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his mafter in general; but where inftead 

 thereof, drunkennefs, ignorance and care- 

 lefsnefs take place, there little good can 

 be expefted > and on the other hand, the 

 mafter ought to be very ready to let his 

 fcrvant have all that is neceffary towards 

 that care, as very good clofe glaffes and 

 frames, good large double mats, the 

 neweft and befl: dung that comes out of 

 the ftables; a hundred load of new dung, 

 which when rotted will wafte to about 

 thirty, being fufficient for any fmall me- 

 lonry. But now to the ridge for cu- 

 cumbers, 



SECT. 11. CHAP. XVII. 

 Of the ridging of cucumbers , 



\S to the ridging of cucumbers, the 

 fame rules are to be obferv'd, 

 which has been fet down concerning 

 melons, but that they are to be earlier 5 

 for if you would obtain very early cu- 

 cumbers (as in Marchy which is the time 

 that the forwardeft gardiners generally 

 produce them) they ought to be ridgd 

 out by the ic^'^ or 15^^ of February^ at 

 leaft; and by the 10^^ of March ^ or fooner, 

 you may exped fruit. And whoever 



