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of little ufe to ; yet this afliftance (hould be adopted for 

 the/r/? crop, which it may whiten. 



Lettuces are fometimes fown /hick, to draw voung 

 for fmall fallading ; for which purpofe, the lap an. 

 Sage lettuces are the propereft, as they eat tenderer and 

 fwecter in their infant flate : the tap feed is very cheap, 

 and chiefly the fort ufed. 



Melon there is a variety of, in fize, fhape, coat, and 

 colour of the flefb. The forts we heft fucceed with are 

 the mufti, (or common oblong ribbed melon) the Roman, 

 the Portugal, and the Cantalevf.es in variety, as the 

 common rock, the b;ack, the orange, and the filver. 

 Rofniun and Portugal are fmall, but earl v. The 

 Car.ialev.pes are juftty the mod admired fruit, but are 

 not fo ffood bearers as the others. 



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The feed brought from the ccntir. tit 'where the 

 melons are much finer than in E?ig!and) feldcm iuccceds 

 here. Whoever fows it, mint not begin too early, 

 muff ufe more heat, and give lefs water than is necei- 

 fary for Denizens. See, Of raying Melons, .p. 



Onion, we have feveral forts, but the Strujburgh 

 (oval fhaped) is that moftly cultivated, as it keeps the 

 beft. The J. liver finned and Spanijh (flat lhaped) are 

 milder, and therefore by fome preferred. The Welch 

 fort does not bulb, and it is rank ; but for its being' 

 very hardy, is fown thick in Auguft, and fuffered to 

 ftand fo for winter and Iprmg ufe, as a green fubititute 

 for others. .At this time, alio, fome of the Strajburgh 

 may be fown, and perhaps ffand the winter in a good 

 fituation. The Welch onion is not only hardy, but 

 perennial. They are apt to die down in winter, but 

 the roots fhoot again ; which, when they begin to do, 

 if earthed over an inch, or fo, they will blanch, come 

 forwarder, and eat the milder. 



The fmall fiver Jkinr.ed onion is the fort fitteft for 

 fummev fallading znd pic'/ing. Sew firft at the end of 

 March, and to have them young once every three weeks 

 after. Chufe poor ground for the pickleis, 



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