The TraElical Kitchen Gardiner, 16$ 



ter after they are boird, but as foon as 

 ever the boiling is over, the putting 

 them unftringed or untied, on the back- 

 fide of a plate, there to be drain'd of 

 all its moifture, and then fprinkled with 

 fait, and butter d, is, in the opinion of 

 fome very curious gentlemen, of great 

 value. 



It highly behoves every gardiner mdof rai/kg 

 planter that would have good afparagus,^'^^^^^^^^^ 

 in the firft place to take efpecial care^«l ' 

 about the faving the feed, becaufe from 

 thence it is that they may cxpeft good 

 fuccefs, and reap the benefit of their 

 labour 5 as the ftaiks fpring up in fome 

 bed about five or fix years old, obferve 

 the earlieft and the largeft, and flicking 

 a flick by them, fuffer them not to be 

 cut 5 obferve alfo that they be round, 

 plump, full, and Ihort-headed, and tur- 

 gid or rounding at top 5 and not thin 

 and furrowed, which is a fign of a weak 

 bad kind 5 and as they begin to branch 

 they fhould be flak'd, and fecur'd from 

 the winds which will annoy them in 

 their feeding, and fuch vigorous fhoots 

 will afford feeds well nourifh'd, par- 

 taking of the flrength of the mother^ 

 plant, 



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