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Weather is very dry, or the Plants 

 have been any time taken from the 

 Stocks, it will be convenient to fet 

 them upright into a Tub of Wa- 

 ter for three or four Hours before 

 they are planted, which will greatly 

 refrelh them), you muft then pro- 

 ceed to planting, which mult be done 

 by ranging a Line acrofs the Ground, 

 in order to their being plac'd exact- 

 ly in a Row, and with a Meafure- 

 flick plant them it two Feet Diilance 

 from each other in the Rows ; and 

 if defign'd for a full Crop, five Feet 

 Diftance Row from Row : your 

 Plants muft be fet about four Inches 

 deep, and the Earth clofed very fail 

 to their Roots ; obferving, if the 

 Seafon proves dry, to keep them wa- 

 ter'd two or three times a Week, un- 

 til they are growing, after which 

 they feldom require any. 



N. B. You may fow a thin Crop 

 of Spinach upon the Ground before 

 you plant your Plants, obferving to 

 clear it from about them after it is 

 come up. 



Thefe Plants, in a kindly Seafon, 

 or a moift Soil, will produce the 

 largeft and beft Artichokes, fome 

 time in Augufi and September, after 

 all thofe from the old Stocks are 

 part ; fo that if you intend to con- 

 tinue your Artichokes through the 

 whole Seafon, you muft plant frefh 

 every Year, otherwife you can't pof- 

 fibly have Fruit longer than two 

 Months, or ten Weeks. 



If any of the Plants which you 

 planted in the Spring, fhould not 

 fruit in the Autumn, yon may, at the 

 Seafon of earthing your Roots, tie 

 up the Leaves with a fmall Willow- 

 twig, &c and lay the Earth up clofe 

 to them, fo that the Tops of the 

 Plants may be above-ground ; and 

 when the Froft comes on, if you will 

 cover the Top with a little Straw, 

 pr Peas-haulm, thefe Plants will pro- 



duce Fruit in Winter, or early in 

 the Spring. 



But if you intend to plant other 

 things between your Artichokes, you 

 muft allow nine or ten Feet between 

 the Rows, as is often practis'd by the 

 Kitchen -gardeners near London, who 

 fow the Ground between with Ra- 

 difties or Spinach, and plant two 

 Rows of Cauliflowers, at four Feet 

 Diftance Row from Row, and two 

 Feet and an half Diftance in theRows 

 between them ; fo that there are 

 always five Feet allow'd for the Ar- 

 tichokes to grow ; and in My, when 

 the Radilhes or Spinach are taken 

 off, they fow a Row of Cucumbers 

 for Pickling, exactly between the two 

 Rows of Cauliflowers, and at three 

 Feet Diftance from each other; and 

 between the Rows of Cauliflowers 

 and Artichokes, plant a Row of Cab- 

 bages or Savoys for Winter- ufe, 

 which, when the Cauliflowers are 

 drawn off, and the Artichokes ga- 

 ther'd, will have full Liberty to 

 grow ; and by this means the Ground 

 is fully employed through the whole 

 Seafon. 



In thofe which are planted at five 

 Feet Diftance Row from Row, you 

 may plant in every other Row a 

 Line of Cabbages or Savoys, for 

 Winter- ufe, which will be gone by 

 the time of landing them up; in the. 

 doing of which, you muft lay the 

 whole five Feet of Earth into one 

 Ridge, except the Ground be ex- 

 treme ft iff, or the Plants young, in 

 both which Cafes you may lay only 

 three Feet and an half : the fame 

 Compafs of Ground muft alfo be al- 

 lowed where they are planted at a 

 wider Diftance. 



And if, in the Spring, you find 

 your Stocks fhoot very weak, which 

 may have been occafion'd either by 

 hard Fro Its, or too much Wet, you 

 muft then uncover them, and with 



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