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 been informed : It never amounts to ioo 

 acres, and oftentimes not to 50. The 

 crown of the bud and the runners (the 

 horizontal moots from the root) are what 

 they plant, and thefe they procure in taking 

 up an old crop. The method of planting 

 is this: 



The land is firft dug three feet and half, 

 or four feet deep ; but I mould inform 

 you, that the foil is a fine rich hazel loam, 

 rather inclined to fand than clay, but not 

 vifibly to either. Then a covering of 

 rotten dung is fpread on the land, which 

 is directly dug in one fpit deep. After 

 this it is formed into arched ridges, three 

 feet wide. Upon every ridge they plant 

 three rows, one upon the crown, and one 

 on each fide of it. The plants on the 

 beft land, four inches from each other ; 

 but on that which is indifferent, only three 

 inches. 



The firft year they fow the ground with 

 onions or carrots ; but this practice, they 

 allow, rather hurts the crop. The carrots 

 are exceeding fine ; all weeds are carefully 

 pulled out by hand, fo as to keep the 

 ground perfectly clean. In the winter, 

 the tops of the liquorice are cut off. 



The fecond and third years, the planta- 

 tion is hoed feveral times, fo as to extir- 

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