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The white muftard is raifed in gardens, as 

 one of the rmall-fallad. lierbs, in a/Temblage 

 with crefles, &c. for its warm quality, both 

 for Spring, Summer and Winter fallads, or 

 as required ; and for which, in Spring and 

 Summer, (hould be fowed once a week or 

 fortnight, as the plants foon grow too large, 

 for they ihould be gathered for this purpofe 

 while in the feed-leaves, as, after the rough 

 leaves advance, they eat hot, rank, and dif- 

 agreeable. It may be fowed in warm borders 

 in February and March, afterwards in any 

 other fituation ; generally fowing in flat fliai- 

 low drills three or four inches apart, the feed 

 fowed very thick, and thinly covered in with 

 earth. If required in Winter, fow in frames, 

 or under hand-glafles, and on hot-beds when 

 cold or frofty weather. — See as diredlcd for 



To raife a crop for the feed, with which to 

 make flour of mullard, fow principally the 

 black fort, or occafionally the white, in March 

 or April, in open compartments, and :n fields. 

 Sowed broad-caft, and rake or harrow .n the 

 feed; and when the plants are of two or three 

 inches growth, hoe a;nd thin them five or 

 fix inches afunder, cutting up all weeds: 

 or maybe fowed in drilis a foot afunder; 

 they will fhoot to ftalk, and ripen the feed in 

 July or Auguft. 



To fave feed of the white muflard for fal- 

 lading, either fow fome in March, ^c. or 

 leave rows of the crops of that feafon, that are 

 become too old for ufe ; they will flioot, ..nd 

 produce ieed in Autumn, 



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