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The Seafon being now come, 

 you mull, with a narrow-prong'd 

 Dung-foik, carefully fork up your 

 Roots, fhaking ihem out of the 

 Earth, and feparating them from 

 each other, obferving to lay their 

 Heads even for the more conve- 

 nient planting them, which muft 

 be performed in this manner : 



Your Plot of Ground being 

 levell'd, you muft begin at one Side 

 thereof, ranging a Line very tight 

 crofs the Piece, by which you muft 

 throw out a Trench exattiy ftrait, 

 and about fix Inches deep, into 

 which you muft by your Roots, 

 fpreading them with your Fingers, 

 and placing them upright againft 

 the Back of your Trench, fo that 

 the Buds may ftand forward, and 

 be about two Inches below the 

 Surface of the Ground, and at 

 twelve Inches Diftance from each 

 other 5 then with a Rake draw the 

 Earth into the Trench again, lay- 

 ing it very level, which will pre- 

 serve the Roots in their right Poli- 

 tion: Then remove your Line a 

 Foot farther back, and make an- 

 other Trench in the like manner, 

 laying therein your Plants, as be- 

 fore directed, and continuing the 

 fame Diftance Row from Row, 

 only obferving between every four 

 Rows to leave a Diftance of two 

 Feet four Inches for an Alley to 

 go between the Beds to cut the 

 ^fparagus, &c. 



Your Plot of Ground being 

 finilh'd and levelled, you may 

 Tow thereoa a fmail Crop of O- 

 nions, which will not hurt your 

 Affdt^gus, and tread in your Seeds, 

 raking your Ground level. 



When your Afpantgns is come 

 up, (which will be in three Weeks 

 or a Month after planting) you 

 muft with a fmall Hoe cut up all 

 the Weeds, and thin your Crop of 



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Omons where they may have come 

 up in Clufters: But this muft be 

 done carefully, and in dry Wea- 

 ther, that the Weeds may die as 

 faft as they are cut up. This 

 Work muft be repeated about three 

 times i which if well done, and 

 the Seafon not too wet, will keep 

 the Ground clear from Weeds 

 until the Onions are fit to be pull'd 

 up, which is commonly the Be- 

 ginning of AugHJl, and is known 

 when their Greens fall down: 

 When you have drawn off your 

 Onions, you mult clean your Ground 

 well from Weeds, which will keep 

 it clean till you earth the Bedsj 

 which muft be done in October, 

 when the Haulm begins to decay, 

 for if you cut oft the Haulm v/hile 

 green, the Roots will ftioot frefti 

 again, which will greatly weaken 

 them : This young Haulm fiiould 

 be cut off with a Knife, leaving 

 the Stems two or three Inches 

 above Ground, which will be a 

 Guide for you to diftinguifti the 

 Beds from the Allies ,• then with a 

 Hoe clear off all the Weeds into the 

 Allies, and dig up the Allies, bury- 

 ing the Weeds in the Bottom, 

 and throvV the Earth upon the Beds, 

 levelling it even, fo that the Beds 

 may be about four Inches above 

 the Level of the Allies; then you 

 may plant a Row of Colworts m 

 the Middle of the Allies, but do 

 not low or plant any thing upon 

 the Beds, which would greatly 

 weaken your Roots, nor would I 

 ever advife the planting of Beans 

 in the Allies, (as is the Pradlice ot 

 many) for it greatly damages the 

 two out- fide Rows of Afvarspgus. 

 In this manner it muft remain till 

 Spring, when you muft hoe over 

 the Beds to deitroy all young Weeds, 

 and rake them fmooth, and obferve 

 ail the fucceeding Summer to keep 



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