THE KITCHEN GARDENER. [B. 3, 



fed fituation, are moft eligible. The fea- 

 fon for fowing is all the month of April 3 

 fowing in drills an inch "deep, and twelve 

 or fourteen apart ; thinning out to five or 

 ii^ afunder, in line ; and keeping clean of 

 weeds. 



Thefe roots may alfo be preferved in 

 Winter, as already hinted. 



SECTION XXII. 

 SHALLOTS 



ARE a precarious crop, being equal- 

 ly fubjed to injury by too much 

 drought or wet. A rich dry loam and 

 free expofure are moft eligible. A fixed 

 feafon of planting can hardly be deter- 

 mined, and it is moft advifable to perform 

 this operation at different times, viz. No- 

 vember, January, and February. 



Plant either in four feet beds 'at eight 

 inches fquare, or in rows a foot apart, and 

 four inches in the row. 



Keep clean of weeds, and whenever any 

 of the plants begin to canker and become 



maggoty, 



