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run deep into the Ground, fo, when 

 the Seeds are fown where they are 

 to remain, thefe Roots will not be 

 broken or injured) as thofe mull 

 which are tranfplanted ; therefore 

 they will moot deeper into the 

 Ground, and make much greater 

 Progrefs, and the Fibres will pufti 

 out on every Side j which will caufe 

 the Crown of the Root to be in the 

 the Centre ; whereas, in tranfplant- 

 ing, the Roots are made flat agaioft 

 the Side of the Trench. 



When your Afparagus is come up 

 (which will be in three Weeks or a 

 Month after planting), ycu mull with 

 a fmall Hoe cut up ail the Weeds, 

 and thin your Crop of Onions where 

 they may have come up in Bunches : 

 bnt this mull be done carefully, and 

 in dry Weather, that the Weeds may 

 die as fall as'they are cut up. This 

 Work mult be repeated about three 

 times ; which, if well done, and the 

 Seafon not too wet, will keep the 

 Ground clear from Weeds until the 

 Onions are fit to be pull'd up, which 

 is commonly in AugujL and is known 

 when their Greens fall down. When 

 you have drawn off your Onions, 

 you mud clean your Ground well 

 from Weeds, which will keep it clean 

 till you earth the Beds ; which mull 

 be done in Oclober s when the Haulm 

 begins to decay ; r or if you cut off 

 the Haulm while green, the Roots 

 will (hoot frefa again, which will 

 greatly weaken them. This young 

 Haulm mould be cut off with a 

 Knife, leaving the Stems two or 

 three Inches above-ground ; which 

 will be a Guide for you to diilinguifh 

 the Beds from the Alleys; then with 

 an Hoe clear off the Weeds into the 

 Alleys, and dig up the Alleys, bu- 

 rying the Weeds in the Bottom, and 

 throw the Earth upon the Beds, fo 

 :hat the Beds may be about five Inches 

 *b©vc the Level of the Alleys : then 



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you may plant a Row of Coleworts 



in the Middle of the Alleys, but do 

 not low or plant any thing upon the 

 Beds, which would greatly weaken 

 your Roots ; nor would I ever ad- 

 vife the planting of Beans in the Al- 

 leys (as is the Practice of many) ; Tor 

 it greatly damages the two outfide 

 Rows of Afparagus. In this man- 

 ner it mull remain till Spring, when 

 you mull hoe over the Beds to de- 

 ilroy all young Weeds ; then rake 

 them fmooth, and obferve all the 

 fucceed ng Summer to keep them 

 clear from Weeds ; and in Oiiober 

 dig up the Alleys again, as was be- 

 fore directed, earthing the Beds,£3V. 



The fecend Spring after p'anting, 

 you may begin to cut fome of your 

 Afparagus j though it vA\i be much 

 better to Hay until the third ; there- 

 fore now you mull fork up your 

 Beds with a flat-prong'd Fork, made 

 on purpofe, which is commonly callM 

 an Afparagus-fork : this mull be done 

 before the Buds moot in the Spring, 

 and with Care, left you fork too 

 deep, and bruife the Head of the 

 Root ; then rake the Beds over 

 fmooth, juft before the Buds appear 

 above-ground ; which will deltroy 

 all young Weeds, and keep your 

 Bed-; clean much longer than if left 

 unrak'd, or done as foon as fork'd ; 

 and when your Buds appear about 

 three or four Inches above-ground, 

 then cut them ; but fparingly, only 

 taking the large Buds, and fufTering 

 the fmall to run up to ftrengthen 

 the Roots ; for the more you cur, 

 the more the Roots will produce; 

 but they will be fmaller, and fooner 

 decay. When you cut a Bud, you 

 mull open the Ground with your 

 Knife (which fhould be very narrow 

 and long in the Blade, and filed with 

 Teeth like a Saw) to fee whether 

 any more young Bud> are coming 

 up cloie by it, which might be either 

 K. 2 broken 



