OF ESCULENTS. 



SECT. XV, 



covering them over, or by making holes with a dibble ; 

 this fhould be the work of February or Oclober, and the 

 foil muft not only be deep, but rich, or the roots will be 

 weak. 



This root will grow finer, and be more conveniently 

 dug, to have the rows two feet, and the lets one foot 

 afunder in them, though a lefs diftance is the more 

 common praftice. Where there is plenty of ground, 

 however, it is not worth while to be cramped, and the 

 firft year of planting the ground may be cropped with 

 any early things. The roots will not be fit for ufe the 

 firft year ; but the fecond they come ftrong and warm. 

 Take them up carefully, regularly moving the earth 

 away, and cut off clofe to the ftool, from whence frefh 

 heads will fpring. 



New plantations of horfe-radilh fhould be made 

 about every fifth year ; old ones fhould be cleared from 

 the ftraggling fide moots, in order to keep the rows 

 open, but take them up deeply. 



Jerusalem artichoke is cultivated for the root, 

 (which eats like artichoke bottoms) and it is an orna* 

 mental plant, very like the perennial fun-flower, with 

 which it claffes, but taller. Propagate in March, by 

 planting cuttings of its root, as potatoes. The root is 

 red, and full of indented eyes, every one of which is 

 fure to grow. Where it has been once planted, it muft 

 be carefully dug up, or it will not eafily be got rid of. 

 Any poor ordinary fpot of fpare ground will do for it, 

 Preferve the roots in dry land, when they can be no 

 longer preferved in the ground, immediately dug irom 

 which they are much beft. 



Kidney bean we have two kinds of, dwarfs mA 

 runners, each of which has a rather numerous variety. 

 Both forts have their admirers, but the dwarf forts 

 are more generally efteemed, and more conveniently 

 cultivated. 



Of the variety m the dwarf beans, fome come earlier 

 than others ; but there is difference in opinions^ 



which 



