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and they should set out the plants to the distance of 

 twelve inches from each other. Gardeners do not 

 let them stand further than eight or nine inches 

 asunder ; but when the roots are designed to be of 

 a large size, that is too little : the crop will, in very 

 good land, measure more bushels at a larger dis- 

 tance. These observations are equally applicable to 

 parsnips. 



POTATOES. 



Some % time during May, the early planted potatoe 

 crop will require a hand-hoeing, which should be 

 done with great attention, that not a weed may 

 be left, and the surface of the land well cut, 

 and in fine order. Crops in rows should receive, 

 besides this hand-hoeing, the first horse- hoeing, 

 which should be given >vith a common swing-plough, 

 drawn by two horses, one before another, and turn 

 a furrow yrow the rows, throwing up a small ridge 

 in the middle of each interval. These operations 

 should be well and attentively performed ; for the 

 weeds grow at a great rate, and, without such an 

 attention, will destroy, or at least greatly damage 

 the crop. 



PLANT POTATOES. 



This foot may be planted throughout May ; in- 

 \cleed many planters consider this as the best time 

 for that business. They are a tender vegetable, 

 and apt to have the green shoots cut off by late 

 spring frosts. I have more than once had them 

 turned quite black by frosts even in June. Deferring 



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