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they will not have time fo Apple 

 before Winter. But notwithftand- 

 ing this is the general Seafon in 

 which the greateft Part of Turnips 

 are Ibwn in the Country, yet about 

 Lmthn they are fown lucceffively 

 from March to Auguft, by thofe 

 who propagate them to fupply the 

 Markets with their Roots ; but 

 there is a great Hazard of loling 

 thole which are Town early in the 

 Year, if the Seafon fhould prove 

 dry, by the Fly, which will de- 

 vcur whole Fields of this Plant 

 while young j fo that v/herc a 

 fmall Quantity for the Supply of a 

 Family is wanted, it will be abib- 

 luteiy necefTary to water them in 

 very dry Weather: And where a 

 Perfon lows of thofe Seeds in A- 

 prily May and June, it fhould al- 

 ways be upon a moid Soil, other- 

 wiie they feldom come to good, 

 the Heat of the Weather at that 

 Seafon being too great for them 

 upon a dry Soil: But thofe which 

 are fown towards the Middle or 

 iatter End of Jf^iy, do commonly 

 receive fomc refrelhing Showers to 

 bring them forward j without 

 which, it is very common to have 

 *em all deftroy'd. 



Thefe Seeds (hould always be 

 ibwn upon an open Spot of Ground j 

 for if they are near Hedges, Walls, 

 Buildings, or Trees, they will draw 

 up and be very long topp'd, but 

 their Roots will not grow to any 

 Size. 



They are fown in great Plenty 

 in the Fields near London, not only 

 for the Ufe of the Kitchen, but for 

 Food for Cattle in Winter when o- 

 ther Food fails j and this Way is 

 become a great Improvement to 

 barren, ^ndy Lands, particularly in 

 Norfolk, where, by the Culture of 

 Turnips, many Perfons have (iou- 



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bled the yearly Value of their 

 Ground. 



The Land upon which this Seed 

 is fown fhould be ploughed m 

 May, and twy-fallow'd in Junt, 

 and made very fine; then the Seed 

 fhould be fown pretty thin, for it 

 being fmall, a little will fow a large 

 Piece of Ground, four Pounds of 

 this Seed is fufficient for an Acre 

 of Land : The Seed muil: be har- 

 row'd in, and the Ground rolled 

 with a wooden Roll, to break the 

 Qods and make the Surface even ; 

 In ten Days or a Fortnight after' 

 fowing, the Plants will come up^ 

 at which time, if the Seafon (hould 

 prove dry, they will be in great 

 Danger of being deftroy'd by the 

 Fly ; But if it fo happen, the Ground 

 muft be fow'd again, for the Seed 

 being cheap, the chief Expence is 

 the Labour. 



When the Plants have got four 

 or five Leaves, they fhould be hoed 

 to deftroy the Weeds, and to cut 

 up the Plants where they are too 

 thick, leaving the remaining ones 

 about fix or eight Inches afunder 

 each Way, which will be Room 

 enough for the Plants to (land for 

 the firfl Hoeing : But in the fe- 

 cond Hoeing, which muft be per- 

 form 'd about three Weeks or a 

 Month atter the firft, they fhould 

 be cut up, fo as that the remaining 

 Plants may ftand fourteen or lix- 

 teen Inches Diftance or more, efpe- 

 cially i ithey are deiign'd for feed- 

 ing of Cattle ; for where the Plants 

 are allow'd a good Diftance, the 

 Roots will be proportionably large, 

 fo that what is loft in the Num- 

 ber, will be over-gain'd by their 

 Bulk ; which is what I have often 

 obferv'd : But in fuch Places u4icre 

 they are fown for the Ufe pi the 

 Kitchen, xhej need not be left at 



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