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leaves from burfting out on one Side ; 

 which they are fubjedt to do, as the 

 Plants grow, if not prevented this 

 way. 



In doing of this you need only tie 

 up the largeit Plants firft, and fo go 

 over the Piece once a Week, as the 

 Plants increafe their Growth ; by 

 which means you will continue the 

 Crop longer than if they were all 

 tied up at one time : for when they 

 are quite blanched, which will be in 

 three Weeks or a Month after tying, 

 they will not hold found and good 

 above ten Days or a Fortnight, efpe- 

 cially if the Seafon proves wet : 

 therefore it is that I would advife to 

 fow at four different Seafons, that 

 you may have a Supply as long as 

 the Weather will permit. But in or- 

 der to this, you mull tranfplant all 

 the Plants of the lafl: Sowing under 

 warm Walls, Pales, or Hedges, to 

 fcreen the Plants from Froft : and if 

 the Winter mould prove very fiiarp, 

 you mould cover them with fome 

 Peas-haulm, or fuch other light Co- 

 vering, which mould be conftantly 

 taken off in mild Weather : thefe 

 Borders mould alfo be as dry as pof- 

 fible ; for thefe Plants are very fub- 

 jeft to rot, if planted in a moifl Soil 

 in Winter. 



Although I before directed the 

 tying up of the Plants to blanch 

 them, yet this is only to be under- 

 ftood for the two rirft Sowings ; for 

 after Oflober, when the Nights begin 

 to be frofty, thofe Plants which are 

 fo far above-ground will be liable to 

 be much prejudiced thereby ; there- 

 fore the belt Method is, to take up 

 your Plants of the latter Sowings in 

 a very dry Day, and with a large 

 flat-pointed Dibble plant them into 

 the Sides of Trenches of Earth, 

 which are laid very upright, fide- 

 wife, towards the Sun, with the Tops 

 of the Plants only out of the Ground. 



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fo that the hafty Rains may run ofT, 

 and the Plants be kept dry, and fe- 

 cured from Frofts. 



The Plants, thus planted, will be 

 blanched fit for Ufe in about three 

 Weeks or a Month's time ; after 

 which it will not keep good long: 

 you Ihould therefore keep planting 

 fome frefh ones into Trenches every 

 Fortnight at leaft, that you may have 

 a Supply : and thofe which were lalt 

 transplanted out of the Seed-beds, 

 mould be preferv'd till February or 

 March, before they are planted to 

 blanch ; fo that from this you may 

 be fupplied until the Beginning of 

 or later : for at this lalt plant- 

 ing into the Trenches it will keep 

 longer than in Winter, the Days 

 growing longer ; and the Sun, ad- 

 vancing with more Strength, dries 

 up the Moilture much fooner than 

 in Winter, which prevent the rotting 

 of thefe Plants. 



When your Endive is blanched 

 enough for Ufe, you muft dig it up 

 with a Spade ; and after having 

 cleared it from all the outfide green 

 and decayed Leaves, you mould vvalh 

 it well in two or three different Wa- 

 ters to clear it the better from Slugs, 

 and other Vermin, which commonly 

 fhelter themfelves amongll the 

 Leaves thereof; and then you may 

 ferve it up to the Table with other 

 Sallading. 



But in order to have a Supply of 

 good Seeds for the next Seafon, yon 

 muft lock over thofe Borders where 

 the laft Crop was tranfplanted, be- 

 fore you put them into the Trenches 

 to blanch; and make choice of fome 

 of the largeft, founded, and moll 

 curled Plants, in Number according 

 to the Quantity of Seeds required : 

 for a fmall Family, a dozen of good 

 Plants will produce enough Seeds ; 

 and for a large, two dozen or thirty 

 Plants. 



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