8. | | ) | 
Vigour at the Root, be recover’d and brought in- O&ob. 
to Formas eafily as a new- planted one ; wa all ———>_ 
Octob. 
A COMPLEAT BODY &. 
This is the commof Cafe; and in general, it 
is equally true, that the Gardeners have been the 
Caufe of the Misfortunes they lament. Let our 
| Pupil, in this Cafe, examine the Bottom, and 
nail up two ftrong Branches for Stems: then let 
hitn cut all the others out of their Way. The 
ftrong Branches above muft then be laid horizon-_ 
tally; and at fuch Diftances, that the Bearers, 
proceeding from them, may be nail’d upright, 
without crofling the Horizontals above them. 
If any of thefe Branches project over the lower 
Parts of the Free, they muft be cut off clofe to 
the Part from whence they proceed. _ 
Thus may the wort Peach-Tree, that has but 
SE C T I ON PAV 
KITCHEN- GARDEN. 
CHL ORTS, 
or the 
* HE Produéts in our laft continue, and this 
is not a Seafon for fudden Additions; we fhall 
therefore avoid ufelefs Repetitions, and enter at 
once upon what remains to be done in the Ground. 
Celeri will be, during the fucceeding Seafon, — 
a very ufeful and valuable Produét ; and the Time 
of taking Care of it, for that Purpofe, is now. 
‘It is a Pain not fufficiently regarded, and is ca- 
pable of Improvement ; which, as we have Expe- 
rience for our Voucher, we fhall direct freely. 
We oe iota the Celeri, which is at this‘Time to be 
earthed, ‘to have been planted in the ufual Way in 
Trenches, at) a Yard Diftance, and the Earth of 
the Trench by this Time all drawn up about them. 
_ This is the natural Condition of a tolerably 
manag’d Celeri-Bed, in the End of Offober. The 
‘Plants “are confiderably” advane’d in Height fince 
their lat: Earthing ; ; and there will be double Rea- 
fon of repeating it now, becaufe they will want it 
for bleaching, and for defending thera from the 
Froft. 
For this Purpofe, the Earth thrown: up out of | 
the Trench,: having been alr eady us’d, the Spaces 
befween the Rows are to be dug up, nd their 
Soil us’d for the Purpofe : “but this is fometimes 
fo fad and damp, that. it’ either rots the Plants, 
, digeing. 
from its Wet, or gives the Froft too much Power 
‘to deftroy them: the Effect of Froft being always 
greateft where the Ground is moft damp. 
To prevent thefe Accidents, and at ‘once fecure 
and encourage the Crop, let there be fpread over | 
the Ground, that is to be dug, half an Inch 
Thicknefs of clean River-Sand: over this fprinkle 
a little Brine, made of common Salt in Pond- 
“water. 
Mix in the Sand as you dig, and break 
the Earth very carefully. Let it lie thus two 
Days more to dry, after the breaking, and hen 
‘draw it up about the Plants. 
The Effect of this Mixture I have hee found 
to be this: it dries and mellows the Soil, and at 
the fame Time enriches it; for it gets more by 
the Salt than it lofes by the Sand. | 
Let this lie three Days, and then begin | 
the Time continue bearing. © 
This is the moft difficult and nice Part of Prun- 
ing; and there is nothing in which the practical 
Gardener more needs Afiiftance. 
In all this, it is effential that the Middle of bee 
‘Tree be kept thin of Branches, for they may be 
eafily fupply’d when the Sides are taken Care of; 
and if the wrong Growth be permitted there, they 
will prefently run the Trees into the decay’d State 
again, from which we have jutt propos’d to reco- 
ver them. 
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i falls clofer about the Plants, which is a very 
| material Article ; ; and at the fame Time that: it 
perfectly ferves for the Purpofe of blanching 
them, it neither detains the Wet to rot them, nor 
admits the Froft to deftroy them. 
This I have prov’d upon seitiaal Experience ; ° 
and I have always found that the Ground, at the 
| Year’s End, inftead of being damag’d or impo- 
verifh’d by this Admixture of Sand, has been i im- 
prov’d by it for’ fucceeding Crops. — 
This Care having been taken of the Celeri, at 
‘prefent, a little long Straw or Pea-ftalks may be 
thrown over it, in very fevere Frofts; and it will, 
fo, be perfectly preferv’d thro’ the Winter. 
Young Salleting will be very acceptable now, 
and it may be His'd upon Fas Se or any where 
under Shelter. 
The Kitchen Gardeners, who hes our Mar- 
kets, have the Art of making the moit of their 
Ground on every Occafion ; and they have a very 
sood Method in this Refpect, which is fowing this 
Safes under the Glaffes that’ ‘cover the Cauli- 
flower Plants, — : . 
Wehavedirected the Gardener inthe Management 
of thefe, and fhall advife him, by all Means, to ufe 
this Expedient. Let him fow the Seeds in Drills, 
juft within the Edge of the Glaffes; and take Care 
to gather it young. In this eds it roots fo 
flightly, that ‘it rus nothing fom the Cauli- 
flower Plants. 
A few purple and fcarlet Radithes fiould be 
fown now in Places well fhelter’d, and they will 
yield their Produce at a very acceptable Time. 
It may alfo be proper to commit to the Ground, 
at the Eind of this Week, another fmall C rop. of 
Beans and Peafe. One oF thefe Crops failing, an- 
other fow’d at fo fimall a Diftance of Time, very 
naturally and very well fupplies its. Place, — 
‘When thefe Crops are in, and this Care taken 
of the Ground, the great Affair of the Autumnal 
Management of the Kitchen-Garden is over; but 
there will be fome Employment there all Winter. 
EDEN: 
