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for sprouts : turnips are set out in the same 

 manner, and their tops used, both cold and 

 boiled. Indeed, in the spring, they boil 

 every thing that is green, for the use of the 

 table. These sort of sprouts are sold at a 

 quarter of a dollar per peck. 



Great numbers of lettuces are raised and 

 used. 



There is a small sort of garlic which 

 grows so abundantly as to cover some 

 thousands of acres, and is very obnoxious 

 to all grain-crops, so as to produce nearly 

 as much garlic as grain, particularly the 

 winter crops. This garlic is a very early 

 plant, is excellent food for sheep, and 

 might be found valuable for sheep in some 

 parts of England, if it would not be inju- 

 rious to the succeeding crops. It vegetates 

 from both the root and seed, but never 

 grows after the land is enriched. The seed 

 is little larger than wheat in England. 



Peas of all kinds that are set produce 

 very well. The field-pea of England is not 

 in use. 



