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SPINACH. 



Round leaved, or smooth seeded Spi- 

 nach. 



TrIANC.ULAR leaved, PRICICLY SEEDEO 



Spinach. 



F R E N C H , or M U N T a I N S P I N A C H . 



OPINACH is an annua! plant, producing 



large iucculent leaves, the ufefal parts for 

 boiling, &c. raifcd always from feed fowed 

 every year, feveral crops in Spring and Sam- 

 mer, for ufe the fame year, and in Autumn to 

 Hand the Winter to gather in that feafon ; 

 and for a full Spring crop, the plants all re- 

 maining where fowed, and thinned three or 

 four, to five or fix inches d'llance, that the 

 leaves may grow large and fucculent. 



Of the different forts of fpinach the firll 

 two above-mentioned are thofe proper to cul- 

 tivate for the main crop ; the other occafion-* 

 ally. 



The two forts of common fpinach, round 

 and triangular leaved, are generally cultivated 

 at different feafons ; the former, growing with 

 largeft more flelby fucculent leaves, is com- 

 monly fowed in Spring and Summer for young 

 fpinach in thofe feafons, and the triangular 

 fort being lefs fucculent and rather hardieft, 

 is fowed in Autumn to Itand the' Winter. 



For young Spring and Summer fpinach, 

 the round-leaved fort is proper ; and which 

 for the early and general crops, fow fome in 



January 



