Qt% OF ESCULENTS. SECT. XV. 



of little ufe to ; yet this afhflance fhould be adopted for 

 the fir/} crop, which it may white:-. 



Lettuces are fometimes fown thick, to draw young 

 tor fmall faiiading ; for which purpofe, the lap and cab- 

 bage lettuces are the propereft, as they eat tenderer ami 

 fweeter in their infant ftate : the lap feed is very cheap, 

 and chiefly the fort ufed. 



Melon* there is a variety of. in fize, fhape, coat, and 

 colour of the fiefh. The forts we beft fucceed with are 

 the mujk, (or common oblong ribbed melon) the Reman, 

 the Portugal, and the Canialeupes in Variety, as the 

 common rock, the black, the orange, and the GJyeri 

 The Roman and Portugal arc final i, but earl v. The 

 Cantaleupes are jullly the moll admired fruit, but are 

 not fo good bearers as the others. 



The Jeed brought from the continent (where the 

 melons are much finer than in England] feldom fucceeds 

 here. Whoever fows it. mult not begin too early, 

 muft ufe more heat, and give lefs water than is necef- 

 fary for Denizens, See, Of ra'fng Mtlons, p. 19^, 



Onion, we have Several forts, but the Strafburgh 

 (oval fhaped) is that moftly cultivated, as it keeps the 

 belr. The fihxer dinned and Span 1ft: (flat fhaped, are 

 milder, and therefore by fome preferred. The Welch 

 fort dees not bulb, and it is rank ; but for its being 

 very hardy, is fown thick in Augiiji, and flittered to 

 ftand fo for winter and fpring ufe, as a green fubftitute 

 for others. At this time, alfo. fome ot the Strajburgh 

 may be fown, and perhaps ftand the winter in a good 

 fituation. The IVelch onion is not only hardy, but 

 perennial. Thev are apt lo die down in winter, but 

 the roots moot again : which, when they begin to do, 

 if earthed over an inch, or fo, thev will blanch, come 

 forwarder, and eat the milder. 



The fmall fiver finned onion is the fort fitteft for 

 fu m m e r fed la d ing and pickling. Sow firft at the end of 

 March, and to have them young once every three weeks 

 after. Chufe poor ground for the picklers. 



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