep the critical catalogue contained in your 45th number, it appears that Lord Somerville has counected the Subject of our having become great 1importers of corn with that of the comparative merits ot horses and oxen forthe draught, In 033