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not be stated at less than L.I 05, to which ought to be add- 

 ed, the rent of the land before it makes any return. It may 

 remain productive for ten years ; but L.10 per annum may be 

 stated, for the expense of labour, and as much, for collecting 

 the article, and sending it to market, besides rent, taxes, in- 

 terest of capital, &c. 



The average produce of market-gardens, of the first and 

 second quality, may be calculated at L.I 50 per acre per an- 

 num ; while the average expenses, and probable profit, may 

 be stated as follows : 



Rent, tithes, and taxes .20 



Labour, 50 



Teams and manure, 40 



Marketing, and other expenses, 10 



.120 

 Profit, including interest of capital, &c 30 



Total, .150 



There are many market-gardens, however, in the neigh- 

 bourhood of London, of an inferior quality, the produce of 

 which, though cultivated by the spade, does not exceed in va- 

 lue above L.90 per acre, and some very inferior soils, not 

 above L.50. The returns indeed, are extremely fluctuating. 

 Some crops may afford large profits one year, from the growth 

 of which, next year, loss may be incurred. The expenses are 

 always great. Indeed there are few pursuits, where, consi- 

 dering the skill and industry applied, less profit is in general 

 made, than that of market gardening. 



In various parts of England and Scotland, market-gardens 

 are to be met with, but greatly inferior, in respect of produce 

 and value, to those above described. It requires great indus- 

 try, and severe labour, to derive much profit from such occu- 

 pations, where the rents are high ; yet many families do sub- 

 sist, by cultivating from two to ten, and sometimes sixteen 

 acres each, as garden-ground. This is accomplished, by a 

 regular succession of crops in the same year, of which the fol- 

 lowing examples, as practised in the neighbourhood of Edin- 

 burgh, may be adduced. 



1st Rotation. Early potatoes, planted in March or April, 

 the ground cleared in June or July, and sown with yellow 

 turnip and cauliflower, or green savoys. 



2d Rotation. Early pease, sown in December, January, 

 February, or March. Green savoys and German greens, 



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