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 always to do this work in dry weather ; for if 

 the leaves are moift when they are tied, thdy 

 will rot in the middle. 



Pull up the ftalks of Beans, Cabbages, &c. 

 and the haulm of Peas, and other leguminous 

 plants which have done bearing, that the 

 ground may be clear ; for if thefe are permitted 

 to remain, they will harbour vermin, to the 

 prejudice of your adjoining crops. 



Your Melons, which now begin to ripen, 

 fhould have no water given them, becaufe 

 that will render them watery and ill-tafted ; 

 though perfons who are fond of very large 

 fruit, find their account in fupplying their 

 plants conftantly with water in great plenty, ef- 

 pecially in hot weather; but thcfe perfons do 

 not regard the quality of their fruit, fo much as 

 the fize of them \ for which reafon, the market 

 gardeners always prefer the hardy forts of Me- 

 lons, which produce the largeft fruit, though 

 they are not better flavoured than Pumkins, 



In this month you may repair your young 

 Afparagus beds which were planted the laft 

 fpring, by planting frefh plants where any of 

 them have failed ; but this fhould be done in 

 moift weather. The young plants which are 

 planted at this feafon will be well rooted before 



P 3 winter. 



