7464 The ordering of the Kitchen Garden. 
oy l vp where they grow toothicke, {pending them firft, andfotaking vp from 
eae vatill hep ftand two foote in funder one from another, a begitile 
to fpindle and thootevp for feede. In thisis vied fomearte to makethe plants ftrong — 
to giue he better {cede without danger of rotting or {poyling with the wet, whichof. _ 
ten happéneth to thofe about whiom this caution isnot obferued: Beforeyour Lettice _ 
jsfhotvp, marke outthe choyfeft and ftrongeft plantes which are fitteft to grow for 
feede, and from thofe when they are afoote high, ftrippeaway with your hand the — 
leaues that grow loweft vpon the ftalke next the ground, which might rot, fpoyledr — 
hinder chem from bearing fo good feede, which when itis necte to be ripe, theftalkes 
mutt be cut off about the middle, and Jayde vpon mats or clothes in the Sanne, thatic 
may thee fully ripen and. be gathered, for it would’ be blowne away with the winde’ — 
if it fhould be fuffered toabide onthe ftalkes long. Parfheps muft be fowen ona deep 
trenched mellow ground, orherwife they may runto feede the firft yearc, which then’ 
arenothing worth: orelfetherootes will be fmallftaruclings and fhort, and runne ins! 
tomany fpires or branches, whereby they will aotbee of halfethe worth. Somevfe’ 
tofow them in Auguftand September, that fo they may bee well growneto ferueto. 
fpend in Lent following, bat their beft time isin February, thatthe Summers growth’ 
may makethem the fairer'and greater. Whenthey runnevprofeede, you fhalltake 
the principall or middle heades, for thofe carry the Mafter feede,which is the beftand’ 
will produce the faircftrootes againe: You fhall hardly hae all the feede ripe at one’ 
inftant, for vfually the chiefeft heads will be fallen before the other are ripe: you mutt’ 
therefore ftill looke them ouer,and cut them as they ripen. Carrots ate vitally fowen 
in March and Aprill, andif it chance that fome of them doe runnevp forfeedethe 
they areto be weeded out, for ‘the feed nor roots of them are good: 
‘ate toothicke, if you will hanethem grow’ — 
fair,or for feed,that they may gtowat the leaft three or foure foot in funderstheftalkes 
of Carrots are limber,and fall downe totheground ; they muftthereforebe fuftained: 
 fameyeare, and then it isnot accounted good. Many doe ve to fow Turneps onthofe’ — 
grounds from whencethe fame yeare they hauctaken off Reddith and Lettice,tomake 
thegreater profit of the ground, by haning two crops of increafein oneyeare.’ The — 
ftalkes of Turneps will bend downetothe ground, as Carrots doe, but yer muft not — 
be bound or ordered in thar manner, but fufferedto grow without ftaking orbinding, — 
faireftand moft principall feede from all thefe fore-recited herbes, that after they are’ 
_ fowen, and rifento a reafonable growth, they betranfplantedinto frefground.Cab- 
: : bages alfoare not only fowen forthevfeof theirheadstofpend formear, buttoga~ 
? ther their {cede likewife, which howfocuer fome haue endeauoured to doe, yet few 
oo haue gained good feede, becaufe our tharpehardfroftes inwinter haue fpoyledand ~ 
rotted their ftockes they preferued for the purpofe ; but othershaue found outabet- — 
terand a more fure way,which is, torakevp your ftocks thatare fitteftto be preferued; — 
and bring them into the houfe, and there wrapthemeyther.in clothes, or other things — 
to defendthem fromthe cold, and hang them vp ima dry place,vntillthebeginning of © 
March following, then planting themintheground, andalirtledeféndthem athe — 
firft with ftraw caft ouer them from the cold nights, ‘thereby youmay be furetohaue 
perfe& good feede, if yourkindebe of the beft : Sowe your feed in the moneths 0 
February orMarch, and tranfplant them in May wherethey may ftandtogrow for © 
your vic, butbecarefull tokill the wormes or Carerpillers thar elfe will deuoure all e 
your leaues, and becarefullalfothatnone of the leauesbee broken in the planting, or 
otherwife rubbed, for that oftentimes hindereth:the well clofing of arenas: 
