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 tahce. In Oc]oher, if your land be dry, plant them out 

 at three feet diftance every way ; but if you have a wet 

 foil, it will be proper to defer this work until the begin- 

 ning of March ; keep them clear from weeds, which 

 can be eafily effected when you draw the earth to their 

 flems, which may be done in Aprily and be repeated as 

 you find neceilary ; and when you have tranfplanted 

 them, if the weather is dry, water them often, until 

 you perceive them to grow. 



CARROTS. 



THE two forts mentioned in thefeedmens catalogues, 

 are thofe which are fit to be cultivated in gardens. 

 To prepare for the fowing of Carrots, take their feeds 

 and rub them well between your hands, that they may 

 feparate; for the hairy fubftance with which their feed- 

 velVels are covered, makes them adhere to one another. 

 I would recommend the firft crop of Carrots to be fovvn 

 about the middle di February, upon a wall border which 

 has been dunged the year before ; and for this crop I 

 would recommend the the early Horned ; but when you 

 fow Carrots, or any other light feeds, in fandy ground, 

 tread them in with your feet before you cover them, to 

 prevent the wind from blowing them off, which often 

 happens to Carrots, Parfnips, Lettuces, Onions, Leeks, 

 ^c. About the tenth of March I fowed my general crop 

 of the Orange Carrots in beds four feet broad, where 

 I had my Onions the former year, having dug it in 

 O£]obery and laid it up in ridges for the winter's frofls. 

 I obferved always to fow in calm weather, and fome- 

 times to put amongft them fome feeds of Radiflies and 

 Cabbage-lettuces, but no other fort. My laft fow- 

 ing for Carrots was about the middle of July, for win- 

 ter, or rather fpring ufe. In Oclober your large Carrots 

 are to be taken up, wlien their tops are to be taken off, 

 and the Carrots laid in dry fand, where they will be pre- 

 ferved from froff for winter ufe, Cayots are to be kept 

 clear from weeds, and thinned to ihrt-e, and lomctimes 

 to five inches, root from root, to have them large; as 

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