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Spring, and are much efteem'd by 

 all delicate Palates. 



The fecond Sort grows wild in 

 the Fens of Lincclnjbire, and fome 

 other Parts of England: but (his, 

 producing very flender Shoots, is 

 rarely cu tivated in Gardens ; cho 1 a 

 Friend of mine, who hud cultivated 

 this Sort for fome Years, allured me, 

 it was fweeter, and would come 

 earlier in the Spring (without artifi- 

 cial Heat), than the Garden-kind. 



The Garden Afparagus is propa- 

 gated by lowing of the Seeds ; in 

 the procuring of which, you mould 

 be particularly careful, fince the 

 Goodnefs of your future Crop, in a 

 great meafure, depends thereon : you 

 mould therefore get it from fome 

 Perfon of Integrity, or, if you have 

 an Opportunity, fave it yourfelf ; 

 or in fome other neighbouring Gar- 

 den. You .muft look over the Afpa- 

 ragus-beds in tr.e Beginning of the 

 Seafon, and mark fome of the largeft 

 and fairelt Buds with a Piece of 

 Stick : which Buds, when they have 

 branched out, may be faften'd to 

 Stakes thrult into the Ground, to 

 preferve them from breaking. Theie 

 Buds will, many of them, produce 

 great Numbers of red erries ; which 

 fhould befuffer'd to remain upon the 

 Branches until the Latter-end of Sep- 

 tember, when the Haulm will begin 

 to decay : then cut off the Branches, 

 and ftrip the Berries into a Tub, 

 where they may lie in an Heap to 

 fweat for three Weeks ; by wh.ch 

 time the outer Hulks will be rot- 

 ten ; then fill the Tub with WVer, 

 and with your Hands break all the 

 Hufks by fqueezing them between 

 your Hands. Thefe Hufks will all 

 fwim upon the Water, but the Seeds 

 will finis to the Bottom ; lb that by 

 pouring off the Water gently, the 

 Hufks will be carried along with it; 

 and by putting frefh Water two or 



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three times, and ftirring your Seed 

 about, you will make it quite cle;m : 

 then fpread your Seed upon a Mat, 

 and expole it to the Sun and Air in 

 dry Weather, until it is perfectly 

 dry ; when you may put it into a 

 Bag, and hang it up in a dry Place 

 till the Beginning of Febn>..;)y at 

 which time, you mult prepare a Bed 

 of good rich Earth, whereon you 

 mult fow your Seed:, (but not too 

 thick, which will caufe your Plants 

 to be fmall); and having trod your 

 Seed into the Ground, ,rake it over 

 fmooth. 



In the- following Summer, keep 

 it diligently clear'd from Weeds, 

 which will greatly add to the 

 Strength of your Plants ; ard. to- 

 ward the Latter-end of Otfobcr, 

 when the Haulm is quite w ither'd, 

 you may fpread a little rotten Dung 

 over the Surface of the Ground, 

 about an inch thick; which will 

 preferve the young Buds from being 

 hurt with the Frolls, &c. 



The Spring following, your Plants 

 will be fit to plant out for good (for 

 I would never choofe Plant* of more 

 than one Year's Growth, having 

 very often exreriene'd them to take, 

 much better than older, and to pro- 

 duce finer Roots) : you muft there- 

 fore prepare your Ground by trench- 

 ing it well, burying therein a good 

 Quantity of rotten Dung at the Bot- 

 tom of ench Trench, that it may lie 

 at lea ft fix Inches below the Surface 

 of the Ground : then level your 

 whole Plot very exacUy, taking out 

 all large Stones : but this mould not 

 be done long before you intend to 

 plant your Afparagus ; in which you 

 muft be goverii'd according to the 

 Nature of youv Soil, or the Seafon; 

 for if your Soil is dry, and the Sea- 

 fon forward, you may plant early in 

 March ; but, m a very wet Soil, ic 

 is better to wait till the End of that 

 iV Month, 



