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broken or bruifed in cutting the 

 other ; and then with your Knife 

 faw it olf about three Inches under- 

 ground. This may appear a very 

 troublefome Affair to People unac- 

 quainted with the practical Part ; but 

 mole who are employed in cutting 

 Afparagus, will perform a great 

 deal of this Work in a mcrt time; 

 but Care in doing it is absolutely 

 neceflary to be obterved by all who 

 cut Afparagus. 



The manner of dreffing your Af- 

 paragus- beds is every Year the fame 

 as directed for the fecond ; «mg. 

 keeping them from Weeds, digging 

 the Alleys in October, and forking 

 the Beds toward the End of March, 

 tfjc. only otferve every other Year 

 to lay a little rotten Dung, rfbm a 

 Melon or Cucumber- bed, all over 

 your Beds, burying fome in the Al- 

 leys alfo, at the time for digging 

 them up. This will preierve the 

 Ground in Heart to maintain your 

 Roots in Vigour; and, by this Ma- 

 nagement, a Plot of good Afparagus 

 may be continued for ten or twelve 

 Years in Cutting, and will produce 

 good Buds. 



I cannot help taking norice of a 

 common Error that has long pre- 

 vailed with moft People, which is, 

 that of not dunging the Ground for 

 Afparagus, believing that the Dung 

 communicates a ftrong rank Talte 

 to the Afparagus : but that is a great 

 Miftake; for tne fweeteft Afparagus 

 is that which grows upon the richeft 

 Ground, and poor Ground occafions 

 that rank Tafte, fo often complam'd 

 of ; the Goodnefs of Afparagus be- 

 ing in the Quicknefs of its Growth; 

 which is always proportionable to 

 the Goodnefs of the Ground, and 

 the Warmth of the Seafon : but, in 

 order to prove this, I planted two 

 Beds of Afparagus, upon Ground 

 which had Dung laid a Foot thick ; 



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and thefe Beds were every Y ear 

 dunged extremely thick ; and the 

 Afparagus produced from thefe Beds 

 was much fweeter than any I could 

 procure. 



The Quantity of Ground neceflary 

 to be planted with Afparagus, to 

 fupply a fmall Family, fhould be 

 at leaft eight Rods ; lefs than that 

 will not do ; for if you cannot cut 

 one hundred at a time, it will fcarcely 

 be worth while ; for you mult be 

 obliged to keep it, after it is cut r 

 two ot three Days, to furnifh enough 

 for one Mefs : but, for a larger 

 Family, fixteen Rods of Ground 

 mould be p'anted, which, if a good 

 Crop, will furnifh two or three 

 hundred each Day in the Height of 

 the Seafon. 



But as there are feveral People 

 who delight in having early Afpa- 

 ragus, which is become a very great 

 Trade in the Kitchen gardens near 

 London, I iha;l give proper Direc- 

 tions for the obtaining it any time 

 in Winter. 



You muft firft be provided with 

 a Quantity of good Roots, either 

 of your own railing, or purchas'd 

 from fuch Gardeners as plant for 

 Sale, that have been two or three 

 Years planted out from the Seed- 

 bed ; and having fixed upon the time 

 you would willingly have your Afpa 

 ragus fit to cut, about fix Week 

 before, you fhould prepare a Quan 

 tity of new Stable-horfedung, wliic 

 mould be thrown in an Heap fo 

 a Week, or more, to ferment ; the 

 it mould be turned over into a 

 Heap, where it muft lie anothe 

 Week, when it will be fit for Uf j 

 Then dig outaTrench in theGroun 

 where you intend to make the Be« 

 the Width of the Frames that a: 

 defigned to cover it, and the Leng: 

 in proportion to .the Quantity yd 

 intend to have ; which if delign* 



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