£30 OF ESCULENTS. SECT. XV. 



Parsley, broad leaved, as an efculent root, is com- 

 monly called Hamburgh parfley, and is eat as carrots. 

 Sow it early in March or April, either at broad can" or 

 in drills, and leave the plants fix inches afunder. The 

 roots may be preferved in land ; but it is the practice 

 of fome to low at Mldjummer, to draw them young in 

 winter, being belt when frefh dug. It is chiefly me- 

 dicinal. See par/ley, next fection. 



Parsnep is a fweet and valuable root, lefs culti- 

 vated than it deferves, being accounted very nourilh- 

 ing. As carrots require a light foil, fo the parfnep 

 does a ftrong one. Sow about the end of February, 

 or early in March, digging the ground well and 

 deep. If the foil is light, tread the feed in twice over 

 to fallen it in the ground ; it comes up in about three 

 weeks-. Thin when about two inches high, with a 

 final! hoe, and afterwards with a large one, fo as to 

 leave the roots in a good rich foil, a foot afunder, 

 though eight or ten inches will do in light, or indif- 

 ferent land. Any thing that is to go off quick, may 

 be fown with parfneps, as carrots to draw young, 

 radifies, lettuces, &c. Parfneps are not good till 

 arrived to maturity. Thefe roots are to be taken up, 

 and preferved as carrots ; but they may remain longer 

 in the ground, and are feldom hurt by fro ft, fo that 

 fome of the roots are commonly left undug till fpring ; 

 take them then up for ufe jujl as they begin to (hoot, 

 if they are not wanted for feed; when they will keep 

 good in fand till mid -April. 



Pea, we have a confiderable garden variety of,, 

 arifing from the fize, time of coming in, colour ot 

 flower and fruit, and fqrnewhat in taite. The prin- 

 cipal difunction is made, as to early and late peas, fo 

 that if the earliefl; pea is fown at the fame time with 

 one of the latefl, there will be three weeks difference 

 in their bearing, and a fortnight is ufually reckoned 

 between the common hot/pur and marnwjat* 



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