Note 1 — CHAP. I. Of Roots and Leaves.
Reading edition
In this manner descends the first Root of every Seed; but of Corn very little, if at all, deeper than the Earth is tilled.
These first Seed-Roots of Corn die as soon as the other Roots come out near the Surface, above the Grain: and therefore this first is not called a Tap Root; but yet some of the next Roots that come out near the Surface of the Ground, always reach down to the Bottom of the pulveriz’d Staple; as may be seen, if you carefully examine it in the Spring time; but this first Root in Saint-foin becomes a Tap Root.