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covered, fhady, airy place, for a day or ib. In fevere 

 weather lay Itraw over all. 



Endive in open ground fhould be protected from 

 fharp jrojl by peale haulm, or other dry litter. Some 

 may be planted in frames, or underhand glaffes, giving 

 plenty of air, or in a fhed, or hovel, open towards the 

 fun,, either in the upright, or ridged way. 



The blanching of endive in open ground is thus { — 

 Gather up the leaves (being dry,) when nearly of a full 

 grown fize, and tie them regularly, and carefully round, 

 from the middle upwards, modera-ely clofe, with bafs t 

 and earth them up to the middle, if the foil is light 

 and drv, but not other wife. In two or three weeks, 

 t lie blanching is effected, after which the endive muft 

 foon be ufed, or it will rot, efpecially if much wet 

 comes. The objeft of blanching is to take away the 

 bitter tafte of the endive, and to make it crifp and ten- 

 der. Blanch a little at a time, once a week, that it 

 may come in proper fucceffion. See Succory (hi wild 

 endive) next feftion. 



Garlic is ufed for both culinary and medicinal 

 purpofes. The cloves fhould be planted in autumn, or 

 early in fpring, in rows fix or eight inches afunder, 

 three deep, and fix from one another in the rows, pre- 

 ferring a light dry foil. If the leaves are tied up in 

 knots in June, it will prevent their fpindling for feed, 

 and help their bulbs to fwell. Take them up towards 

 autumn, when their leaves turn yellow; keep them in 

 bags, or hang them up in a dry place. 



Gourd, squash, and calabash, as of one fa- 

 mily ; fee pumpion, the culture being the fame. 



Horse-radish is varioufly ufed for culinary pur- 

 pofes; when fcraped fine, it is a good addition to fallads, 

 efpecially in the colder feafons. Propagate crowns, or 

 pieces of the root from one to two inches long, having 

 an eye or two; fet them from nine to twelve inches 

 below the furface of the ground, (according to the nature 

 of the foil, as heavy or light) by digging a trench, and 

 L 3 coveiing 



