Ml OF ESCITEXTS. SECT. aV, 



A few late carrots may be fown in April and May\ 

 to draw young in the fummer ; and Come in Augufl, to 

 ftand the winter, for early f'pring ufe; but carrots that 

 fland the winter grow hard, and are or' very little 

 worth, and that chiefly for foups. 



Inautumn, let carrots be taken up as foon as their 

 leaves begin to change ; for when they continue too 

 long in the ground, they are apt to get worm-eaten, 

 efpecially in rich foils. Cut the tops off at an inch, 

 and lay them up dry and free from mould, in dry fand, 

 a layer of fand, and a layer of carrots. All thofe that 

 are broken, or cut, mould be thrown afide for prefent 

 fpending, as they would decay in the heap, and fpread 

 infection to the reft . Thofe who grow large quantities 

 for cattle % flack them in hovels, Ben with a thick coat 

 of flraw, bottom and fides, and particularly on the top. 

 In a foil that fuits them, carrots turn to good account, 

 and are excellent food for all foits of cattle, but parti- 

 cularly pigs and horfes. 



Cauliflower is fometimes diftinguimed into a^ 

 early and late fort ; though, m fact, there is no differ 

 ence, only as the feed of that called early is laved from 

 the for war dell plants. 



The time for [owing cauliflowers is rather a nice 

 bufmefs, but it is generally fettled for the 00th oiAuguJl, 

 a day under or over. It will be prudent, however, to 

 fow a^ain a few days after, but not earlier, as then 

 they would be apt to form only very little heads, and 

 run up for feed. Let the young plants be timely thim:rj t 

 that thev may be ilrong. Brick them out when the 

 Miff leaves are about an inch broad. And as cauli- 

 flowers are tender, they will require to be pricked out 

 in the warnvdt and drieil part ot the garden. Some of 

 them fftoutd be protected Under hand-glaffcs, frame, q* 

 hoops and mats* Hunting up clofe, and covering the 

 fflalles with mats or ftraw in fevere weather : not doing 

 this, however, bctore the weather makes it weef/arv^ 



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