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The feed is to be Town on a bed of light, 

 rich loam, at any time from the firft of 

 February to the firft of April. The true 

 Scotch (broad-leaved or flag) Leek is to 

 be preferred. The feafon of planting is, 

 from the firft of June to - the firft of Au- 

 guft 3 and they are to be planted in rows 

 twelve or fourteen inches afunder, and 

 five or fix in the row. The moft appro- 

 ved method is to make deep holes with 

 the fetting-ftick, thruft the plant to the 

 bottom, and let the hole remain open. 

 This is done with<the view of faving time 

 in drilling, as it is found the plants ftrike 

 root as faft this way as if the earth were 

 clofed about them ; and fo afford an op- 

 portunity of blanching equally well. 



A crop to come in, late in the Spring, 

 may be fown in May, and planted out in 

 the end of Auguft or firft of September, 

 according to the feafon. 



Keep clean of weeds ^ and top the leaves 

 three or four different^ times in the courfe 

 of the feafon, which makes them put forth 

 new heart leaves, and confequently fwell 

 the ftalk to a much greater fize than they 

 otherwife would.' 



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