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were extremely line, many of them being 29 inches in circum- 



ference 



We Ihall clcjfe this chapter with fomedhx-dions of. Mr. Miller for 

 tli3 general culture ot this plant. 



" Turneps, fays he, delight in a light, findy, loamy foil, \yhich 

 " muft not be rich ; for in a rich foil they grow rank and are flicky : 

 " but if it be moiil, they will thrive the better in fumuier, efpecially 

 ♦' in frelTi land, where they are always fweeter ihan upon an old 

 *' worn-out, or a rich foil, 



" The common feafon for fowlng of turneps, is any time from the 

 '' beginning of June to the middle of Auguft, or a little later i 

 " though it is not advifeable to fow them much after, becaufe, if the 

 ■*'' autunui fliouldnot prove vei;y mild, they will not have time to ap- 

 *• pie before winter, nor will .j.^- roots of thofe which are fown after 

 '* the middle of July grow ve-y large, unlefs the froft keeps off long 



'' in autumn. Two pounds of feed are full fufficient for an acre 



■^ of land (fown in broad caft), but one pound is the common al- 

 *' lowance*. 



" Thefe feeds fliould always be fown upon an open fpot of ground : 

 *' for if they are near hedges, v/alls, buildings, or trees, they will 

 ** draw up, and be very long topt, but their roots will not grow to 

 " any fize. They are fown in great plenty in the fields near London, 

 " not only for the ufe of the kitchen, but for food for cattle in win- 

 " ter,when there is a Icarcity of other food: and this way it becomes 

 " a great improvement to barren fandy lands, particularly in Nor- 

 ** folk,where, by the culture of turneps, many perfons have doubled 

 ** the yearly value of their ground. 



" When the plants have got four or five leaves, they fhould be 

 <' hoed to deftroy the weeds, and to cut up the plants which are too 

 <' thick, leaving the remaining ones about fix or eight inches afunder, 

 " which will be room enough for the plants to fcand for the firft hoe- 

 *' ingj and the fooner this is performed when the plants have four 

 •'leaves, the better they will thrive : but in the fecond h.oeing, which 

 *'' muft be performed about three weeks or a month after the firft, 

 " they fliould be cut up, fo that the remaining plarsrs may ftand 

 f« fourteen or fixteen inches diftance, or more, elpecialiy if they are 

 " defigned for feeding of cattle : for where the pla^its are allowed a 

 " good diftance, the roots will be proportionably large: fo 'that what 



* Three or four ounces, fays Mr. Tull, is the ufuul quantity to drill. 



*' is 



