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when they are advanced in the trenches ten or 

 twelve inches high, begin to earth them up, 

 drawing feme earth to both fides with an hoe, 

 &.C. repeating it as they grow higher, till 

 whitened fix or eight, to ten or twelve inches; 

 then may begin to dig them up for ufe. A$ 

 thcfe early.fowed plants will not generally 

 continue long in tall growth, before they pipe 

 or run, fo only a imall or moderate crop 

 (hould be raifed, principally, for a prefenc 

 Citily fupply. 



For tne main crops in Autumn and Winter, 

 fow a good portion the latt* r end cf March, 

 and in April and May, in beds of rich earth, 

 and rake in the feed. When the plants are 

 up, give frequent waterings in dry weather, 

 and when two or three, to about four inches 

 high, prick out a quantity from the ft-ed- 

 beds at uifterent times, into other beds, three 

 or four inches apart, and watered ; and after 

 having four to Hve or fix weeks growth, ad- 

 vanced fix or eight, to ten or twelve inche > 

 they jhould'be planted out in trenches. 



Mark out the trenches a foot wide, and a 

 yard or three feet and a half afunder. Dig 

 out each trench a moderate fpade deep, fprea/^- 

 ing the earth evenly in the intervals, and dig 

 the bottom of the tretiches ; or, if poor 

 ground, firlt 'ay in two pr three inches depth 

 of rotten dung, and dig it in tlie bottom ; 

 then draw up the plants, prune oiF the long 

 lops of the leaves and ends of the roots j 

 plant a row along the bottom of e?ch trench, 

 four oriive inches apart, water them at planc- 



