33' NORFOLK. ^^^ 



There Is not, however, an)^ general rule re- 

 fpecfllng how many years turneps ought to be 

 tranfplanted fucceffively, and how often they 

 ought to be fuffered to run up from the feed- 

 bed : the foil and fituation have, and other cir- 

 cumftances may have, influence on the habit 

 or conftitution of vegetables as of animals; and 

 the farmer muft attend alone to the flate of the 

 turneps themfelves. Whenever he judges thac 

 by repeated tranfplantation they have paflcd 

 the acmeof perfedlion, have palTed that height 

 to which nature has faid, " So far fhalt thou go, 

 and no farther," then it is his duty and intereft 

 to let them run up to feed without tranfplanta- 

 tion. 



In Norfo.lk it has been found, from long ex- 

 perience, that tranfplanting two, three, or four 

 years, and letting the plants run up the third, 

 fourth, or fifth, will keep the ftock in the de- 

 iired ftate. 



The time of tranfplanting is from old Chrift- 

 mas to old Candlemas. 



In the choice of plants, the farmer is not 

 guided by lize ; but '^ picks the cleaned 

 plants," without regard to the fize : or, more 

 accurately fpeaking, he makes choice of fuch 



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