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if more than four appear from one plant, 

 the weakeft muft be pulled off to make 

 the other ftrongerj and the ground mu Pc 

 be kept clear of weeds in the fummer, tho* 

 there may be a broad bean fet the firft year 

 between every two plants. 



The ftem which was planted will be dead 

 the next winter, for the parts above-ground 

 do not live tv/o years, for which reafon they 

 fhould be cut from amongft the others. 



The fruit is always produced upon col- 

 laterals, which come from thofe branches 

 that grew from the root the fummer be- 

 fore ; and if there be two, three or four at 

 a root, cut a little off their tops, then plat 

 them together, in fuch a manner as to 

 make them ftand upright, and dig the 

 ground over, and they will require no other 

 order in the winter. 



The fecond fummer after planting, 

 there may fix branches be fuffered to grow 

 from each root, and the winter enfuing 

 they muft be ufed like thofe the year be- 

 fore ; and when the roots are come to their 

 full ftrength, fufFer eight or ten branches 

 to grow from each of them, and in the 

 winter give them the ufual order. 



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