394 The Kitchen Garden. [Aug; 



Solving Corn-fallad and Cher<vil, 



This Is now a good time to fow the feeds of corn-fa!- 

 Jad, otherwife lamb-lettuce ; and alfo the feeds of cher- 

 vil, for winter and fpring fervice. 



Both thefe plants will come up the fame autumn, and 

 p.re very hardy, and will be fit for ufe all winter, and the 

 ipring feafon ; when feme more feed of each fort Ihould. 

 be fown to fucceed thefe.. 



The lamb-lettuce, or corn-fallad, are commonly ufed. 

 in winter and fpring fallads i and the chervil ii chiefly 

 ufed in foups. 



The feeds of both forts may either be fowa in drills or 

 in broad-call, and raked in. 



But the plants of the corn-fallad fhould be thinned to. 

 three or four inches dillance : the chervil require no 

 thinning. 



Ripe?iiiig Melons* 



Take particular care now of the ripening, melons ; if 

 there fhould at this time, happen to be much rain, the 

 roots of the plants, and all the beft fruit, mull be well 

 defended from it ; and this is to be done by the methods 

 propofed for their prote£lion laft month. 



Cucumber Plants. 



Cucumber plants alfo demand good: attention at this 

 time ; particularly the principal crop, which were fown. 

 in the open ground, to produce fruit to pickle. 



Thefe plants, for one thing, muil, in dry weather, be 

 remarkably well fupplied with water. They will Hand 

 in need of this, in a dry time, at leaH three or four times- 

 a week. Let them not want for moiilure, in dry wea- 

 ther, and the plants will not fail to produce fruit abun- 

 dantly. 



Let the plants be alfo looked over in a regular man- 

 ner, about three times a week, in order to gather the 

 young fruit according as it becomes fit for thepurpofe of 

 picklinp ; for when once the fruit are come to their pro- 

 per fize, they will foon grow too large for that ufe. 



Likewife let the cucumber* of the bell or hand glafs 

 crops be alfo fupplied plentifully with water — and will 

 continue beai,ng good fruit till the middle of next month. 



May now fow a few long prickly cucumbers to plant 



into 



