340 X The Kitchen Garden. [July. 



Onions » 



Sow fome onions to {land the winter. This muft be 

 done in the lail week of the month, and not before. 



But the principal fowing is diredted in next month ; 

 though it is proper to fovv a few now, to afford fome to 

 draw alfo in autumn and beginning of winter, and may 

 fow both of the common and the welch onion : the lat- 

 ter {lands the fevdre{l fro{l, fee Augu{l. 



For this purpofe, dig a rich fpot in a {heltered fitua- 

 tion, and divide it into beds three feet and a half, or 

 four feet broad. Immediately fow the feed tolerably 

 thick, and let it be trod down evenly, and then raked in. 

 The plants will foon rife, and will get llrength by Mi- 

 chaelmas, to enable them to refill the winter's cold ; 

 when they will be very acceptable both to draw before 

 Chrillmas, and in the months of February, March and 

 April, to ufe in fallads, and for other purpofes. 



Mind, when the plants are come up, to let them be 

 timely weeded, otherwifc the weeds, which will rife with 

 the onions, will foon get the ilart, and deilroy the 

 whole crop. 



Carrots. 



In the fir{l or fecoud week in this month, you may fow 

 fome carrot-feed, to raife fome young carrots for tiie table 

 in autumn. 



The carrots raifed from this fov/ing will come into 

 life after Michaelmas, and will be very fine in Oclober 

 and November, &c. 



Choofe an open fituntion and light ground, which dig 

 a proper depth, and direftly v/hile frelh turned up, let 

 the iVed be fovved moderately thin, and rake it in evenly. 



When the plants are come up an inch cr two high, let 

 them be cleared and thinned to fix or eight inches distance. 



Tranf plant Celery. 



' Now is the time to prepare fome trenches, in order to 

 plant out a good crop of winter celery. 



For thefe plants, let an open f^^ot of rich ground be 

 chofen, and clear it well from wceJs ; and there mark out 

 the trenches, about a foot broad, and allow full three feet 

 and a half between trench and trench. Dig out each 

 trench abou. one moderate fpcvde deep, without {hoveling 



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