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fbould fow a Imall Spot of Ground 

 with this fort of Spinach on Par- 

 pofe to ft and for Seed, where there 

 fhould be no other Plants among it. 



The two Sorts with fmooth 

 Seeds do produce much larger and 

 thicker round Leaves than the for- 

 mer, but being Ibmewhat tenderer, 

 are always fbwn in the Spring, 

 efpecially the third Sort, which is 

 preferable to either of the former 

 for Summer Ufe. 



Thele are either fbwn upon an 

 open Spot of Ground by them- 

 lelves, or eKe mix'd with Radijh- 

 feed, as is the common Practice of 

 the London Gardeners, who always 

 endeavour to liave as many Crops 

 from their Land in a Seafbn as 

 pofllble: But, where Land is cheap 

 in the Country, it will be the bet- 

 ter Method to fow it alone with- 

 out any other fort of Seed mix'd 

 with itj and when the Plants are 

 come up, the Ground fhould be 

 hoed to deftroy the Weeds, and 

 cut out the Plants where they are 

 too clofe, leaving the remaining a- 

 bout three Inches afunder j and 

 when they are grown ib large as 

 to meet, you may then cut out a 

 Part of it to ufe, thinning them, 

 that they may have Room to 

 fpreadj and this Thinning may be 

 twice perform'd, as there is Occa- 

 fion for the Spinach, at the laft of 

 which the Roots Ihould be left 

 eight or ten Inches afunder i and 

 if then you hoe the Ground over 

 again, ^to deftroy the Weeds, it 

 will be of great Service to the Spi- 

 nach i for if the Land is good up- 

 on which it was fown, the third 

 Sort, with this Management, will 

 many times produce Leaves as large 

 as the Broad-leav'd Dock, and be 

 extremely fine. 



But in order to have a Succef^ 

 fion of Spinach through the Seafon, 



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it will be proper to fow the Seed 

 at three different Times in the 

 Spring 5 the firft early in January, 

 which muft be on a dry Soil j the 

 fecond the Beginning of February^ 

 upon a moiftcr Soil 3 and the third 

 the Beginning of March, which 

 lliould be on a very moift Soil; 

 and this third Sowing fliould be 

 hoed out thinner the tirft Time 

 of hoeing it, than either of the 

 former Sowings j for there will be 

 no Necelfity to leave it for cuttin^^- 

 out thin for ufe, becaufe the for- 

 mer Sowings will be iiiiHcient to 

 fiipply the Table 'till this third 

 Sowing is full grown 3 beiides, by 

 leaving it thin at firft, it will not 

 be apt to run up to Seed fo foon 

 as it would if the Plants were 

 clofe. 



In order to fave Seed of either of 

 thefe Kinds, you fhould fow an o- 

 pen rich Spot of Ground, v/ith the 

 Sort you intend, in February, after 

 the Danger of being injur'd by 

 Froft is over j and when the Plants 

 arc come up, they Ihould be hoed 

 out to fix or eight Inches Diftance, 

 obferving to cut down the ¥/ceds 

 at the fame Time i and when the 

 Plants have grov/n about three 

 Weeks or a Alonth lop.ger, they 

 fliould be hoed a fecond Time* 

 when they fhould be left twelve ot 

 fourteen Inches afunder at leaft ^ for 

 when they have fhot out their 

 Side-Branches, they will fufficient- 

 ly fpread over the Ground, 



You muft alfo obferve td keep 

 'em clear from Weeds, which if 

 fuffcr'd to grow amongft the Spi- 

 nach, will caule it to run up weakj,' 

 and greatly injure it. When the 

 Plants have run up to Flower, you 

 will eafily perceive two Sorts a- 

 mongft them, viz.c Male and Te- 

 male i the Male will produce Spikes • 

 of ftamineous Flowers, v/hich con- 



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