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fown in March y as the other common 

 crops of carrots, parfnips, ^c. are; but 

 if they come up thick they muft be 

 thinn'd, or elfe they won't fpread and 

 grow well. Thofe that are ufually chofe 

 for chards are of the white kind, but 

 the yelloweft ribs you can pitch upon. 



Thofe you are to tranfplant out fingly 

 at about a foot afunder, and watering 

 them well all the fummer, in the be- 

 ginning of winter you are to cover them 

 with long dung, as you do artichokes; 

 and in j^pril you may uncover and drefs 

 the earth about them : Mr. T>e la ^iin- 

 tinye fays, when they are tranfplanted a 

 full foot one from another they pro- 

 duce great tops, in the middle of which 

 rife a large, white, and thick downy 

 cotton-like main fhoot ^ and that downy 

 cotton-like Ihoot is the true chard ufed 

 in pottages and intermeifes amongft the 

 French : He tells us alfo, they are well 

 placed when two ranks of them are fet 

 between two ranks of artichokes, where 

 by due attendance in covering, unco- 

 vering, ^c. they produce thofe fine 

 chards that are ufed in Rogation feafon, 

 and in the months of May and Jtmch 

 all which I mention the more particu- 

 larly, 



