THE KITCHEN GARDENER, [B. 3. 



grow and become a plant. The feafon is 

 Odober, November, March, or April. 



Plant in trenches fix or eight inches 

 deep, fifteen apart, and fix inches afunder 

 in the trench ; or in deep drills ; or with 

 the fetting flick, according to the fize of 

 the roots or flips. 



This plant requires no other culture 

 than being kept clean of weeds ; and where 

 it is required in perfection, new planta- 

 tions being made every three or four 

 years. 



SECTION XVI. 



LEEKS. 



THIS is a hardy vegetable, and does 

 well on moft kinds of garden land, 

 but is produced in greateft abundance on 

 a ftrong loam. The ground fhould always 

 be manured for this crop, efpecially if for 

 fpring ufe, as, in that cafe, leeks exhauft 

 the ground much. It may be any of the 

 Iqnds moft properly applicable to the foil. 



The 



