34^ The Kitchen Garden. [July;. 



e?.rtK»and the effe£ls of it will Toon appear in the ftrength 

 and fruitfulnels of their vines. 



Thefe plants muft alfo, in dry weather, bedulyfup- 

 plied with water : they will require it at fuch times every 

 other day, at leail. 



Artichckes ^ 



Artichokes now come faft into ufe ; and the plants muft- 

 be managed in this manner. 



In the lirll place, it will be proper to obferve, that if 

 you defire to have large artichokes, you niuil, in order to- 

 encourage the main head, cntofTan or moil of the/uckers 

 cr fmall heads which are produced from the fides of the 

 ftems; and thefe in fome families are dreffed j, for the 

 table. See Auguft. 



Likewife obferve, that as foon as the Artichoke (that 

 is the principal head) is cut, let the frem be immediateiy 

 broken down clofe to the ground to encourage the root, 

 and that it may mere effettually form new Hiocts of fome 

 tolerable ftrength againlV winter. 



Cardoons^. 



Where cardoons are wanted, and where they were not 

 plaated out lall month, it Ihould now be done the firft 

 week in this. See June. 



Gather Seeds. 



Gather feeds of all forts accord irng as they ripen. 

 Let this be done always in perfect dry weather ; and as- 

 foon as they are cut,, let them be fpread immediately in a 

 dry place where the air can freely come. There !et them- 

 lie to harden, obferving to turn them now and then j^ 

 and when they have laid a fortnight, or three weeks, they 

 may then be beaten out, and well cleaned from the hufks^ 

 and rubbifh, and put up in boxes or bags.. 



Leeks-, 



Tranfplant leeks ; chcofe apieceof good ground, and 

 it will be an advantage to the plants to dig in fome 

 thorough rotten dung. 



V/hen the groimd is dug, mark out beds four feet 

 broad. 



Then 



