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foon as you take them out of the ground, direft it to be 

 laid in ridges for the advantage of the winter's froft, for 

 no ground generates vermin fo much as that on which 

 Carrots have been fown; to prevent which I have often 

 found no expedient more effefliual than the free ufe of 

 unflaked hme; which with the well working of the beds, 

 and expofing them to the winter frofts, contributes much 

 to the growth of thefe roots, vi^hich require a great 

 freedom in the foil to fwell in, and become large ; and 

 in order to improve their flavour, give them the advantage 

 of new foil; this improves their flavour, as well as 

 Turnips. The removal of the Lettuces, and the draw- 

 ing of the Radifhes are alfo of advantage to the Carrots, 

 as they give a fort of artificial fl:irring to the beds, and 

 are taken away before the Carrots come to their full 

 growth. 



Carrots, from late experiments, have been found very 

 advantageous for the feeding and fattening of cattle, and 

 are well worth cultivating upon fuch farms as have a foil 

 favourable to them, that is, of a deep and light texture, 

 as well as fandy grounds ; in fuch foils they grow with a 

 luxuriancy, which well rewards the farmer's care. 



CELERY. 



■■^HE early Celery is to be fown upon a moderate 

 hot-bed, under a framed or a bell-glafs, the mid- 

 dle of February, covering the feeds very thin, having 

 firfl: watered the bed, which mufl be fix inches thick of 

 dung, in order to make the feeds germinate the fooner. 

 In about five weeks the young plants will appear, and if 

 the weather is mild, air them in the day, covering them 

 at night with mntts; in dry weather give ihem water 

 twice a week. When they fhew five or fix leaves, plant 

 them into the nurfery-bed made of frefh garden-mould, 

 at one incli diflance, plant from plant, fliade and water 

 them, until ihey have taken root. In March, and until 

 the middle of April, you may fow Celery upon beds in 

 the open ground, but no later than April, as the Celery 

 you planted in the nurfery in Moy will be fufficiently 



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