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Ochher as the Seafon for Earthing 

 them, yet if the Weather proves 

 mild, it may be deferr'd till any 

 time in November, 



When you have thus earthed 

 them up, you have nothing more 

 to do till February or March, by 

 which time they will have grown 

 through the Ridge of the Earthy 

 and when the Weather is proper, 

 muft be drefs'd as was before di- 

 redled. 



When you have a Mind to make 

 a new Plantation, after having dig- 

 ged and buried fomc very rotten 

 Dung in the Ground you have al- 

 lotted for that Purpofe, make choice 

 of fuch of your Plants as were taken 

 from your old Stocks, which are 

 clear, found, and not woody, ha- 

 ving fome Fibres to their Bottom j 

 then with your Knife cut off that 

 knobbed woody Part, which join'd 

 them to the Stock, and if that cuts 

 crifp and tender, it is a Sign of its 

 Goodnefs, but if tough and ftringy, 

 throw it away as good for nothing, 

 and cut off the large outfide Leaves 

 pretty low, that the Middle, or 

 Heart Leaves, may be above them ;_ 

 your Plants being thus prepar'd (if 

 the Weather is very dry, or the 

 Plants have been any time taken 

 from the Stocks, it will be con- 

 venient to fet them upright into a 

 Tub of Water for three or four 

 Hours before they are planted, 

 which will greatly refrefh them) 

 you muft then proceed to Planting, 

 which muft be done by ranging a 

 Line crofs the Ground, in order to 

 their being plac'd exadly in a Row, 

 and with a Meafure Stick plant 

 them at two Foot Diftance from 

 each other in the Rows; and if 

 acfign'd for a full Crop, five Foot 

 Difhacc Row from Rowj your 

 Plants muft be fet about four Inches 

 dccp> and the Earth clofed very fall 



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to their Roots, obferving, if the 

 Seafon proves dry, to keep them 

 water'd two or three times a Week, 

 until they are growing, after which 

 they feldom require any. 



N. B. You might fow a thin 

 Crop of Spinage upon the Ground 

 before you plant your Plants, ob- 

 ierving to clear it from about them 

 after it is come up. 



Thefe Plants, in a kindly Seafon, 

 or a moift Soil, will produce the 

 largeft and beft Artichokes, fome 

 time in Auguft and September, after 

 all thofe from the old Stocks are 

 paft ; fo that if you intend to con- 

 tinue your Artichokes thro* the 

 whole Seafon, you muft plant frefh 

 every Year, otherwifc you can't 

 polTibly have Fruit longer than two- 

 Months. 



If any of the Plants which you 

 planted in the Spring, fhould not 

 Fruit in the Autumn, you may, at 

 the Seafon of Earthing your Roots, 

 tie up the Leaves with a fmall 

 Willow Twig, ^c. and lay the 

 Earth up clofe to it, fo that the 

 Top of the Plant may be above 

 Ground ; and when the Froft comes 

 on, if you will cover the Top with 

 a little Straw, or Peafe Haulm, 

 thefe Plants will pfoduce Fruit in 

 Winter, or early in the Spring, 



But if you intend to plant other 

 Things between your Artichokesy 

 you mufl: allow nine or ten Foot 

 between the Rows, as is often 

 pradis'd by the Kitchen Gardeners 

 near London, who fow the Ground 

 between with Radilhes or Spinage, 

 and plant two Rows of Cauli- 

 flowers, at four Foot Diftance Row 

 from Row, and two Foot and a 

 half Diftance in the Rows between 

 them J fo that there is always five 

 Foot aliow'd for the Artichokes to 

 grow i and in May, when the Ra- 

 dilhes or Spinage are taken off, 



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