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, The iecond Sowing is common- 

 \y about Chr'iflm'%s, provided the 

 Scafbn be mild, and the Ground irl 

 a fit Condition to v/ork: Thefe, 

 are alio ibWd near Shelter, biit 

 not fb near Fales or Hedges, as the 

 iKrfl: Sowing : Thefe, if they are not 

 ^eftroy'd by Froft, will be fit for 

 tJfe the Beginhing of April : But 

 in order to have a Succefllon of 

 thefe Roots for the Table through 

 the Seafon, you fliould repeat fow- 

 ing of their Seeds once a Fortnight, 

 from the Middle_.of Janu/iry till 

 the Beginning of ufpril, always ob- 

 ferving to fbw the latter Crops up- 

 on a moift Soil, and an open Situa- 

 tion, otherwife they will run up, 

 and grow flicky be for 2 they are fit 

 ior Ufe. 



Many of the Gardeners near Lon- 

 don fow Carrot-Seed with their ear- 

 ly RaihJIjes J fb that many times 

 when their RaMJJjes are, kill'd, the 

 Carrots will remain ; for the Seeds 

 pi Carrots commonly lie in the 

 Ground five or fix Weeks before 

 they conie upj and the RaSJJjes 

 ieldom lie above a Fortnight under 

 Ground ; fo that thefe are often 

 lip, and kill'd, when the Carrot- 

 Seed remains fafe in the Grourid : 

 But when both Crops fucceed, the 

 RadiJJ^es muil be drawn ofl very 

 young, otherwife the Carrots will 

 be drawn up To weak as not to be 

 able to fupport themfelves when 

 the RadiJJjes are gone. 

 ^ It is alfo a cpnftant Pra(fiice 

 with thefe Gardeners, to mix Spi' 

 nach-Seed with their latter Crop of 

 ^adifies J. fo that when the RadiJJjes 

 are drawii off, and the Ground 

 clean'd between the Spinach, it 

 will grow prodigiouflyj and in a 

 Fortnight's -time will as complete- 

 ly cover the Ground as tho' there 

 had been no other Crop : And this 

 Spinach, if it be ot the broad- 



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leav'd kind, will be larger an^ 

 fairer than it commonly is wheii 

 Covjfi by itfelf} becaufe where Peo- 

 ple have no other Crop-mix'd witii 

 it, they commonly fow it too 

 thick, whereby it is drawn u^ 

 weak: But here the Roots (fand 

 pretty far apart, fo that after the 

 Radifhes are gone, they have full 

 Room to fpread, and if the Soil be 

 good, it is a prodigious Size this 

 Spinach will grow to before it runs 

 up for Seed ; But this Husbandrjr 

 is chiefly pra6l:is'd by the Garden- 

 ers who pay very dear for their 

 Land, and are oblig'd to have as 

 many Crops in a Year as poflible, 

 otherwife they could not afford to 

 pay fuch large Rents. 



When the Radi/Jjes are come upa 

 and have got five or fix Leaves, 

 they muft be pull'd up where they 

 are too clofe, otherwife, they will 

 drt*w up to Top, but the Roots 

 will not increafe their. Bulk : Iri 

 doing of this, fdme- only draw 

 them out by Hand j but the bef^ 

 Method is to hoe them with a 

 fmall Hoe, which will ftir thd 

 Ground, and deflroy the young 

 Weeds, and alfb promote the 

 Growth of the Plants. Tiie Di= 

 fiance which thefe fhould be left, 

 if for drawing up fmall, may be 

 three Inches; but if they are to 

 ftand until they are pretty large, 

 fix Inches is full near enough; and 

 a frnall Spot of Grouna will afford 

 as rhany Radifhes at <^ach ibwing, 

 as can be fpent iri a Family while 

 thej arc good^ 



If you intend tb fave Seeds of 

 your RadiJJjes, you fhould, about 

 the Beginning of May, prepare a 

 Spot of ^ Ground in Proportion to 

 the Quantity of Seeds intended (but 

 you fhould always make Allowance 

 for bad Seafons, becaufe it ofreri 

 happens, in a very dry Seafon, that 



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