THE CULTURE OF PLANTS 



house hard among very dry sand, that you may 

 have them when you will, rather than be barred 

 from them by frosts. These roots which come from 

 the tops or sets are always so sticky, there is no eat- 

 ing them ; they love a moist rich soil. 



Parsneeps by seed only, sow in March, promiscu- 

 ously over the bed, but thin ; spend and house them 

 with skirrets ; and cut quite off their tops, lest they 

 grow amongst the sand. Reserve some of the best 

 untaken up for seed, which will ripe the next season ; 

 choice the middle stem seed. 



Beet-rave may be ordered in all cases, as pars- 

 neeps, save that you may begin sooner to eat them, 

 viz., as soon as they are bigg enough, tho' they last 

 as long, besides these you pickle. If in summer they 

 offer to run to stem and seed, cut down their stems 

 to the ground, which will make their roots swell; 

 they delight in a rich clay. 



Carrots as beet-rave. 



Turneeps by seed in Aprile, May, June and July, 

 (the first proves not best) promiscuously over the 

 bed, very thin, and scarcely any covering of earth : 

 the earliest prove not best. When they rise, thin 

 them ; late turneeps may be housed as parsneeps, 

 and seeds reapt accordingly. 



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