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good foil, and alfo digged that depth for the root, the 

 only ufeful part, to run confiderably deep in the earrh. 



Procure fets of the fmall horizontal roots which run 

 near the furface of the ground, cut them into lengths of 

 fix inches, and plant them in rows a yard afunder, by 

 half that diftance in the row, placing them wholly with- 

 in the earth ; as foon as planted, may fow a thin crop of 

 onions on the fame ground the firli year. Keep them 

 clean from weeds all fummer, and when the onions ccme 

 oif, hoe the ground well ; and in winter ilightly dig the 

 ground between the rows. 



They muft bs permitted to have three years growth, 

 cutting down the decayed ilemo every winter ; and in the 

 third or fourth year, the main roots will be of full length 

 and fize ; then dig them up in winter, beginning at one 

 end of the ground, and opening a trench three feet deep 

 to get quite to the bottom of the firft row of roots ; fo 

 continue trenching the ground row and row, the above 

 depth, taking out all the roots as you go on, digging 

 them clean up to the bottom. 



The Fruit Garden. 



Pruning* 



PRUNING of peaches, nedarlnes, and apricots, 

 Ihould be forwarded as much as poffible this month, 

 before the bloflbm buds are far advanced. When the buds 

 of thcfe trees are much fwelled before they are pruned and 

 nailed, many of them will be unavoidably rubbed off in 

 performing that work. 



Examine thefs trees well, and cut away all fnch parts as 

 are ufelcfs; and leave a proper fupply of the laft fummer's 

 yoang wood for the next year's bearing; that is, in re- 

 fpecl tc ufelefs wood, all fuch branches as have advanced 

 a confiderable length, and produce no young ihoots, pro- 

 per for bearing next year, nor fupport branches that do, 

 are ufelefs, and fiiould now be cut out, to make room for 

 be'ter ; obferving that a proper fupply of the bell of the 

 lafb year's fhoots, muii be left at due and equal diltances, 



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