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driven in the ground to tie them to. Water them 

 as soon as planted ; they may be planted three feet 

 apart. 



ARTICHOKES. 



Cutoff the small heads that grow on the sides, if 

 you want the main heads to grow very large, and weed 

 them well. 



ASPAmOUS. 



Continue to cut asparagus, the buds of which hare 

 got from three to six inches long ; w^hen above five 

 or six inches long, they don't eat so well as younger 

 buds ; thrust your knife down close by the shoot you 

 want to cut, that you may not wound adjacent ones ; 

 cut them slanting upwards, about four inches below 

 the surface. With a hoe, clear away all the weeds in 

 dry weather. 



LETTUCES. 



Sow coss, admiral cabbage, and Silesia lettuces, 

 two or three times this month, for a succession of 

 crops ; sow now in moist ground, and water frequently 

 in dry weather. Transplant lettuces from beds sown 

 i^i March and April; do this in showery weather ; 

 plant them twelve inches apsrt in moist ground, well 

 dug and raked; water them immediately, and repeat 

 the watering frequently in dry weather. 



PARSNIPS AND CARROTS. 



Thin and weed your carrots and parsnips with a 

 hoe or by hand, leaving them six inches apart ; those 

 that are pretty well grpwn may be thinned for use ; 

 those more backward, intended for main crops, should 

 be thinned at once to eight inches distant, that they 

 ir»ay have room to attain their full size. 



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