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of raipberries, in the above order, or in con- 

 tinued rows, four feet and a half diftance by 

 three feet in the rows. — See the Fruit Qardm, 



The fowing and planting the various crops 

 of kitchen vegetables is performed in Spring, 

 in February, March, and April, for the 

 principal fupplief, and from that time, many 

 fortj are alfo fowcd and planted every month 

 all Summer, till September or O£lober, in 

 fmaller portions for fuccefTional crops ; and 

 fome in Autumn to ftand the Winter; and 

 for earlieil crops, fever^il forts are fowed and 

 planted in hot-beds : all as explained under 

 the difierent articles. 



The kitchen ground will require digging, 

 or trenching every year in Vv^inter and Spring, 

 and other times for every fre(h crop, efpeci- 

 ally all vacant fpaces, and for fowing feed; 

 but fometimes planting may be performed 

 between other crops without digging; like- 

 wife the ground will require occafional ma- 

 nuring every two or three years with rotten, 

 or any other good dung that can be obtained, 

 and this digged or trenched in only about a 

 fpade deep, within eafy reach of the roots of 

 the plants ; obferving generally in digging, 

 or trenching in Winter, and early in bpring, 

 &c. when not to be immediately fowed or 

 planted, it is advifeable to lay the ground Up 

 roughly in ridges for the foil to pulverize and 

 improve by the weather; then is eafily and 

 expeditioufly levelled down for the reception 

 of feeds and plants, and which alfo is a fur- 

 jher improvement to the ground, 



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