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progrefs, and is alfo apt to perifh in Win- 

 ter. 



The manner of culture is fimple j and 

 the plants may either be raifed from feed, 

 or by offsets from the root, which come 

 up in abundance in Spring, and are the 

 eatable part of this vegetable. The moft 

 eligible method is to fow or plant (in 

 March or April) in rows, a yard afunder; 

 and the plants are to fland, for good, at 

 the diftance of ten or twelve inches in the 

 row. As the fprouts rife in the Spring, 

 let a little earth be drawn to their ftems, 

 in order the fafler to blanch them, and 

 render them fit for ufe. 



Keep clean of weeds at all times, and in 

 Autumn or Spring let a little compofl 

 manure, or well-rotten dung, be flightly 

 pointed in, fo as not to injure the roots ; 

 at the fame time fhedding a little mould 

 on the rows ; following much the afpara- 

 gus mode of culture. 



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