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which will naturally fall into the alleys 

 aud lay upon it, and care muft be ta- 

 ken to weed and keep the beds clean, 

 all the two fummers following ; but 

 you muft not fow or plant any large 

 crops on the beds, nor cut any of the 

 afparagus till the third year after the 

 plants are planted, becaufe if you do 

 it will caufe the roots to bleed, and 

 weaken them in fuch a manner as that 

 they won't be long liv'd, or bear fo 

 large Ihoots, or endure long afterwards. 

 About Michaelmas, or fome reafon- 

 ter iirejjing ^]^-[^ ^-^^^^^ afterwards, you are to cut a- 



^sliT.^' ^'^y the haulm and feed of the afpara- 

 gus, and, according to the common me- 

 thod, lay fome longifh dung thereon, 

 to keep out the extreme frofts and cold 

 weather that happens in the winters 

 and confequently to keep the afparagus 

 lb warm as that it may bud out as early 

 as poflible in the fpring^ and in this 

 procedure it can't be deny'd but laying 

 muck out of the ftables, or old thatch 

 of a barn, may keep the beds open and 

 from freezing, bat there is fomething 

 more to be confidered, and that is, a 

 miuftinefs that thofe kind of dungs muft 

 create in their lying fo long on the bed 5 



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