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Another sowing should be performed in three 

 - or a month after this ; or when the first 

 >wed in October or early in the Following 

 ■booth, it is better to repeat tin in a 



t - ight or three weeks, for fear the Grst should 

 fail ; and alter this continue sowing once in 

 three weeks or a month all winter in mild wea- 

 ther. Bui towards spring a principal crop of 

 the Reading and other large Hotspurs should 

 be sown; and as the season advances, the Bow- 

 ings be made in more open cxpo-ures, and more 

 in quantity than the early ones; and as the spring 

 draws on, the sowings should also be repeated 

 oftener; as from the close or the year till the 

 beginning of April, they should be once in three 

 weeks ; and from that time till May, once a 

 fortnight, especially as the warm weather in- 

 creases. 



The winter and early spring sowings differ 

 materially in the time they require to germinate : 

 those sown any time in winter are sometimes 

 three weeks or near a month before they ap- 

 pear, while those sown towards spring come up 

 i so-.mer in the later spring sowings, often 

 in a very short time. 



In the later or the above sowings, some of the 

 dwarf sorts mav be introduced ; as Leadman's 

 Dwarf, both for middle and late crops. 



As the plants of each sowing come up, and 

 are advanced two or three inches in height, it is 

 proper to begin the first culture by drawing a 

 little earth with a hoe, or small rake, lightly up 

 to their stems on each side of the different rows 

 to strengthen and forward their growth; re- 

 peating the earthing once or twice at proper in- 

 tervals, as occasion may require, and at the 

 same time cutting up and clearing away all 

 weeds ; and when the crops are six or eight 

 inches in height, those designed for support 

 should be sticked. 



As the earliest cr >ps are often in danger from 

 the severity of frosts, it is proper, when they 

 are about an inch or an inch and a half high, to 

 draw a little line earth lightly up to their stems 

 in a drv dav ; it will also be of much advantage 

 to give occasional protection to such crops in 

 seve.e weather, by covering tin in lightly with 

 Ions;, light, dry litter, of the stsawy kind, or by 

 mats; which, where there is bat a moderate 

 quantity in warm borders, may be more 

 ( fleeted ; but this need only be practised in very 

 severe frosts. They must however be carefully 

 uncovered every line dav in temperate weather ; 

 and the moment the frost disappears the cover- 

 ing be entirely removed ; as they must by no 

 means be kept too close, which would draw 

 them up weak and tender. 



When in blossom, if the weather should 



prove dry and warm, a few rood waterings in 



the morn :>• '.•< nclicial ; and when the 



soming ; la ns arc advanced a consi lerabte 



height, if thee are then topped, it will promote 

 their podding and coming to perfection. 



A- to the succecdingcrops of the different kinds, 

 all theyr theearth to their stems 



occasion lllj . and lilting kip a'l weeds when thev 

 appear; those designed for support being always 

 sticked as soon as they are half a foot high, or a 

 little mil". . begin to fall down on their 



sides, pro sticks about four or live feet 



long, and placing one range to each row princi- 

 pally on the south or most sunny side of the 

 rows, as the plants naturally incline towards tha 

 sun, and of course more readily attach them- 

 selves to the sticks. 



In the culture of the larger kinds, for succes- 

 siooal general crops, such as the Marrowfats ; 

 Spanish Morattos; Sec. ; thev mav be begun 

 sowing in January, tbe Dwarf Marrow la's first : 

 but the three following months are the most 

 proper for the general crops of all the large 

 kinds ; a free exposure in the most open quar- 

 ters being made use of, drawing drills by line, 

 about an inch and a half or two inches deep, 

 and not less than a vard asunder, and when 

 sticked, four feet, and for the lamest sorts four 

 feet and a half to live feet, in single or double 

 rows. 



In these cases the seed should be sown thinlv 

 along the middle of each drill, drawing the earth 

 evenly over them with the rake, hoe, or feet, 

 covering them equally the depth of the drills, 

 and raking the surface smooth ; these sow inns 

 being repeated once a fortnight or three weeks; 

 and as the spring advances, once a fortnight, 

 especially from the beginning of April until 

 the end of the following month. Afterwards a 

 few may be sown every ten or twelve days. Late 

 sowings are, however, seldom very fruitful, be- 

 ing often attacked with the mildew ; but it is 

 proper to endeavour to have some as long in the 

 a as possible. 

 When these different crops are come up about 

 three inches high, they should have earth laid up 

 to them on each side of the rows, cutting down 

 ail weeds, and repeating the hoeing* occasion- 

 ally according as the growth of weeds mav re- 

 quire ; and when thev are half n foot, or ei 

 or ten inches high, they should have the sticks 

 placed to them ; which for these large sorts 

 require slicks six or seven feet 'nigh, at least, 

 placing them on the sunny side of the rows, as 

 directed above. 



late crops, any of the sorts, either Hob 



