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will draw up week 5 and conftantly pick ofF all 

 decayed leaves, which, if fuffered to remain 

 on, will be very injurious to the plants ; efpe* 

 cially if it {hould happen, that the weather will 

 not permit the beds to be uncovered for two or 

 three days together , which is often the cafe at 

 this feafon, in hard frofts, when thefe decayed 

 leaves, rotting in the beds, will emit a rancid 

 vapour ; which, mixing with the confined air 

 of the bedsj will render it unwholfome for the 

 plants. 



Earth up Celery to blanch it j but this muft 

 be done in dry weather, otherwife it will rot 

 the plants. At this time it fhould be earthed up 

 as near the tops of the plants as poflible, to 

 protedt it from froft 5 and at the approach of 

 hard froft, it will be neceffary to cover fome 

 Celery and Endive with fern, draw, or peas 

 haulm, to prevent the ground being frozen, 

 otherwife it cannot be taken up during the 

 froft's continuance in the ground. And earth 

 up Cardoons as near their tops as poflible, for 

 the fame reafon. 



In mild weather take up Endive in a dry 

 day, and hang it up in a dry place for two or 

 three days, that the moifture may drain from 

 between the leaves ; and then lay it in ridges on 

 a dry fpot of ground horizontally to blanch it, 



obferving 



