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up agiiinft them with the hand as you place thein> 

 jult to fix the plants in their due pofition, till the row 

 is planted; then when one drill is thus planted, im- 

 mediately, with a rake, draw the earth into the drill over 

 the plants', and then proceed to open another drill, and plant 

 it, and cover in tne plants as above, and fo on till the 

 whole is planted. When they are all planted, let the 

 furface of the beds be raked- fmooth, and clear them from 

 ilones. 



At each corner of ever;/ bed, let a firm flake be driven 

 into the ground, to ferve as a mark for the alleys. 



It is the cuftom v/ith fuch people as are obliged to make 

 the mofl: of every fpot of ground, to fow a thin crop of 

 onions the firll year, on the ncvV alparagus-beds ; and this 

 {houid be performed before the beds are raked, fovving; 

 the feeds, and rake them in ; and thus a crop of onions 

 may aifo be obt^fined v/ith out hurting the afparagus, pro- 

 vided the onions are not fufFered to grow juil about the 

 plants. 



The afparagus being planted, the next care is, when 

 the plants come up, which will be about the end of next 

 month, to keep them clean from weeds, which m.uft be 

 well attended to, during the fummer feafon. For the fur- 

 ther management, fee the work of Summer^ and OJicber 

 2iX\A November y and the article Of drejjtng and forking the 

 Beds in this month, page 123. 



Let it next be obferved, that it will be three years from 

 the time of planting before the afparagus plants produce 

 buds large enough to cut for ufe ; though fometimes a 

 few of the largeft buds may be cut the fecond fpring after 

 planting; but 1 fhould advife to let it be the third or 

 fourth year before you make a general cutting, 



A plantation of afparagus, if the beds are properly 

 dreffed every year, as direded in the fpring and autumn 

 months, will continue to produ.ce good buds ten or twelve 

 years. 



In making n(!v/ plantations of afparagus, it is the cuf- 

 tom of fome gardeners, inilead of putting in. young plant^,^ 

 as above direfted, to fow the feed at once in the beds, 

 where ^.^'[iz plants are to remain ; and it is not a bad waj ; 

 for by that practice the plants are not difturbed by a re- 

 moval, and, Qonfcquently cannot fail of producing a re- 

 k^ular crop. ' ' • 



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