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Month, or the Beginning of April, 

 Which is about the Seafon that the 

 Plants are beginning to moot. I 

 know many People have advis'd the 

 planting of Afparagus at Michael- 

 mas but this I have expericnc'd to 

 be very wrong; for in two different 

 Years I was obliged to tranfplant 

 large Quantities at that Seafon ; but 

 I had better thrown away the Plants ; 

 for, upon Examination, in theSpring, 

 I found molt of the Roots were 

 grown mouldy, and decaying ; and, 

 1 am fure, not one in five of them 

 -fucceeded ; and thofe which did, 

 were fo weak, as not to be worth 

 their (landing. 



The Seafon being now come, you 

 mud, with a narrow- prong'd Dung- 

 fork, carefully fork up your Roots, 

 making them out of the Earth, and 

 feparating them from each other ; 

 obferving to lay their Heads even, 

 for the more convenient planting 

 them, which muft be perform'd in 

 this manner : 



Your P'ot of Ground being le- 

 veird, you muft begin at one Side 

 thereof, ranging a Line very tight 

 crofs the Piece ; by which you muft 

 throw out a Trench exactly ftrait, 

 and about fix Inches deep, into 

 which you muft lay your Roots, 

 fpreading them with your Fingers, 

 and p'acing them upright againft the 

 Back of the Trench, that the Buds 

 may Hand forwardj and be about 

 two Inches below the Surface of the 

 Ground, and at twelve Inches Di- 

 ftance from each other ; then with 

 a Rake draw the E: rth into the 

 Trench again, laying it very level, 

 which will preferve the Roots in 

 their right Pofition : then remove 

 your Line a Foot farther back, and 

 make another Trench in the like 

 manner, laying therein your Plants, 

 as before directed, and continuing 

 the fame Diilance Row from Row ; 



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only obferving, between every fotir 

 Rows, to leave about two Feet four 

 Inches for an Alley to go between the 

 Beds to cut the Afparagus, 6fr. 



Your Plot of Ground being finifh'd 

 and levelled, you may fow thereon 

 a fmall^Crop of Onions, which will 

 not hurt your Afparagus, and tread 

 in your Seeds, raking your Ground 

 level. 



There are fome Perfons who plant 

 the Seeds of Afparagus in the Place 

 where the Roots are to remain ; 

 which is a very good Method, if it 

 is performed with Care. The Way 

 is this : After the Ground has been 

 well trenched and dunged, they lay- 

 it level, and draw a Line crefs the 

 Ground (in the fame manner as is 

 pra&ifed for planting of the young 

 Plants) ; then with a Dibble make 

 Holes at a Foot Diftance, into each 

 of which you muft drop two Seeds, 

 for fear one mould mifcarry ; thefe 

 Holes mould not be more than half 

 an Inch deep; then cover the Seeds, 

 by ftriking the Earth in upon it, and 

 go on removing the Line a Foot 

 back for another Row ; and after 

 four Rou s are finifhed, leave a Space 

 for an Alley between the Bedi, if it 

 is defigned -to ftand for the natural 

 Seafon of Cutting ; but if it is to be 

 taken up for Hot-beds, there may 

 be fix Rows planted in each Bed ; 

 and the Diftance in the Rows need 

 not be more thsn nine Inches. This 

 fhould be performed by the Midd'e 

 of February, becauie the Seeds lie 

 long in the Ground : but if Onions 

 are intended to be fown upon the 

 Ground, that may be performed a 

 Fortnight or three Weeks after, pro- 

 vided the Ground is not ftirred fo 

 deep as to diiturb the Afparagus- 

 feeds, in raking the Onion-feed into 

 the Ground. 



As the Roots of Afparagus always 

 fend forth many long Fibres, which 



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