May. The Gardeners Kalendar. 145 

 ftocks were flipped ; for thefe will draw the 

 nourifhment from the plants which were left 

 for fruit, and caufe the heads to be fmall. 

 You (liould alfo cut or pull off all the fmall Ar- 

 tichokes which are produced from the fides of 

 the flems clofe to the leaves; for if thefe are 

 permitted to grow, they will render the princi- 

 pal Artichokes on the top very fmall. Thefe 

 the gardeners term Suckers, and they are, by 

 the kitchen gardeners, tied up in bunches, 

 and carried tojriarket. And are frequently eaten 

 raw with vinegar^ fait, and pepper, and are 

 by fome foreigners much efteemed. 



You may now fow Skirrets, Salfafy, and 

 Scorzonera, for the lafl crop ; for that which 

 was fown early ^ will foon run up to feed j ef- 

 pecially the' Skirret, which, when fown too 

 early, is feldom good. 



Sow Turneps, when there is a profpecl of 

 rain in a fhort time, which will bring up the 

 plants very foon ; and hoe thofe Turneps which 

 were fown the laft month, leaving them about 

 eight or ten inches afunder, which will be a 

 fufficient diftance for thofe which are intended 

 to be drawn very young. 



Toward the latter end of this month fiiould 

 be fown fome Broccoli for fpring ufe 5 and d 

 AJlJtter crop of Savoys ihould be fown, to fuccted 



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