388 The Kitchen Garden: [Aug. 



Earth up Celery, 



Continue to earth up, as it advances in height, the 

 celery which was planted in trenches in the two lail 

 months. 



Let this be done in dry weather : and, when the plants 

 are alfo dry, let the earth be well broken : then lay it up 

 lightly to the plants : obferve to earth them up a due 

 height on each fide ; take particular care not to break 

 down their leaves, and alfo not to bury the hearts of thefe 

 plants. 



Let the landijig up thefe plants be now repeated once 

 a week or fortnight, according as they Ihoot in height. 



Artichoke Plants. 



Examine now the artickoke plants which were planted 

 laft March, or April. 



Many of ihefe plants will now be in fruit; and, befides 

 the principal or top fruit, there will rife many fmall 

 heads or fuckers from the Hdes of the Hems ; .but in order 

 to encourage the principal head to grow to a large fize, 

 all thefe fmall fide Ihoo^s Ihould be difplaced. 



This is conilanily pradifed by perfons who prefer one 

 large handfome head fo three cr four fmall ones; but 

 when you praftife this, the fuckers fhould always be 

 taken off, before they exceed the fize of an &%% ; and 

 thefe are in fome families dreifed and eaten. 



Thefe, the gardeners about London call fuckers : they 

 gather them as above, and tye them in bunches, and 

 carry them to market, where they have a ready call for 

 them ; but efpecially at Covent-garden and Spital-Fields 

 markets. 



Remember, as faid laft month, to break down the Hems 

 of the artichokes, as foon as you cut the fruit. 



^mall Sallad Seed. 



Now fow fmall fallad feeds ; fuch as muflard, creffes, 

 radifh, rape, and turnep. 



When a conftant fupply of thefe are wanted, there 

 fliould be a little feed of each kind fown once every week. 



Let them be fown in a fhady border : draw (hallow 

 drills, fow the feeds pretty thick, and cover them about 

 a quarter of an inch : in dry weather they muft be duly 

 watered. 



