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When the plants come Up they muft be kept clean 



from weeds, and in dry weather duly watered, to 



keep them growing till they are fit to tranfplant, when 



there Ihould be an open fpot of rich ground prepared 

 ' to receive the plants, in fize proportionable to the 



quantity intended. When the ground is Well dug and 



levelled, if it fhould be very dry, it mu'ft be well 

 ' watered to prepare it to receive the plants ; tllen the 

 • - plants fhould be drawn up from the feed-bed care- 

 fully, fo as not to break their roots, drawing out all 



the largeft plants, leaving the fmall ones to get more 



: :f{rength-, which, when they have room^ to grow, 



?% taking away the large ones, they will foon do. 



-r As die plants are drawn up, they fhould be placed 



with their roots even, all the fame way, and eVery 



~ handful as they are drawn, fhould have the tops of 



their leaves iliortened, to make them of equal length: 

 > this will render the planting of them mucli eafier, 

 ithan when the plants are promifcuoufly mixed, h6ads I 'borders Ihduld aUb be as dry as pofTible, for thefe 



burfling out on one fide-, which tWy 

 to do, ' ■ 



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In doing of this you need only tie up the largeR 

 plants firft, and fo go over the piece oi 

 as the plants increaie in their growth; by which 

 rrieans you will continue the crop lonper, than if they 

 were all tied up at one time : for when they are quite 

 blanched, which will be in three weeks or a month 

 after tying, they will not hold found and good above 

 ten days or a fortnight, efpecially if theleafon proves 

 wet : therefore it is that I would advife to low ar 

 three or four different feafons, that you may have a 

 fupply as long as the weather will permit. But in 

 order to this, you muil tranfplant all the plants of the 

 laH fowing under warm v/alls, pales, or hedges, to 

 fcfeen the plants from frofl ; and if the winter fliould 

 prove very fharp, you fuould cover them with fome 

 JPeafe haulm, or fuch other light covering, 

 fhould be coriflantly taken off in mild weather : thefe 



which 



rows at one foot aiunder, and the plants fet ten 



plants a;re very fubjeft to rot, if planted in a molfl foil 

 'Tn winter. 



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inches diflant in the rows, clofing the earth Well to I Although I befoffe direded the tying up of the plants 

 their roots, and let them be well watered ; and repeat | to blanch them, yet this is only to be undcrftood for 

 this every other evening, till the plants have taken | the two firfl foWingS^ for after October, v/heh the 



nights begin tp be frofty, thofe plants which are fo 

 far above groitnd will be liable to be much prejudiced 

 thereby, efpecially if they are not covered in frofty 

 weather -, theref9re the befl method is, to take up 

 your plants of the latter fowlngs in a very dry day, 

 and with a large flat-pointed dibble, plant them into 

 the fides of trenches of earth, which fliould be laid 

 :Very upright, planting them fideways, on the fouth 

 fide of the trenches, towards the ftirt, Mth the tops 

 of the plants only out of the ground, 'fb'that the hafl:y 

 raim inay run off, and the plants be kept dry, ^and 

 ■fectired from froflrs. 

 The plants thus planted, will be Wahc'hed fit fdr ufe 



weeds. 



y^'^hen the plants of the feed-bed have been thus 

 thinned, they fliould be well cleaned from weeds and 

 watered, which will encolirage the growth of the re- 

 maining plants, fo that in ten days or a fortnight 

 after, there may be another thinning made of the 

 plants, which fhould be tranfplantbd iii the ISme 



And at about the faiti^ difl:ance of time. 



manner. 



