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July. To prepare for the blanching, let the Ground | very fine, and ufed to the fame Purpofe. The July. 
7 be managed in this Manner: oftener they are earthed up the higher they will —-—~ 
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When the Surface is level, and the Mould in 
order, open a Trench a Spades Breadth: dig it by 
Line ; throw up the Mould, and then break the | 
Earth that is at the Bottom. of the Trench with a 
Spade. Let the Mould which is thrown up in 
digging this Trench, be laid half on one Side, 
and half on the other. 
Then at four Foot Diftance open fuch another 
_ Trench; and break the Harth at its Bottom in 
the fame Manner. 
Thus go on till as many Trenches are open- 
ed as will receive the Plants. 
Take them, up from the Bed into which | 
they were tranfplanted from the Seed-bed, and 
in which they have now ftood to gain a good 
Bignefs: place them in a ftrait Line, in the 
Middle of the Trench, at a Foot Diftance ; and 
in this due Care is to be ufed that none of the 
Plants fail, nor receive any great Check in their 
Growth. — 
The Roots muft be trim’d before they are 
planted ; -and the Tops of the Leaves cut off 
afterwards; the Earth muft be carefully clofed 
about them; and they muft have a good Water- 
ing. This muft be repeated as the Seafon re- 
quires, till it is feen that they are very well root- 
ed, and have taken to growing. 
All that will then be needful is to cee Phen 
covered as they rife in Height; and for this Pur- 
pofe the Mould thrown out of the Trench is to 
be ufed as long as it will ferve; and after that 
the Ground between the Trenches is to be broke 
| ture, or made fo by Art, 
tow eood. 
The Method of doing it is to draw up the 
Mould carefully on both Sides, taking a great 
deal of Care not to bury the Heats of the 
Plants, becaufe that would {top their Growth. 
. By the Beginning of September the firft Plants 
will be fit to take up; and with this Manage- 
ment they will be two Foot long in the blanched — 
Part, and all the Way delicate and tender, 
The reft of the Crops are to be treated in the 
fame Manner; only that a Soil drier in its Na- 
mult be chofen for - 
them, as they are to ftand through the Winter, 
This we have given before; and fhall occafionally 
refer to when we come to treat of ‘the Manage- 
ment of thofe later Crops. 
The whole Ground will now require fre- 
quent Weedings; and many of the Crops will 
demand the Refrefhment of Watering from time 
to time, in proportion as Nature allows fewer 
Showers. 
A great deal of Advantage will alfo be. ob- 
tained by a proper Manner of gathering the Pro- 
ducts: in thofe which are taken up entire, whe- 
ther Roots or Herbs, a careful Gardener will 
draw the largeft firft; thinning his Beds, that the 
fmaller may have the due a aeticege of coming 
to their Growth: in thofe whofe Fr ruits only are 
gathered as the Bean and Pea Kind, he will pull 
them often; and fuffer none to grow too, large, 
for fuch ftarve all the reft, | 
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