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what they intend to preserve for the win- 

 ter, are set from May to August ; but the 

 proper time is the first week in June ; for, 

 if set sooner, it sometimes happens, that, if 

 they get forward, there are two growths ; 

 the young ones sprouting in the ground 

 when at the size of a walnut, and putting 

 forth tops intermixed with those set first, 

 making a second crop. When that is the 

 case, they seldom are v^orth any thing. It 

 does not frequently happen that those set in 

 August are worth labour. 



Turnips are only in general use for the 

 table : the land they are sown on is gene- 

 rally new, the wood being cleared for that 

 purpose. The refuse-stuff is burnt, once 

 ploughed, the seed sown, and the turnips 

 seldom hoed. According to the quality of 

 their land, they are very good to raise : 

 but the land, if old, is either manured or 

 cow-penned, the same as for tobacco. The 

 fly, or lop, destroys them, the same as in 

 England. 



The time of sowing is the 10th of Au- 