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be fit to blanch by the latter end of July 



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and if they are properly managed, in three weeks or j . in about a month or five weeks tihie, after which it 

 a month, they will be fufficiently blanched for ufe, I will not keep good more than three weeks, before it 

 • which will be as foon as thefe fallads are conimonly 

 required ; for during the continuance of good Cos 



will decay; you fhould therefore continue plantkio- 

 foihe frefh ones into tVenches 'every fortnight or t^xree 

 ' Lettuce, few perfons care for Endive in their fallads ; I wfceks, that you Hiay have a fupply for the table; 



nor, indeed, is it fo proper for warm wcafiier. If 



• any of the plants fhould put out flower-flerns, they 



■ ' fhould be imhiediately pulled up and Carried kA^ay, 



:^ being good for nothing, fo fhould not be left Co in- 



, commode the neighbouring plants. As the cjuantity 



• ■ of roots neceffary for the fupply of a middling family 



is not very great, fo there fliould not be too many 



plants tied up to blancli at the fame time, therefore 



Snd thofe which wete laft tranfplanted out of the jfeed 



■ beds, fhould be preferved till February, before tfiey 



arfe Jpl^nted to blanch ; fo that ft'om this you may be 



fu|)blied i^htil the b^'gihning df April, or later i. for 



at this laft plantmg inW th^ tfehche^, it will keep 



lohgfe^'thah in winter, the days gi^oWing longer; and 



the furi; advaticirlg with more ftrength, dries up the 



moiiture much fooner than in winter, which willpre- 



the largefl fliould be firft tied, and in a week after J vent the rotting of* thefe plants -, but if the weather 



thofe of the next fize ; fo that there may be three 

 '*:^ different dmes of blanchino: the plants, on the fanie 



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fpot of ground. But as in fome large families there 



fhould prove frofty, thefe latter plantations of Endive 



fhould be covered with mats and ftraw to preferve 

 It, otherwife the froft will deftroy it, but tlie coverings 



is agreat confumption of this herb for foups, fo the I muit always be takeA off when the Weather is fa- 



quantities of plants fliould be proportionably greater, 

 at each time of planting and blanching. The itiarfner 

 of blanching is the next thing to bfe ttedted of, 

 therefore in order to this you fliould providd apafcel 



.11 Ofier twigs (or bafs mat) to tie up fom^ of 



vouraoie. 



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When your Endive is blanched enough fbf ttfe, you 

 muft dig it up with a fpade -, arid ifttr having' cleared 

 it from all the Outfide gfee'n itid decayed leaves, yoii 

 fliould wafh it well in two or three different waters to 

 clear it the better from fliugs, and other vermin. 



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a dry afternoon, when there is neither dew not rain • which commonlyfhelterthemfelvesamongft the leaves 



tb moiften the leaves in the middle of the plants, 

 . '^^hich would occafion their rotting foon after their 

 being tied up. The manner of doing it is as follows, 

 VIZ. Yoii muft firft gather up all the inner leaves of 

 tlie plant in a regular order, into ond hand, and tAe" 

 take up thofe on the outfide that are found, puUin 

 off and throwing away, all the rotten and decay ed 

 leaves which lie next the ground ; obferving' to phtce 

 the outfide leaves all round the middle ones, as n^ar 

 as pofTible to the natural order of their growth, fo 

 as not to crofs each other: then having got the 

 whole plant clofe up in your hand, tic it up wrth 

 the twig, bafs, &c. at about two inches below the 

 top, very clofe j and about a week after go over the 

 plants again, and give them another tie about the 



middle of the plant, to prevent the heart leaves from 



thereof, and then yoti rrtay ferve it up to the table 

 with other fallading. 



But in order to have a fupply of good feeds for the 

 next feafon, you muft look over thofe borders where 

 the laft crop w^s tranfplanted, before you put them 

 ifito the trenches to blanch ; and make choite of foriie 

 of the largef!, foundeft, and moft curled plants, in 

 nGm^Her according to the^ quantity Of f^eds required : 

 for ^ ffti^Il fattiily, a do2:en of gOOd plants will pro- 

 duce feeds enough ^ and for a large, two dozen or 



thirty plants. 



Thefe fti'ould be taf^en up and tranfplanted undei^ a 

 hedge or pale, at about eighteen inches diftance, in 

 one row about ten inches from t!he hedge, &"C. This 

 work fhould be done iri the beginning of March, if 



the feafon is mild, otherwife it miy be deftKr^rf a 



fortnight; 





