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in new Ground immediately-, or 

 to be kept for fome Time without 

 Danger of fpoiling. 



The Quantity ot Roots taken 

 up, in Proportion to thofe which 

 were planted, is uncertain ; but at 

 a Medium, it may be laid, that 

 allowing for all the Accidents which 

 happen'd to them in the Ground, 

 and in Breaking-up, from each 

 Acre may be had twenty- four 

 Quarters of clean Roots, all fit to 

 be planted. 



The Owners are furc to chufe 

 for their own Ufe the largeft, 

 plumpeft, and fatteft Roots : but 



Rent for three Years ■ 

 Ploughing three times 

 Dunging ■ 



Hedging 



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leafl: of all do they approve the 

 longefl: pointed ones, which they 

 caWspickets, ov Spickardsy for very 

 fmall round or flat Roots are fome- 

 times obferv'd to flower. 



This is the whole Culture of Sctf- 

 ron in the Country above-mention- 

 ed j and we have only now to con- 

 fider the Charges and Profits which 

 may be fuppos'd, one Year with an- 

 other, to attend that Branch of Agri- 

 culture : And of thefe I have drawn 

 up the following Computation for 

 one Acre of Ground, according to 

 the Price of Labour in this Coun- 

 try. 



Spitting and letting the Heads 

 Weeding or Paring the Ground 

 Gathering and Picking the Flowers 

 Drying the Flowers 



Inftruments of Labour for three Years with the Kiln, about 



Ploughing the Ground once, and Harrowing twice 



Gathering the Saffron Heads -" __ 



Raifing the Heads » ■ — — 



s. 

 oo 

 i8 

 oo 

 i6 



12 

 04, 

 10 

 06 

 10 

 12 

 00 

 12 



CO 



00 

 00 

 00 

 00 

 00 

 00 

 00 

 00 

 00 



This Calculation is made upon 

 Suppofition, that an Acre of Ground 

 yields twenty-lix Pounds of neat 

 Sajfron in three Years, which I 

 ftated only as a mean Quantity be- 

 tween the greateft and the lea ft, 

 and therefore the Price of Sajfron 

 muft be judg'd accordingly i which 

 I think cannot be done better than 

 by fixing it at thirty Shillings per 

 Pound, fince in very plentiful Years 

 it is fold at twenty, and is fome- 

 times worth between three and 

 four Pounds. At this Rate, twenty- 

 fix Pounds of Saffron are worth 

 thirty-nine Pounds; and the neat 

 Profits of an Acre of Ground pro- 



Total Charge'-— 23 12 00 

 — 

 ducing Saffron, will in three Years 

 amount to fifteen Pounds thirteen 

 Shillmgs, or to about five Pounds 

 four Shillings yearly. 



This, I fay, may be reckon'd 

 the neat Profit of an Acre of Saffron, 

 fuppofing that all the Labourers were 

 to be hir'd for ready Money ; but is 

 the Planter and Family do a confi- 

 derable Part of the Work thera- 

 felves, fome of this Expence is 

 lav'd ; that is, by planting Saffron^ 

 he may not only reafonably expedt 

 clear about five Pounds yearly per 

 Acre, but alfo to maintain himfelf 

 and Family for fome Part of each 

 Year : and it is upon this Suppofi- 

 tion 



