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nine Seeds in the Middle of each 

 Hole, covering them over with 

 Earth about half an Inch thick ; and 

 if it fhould be very dry Weather, it 

 will be proper to water the Holes 

 gently in a Day or two after the 

 Seeds are fown, in order to facilitate 

 their Germination. 



In five or fix Days, if the Wea- 

 ther be good, your Plants will be- 

 gin to thrult their Heads above- 

 ground ; at which time you fhould 

 be very careful to keep off the Spar- 

 rows, which are very fond of the 

 young tender Heads of thefe Plants ; 

 and, if they are not prevented, will 

 dellroy your whole Crop : but as it 

 is not above a Week that thefe Plants 

 are in Danger, it will be no great 

 Trouble to look after them during 

 that time ; for when the Plants are 

 come up, and have expanded their 

 Seed -leave?, the Sparrows will not 

 meddle with them. 



You mult alio be careful to water 

 them gently, as you fhall find the 

 Drought of the Seafon doth require; 

 and when you perceive the third 

 or rough Leaf of the Plants begin 

 to appear, you muft pull out all the 

 weaken: Plant?, leaving only five of 

 the moll: promifing and heft fituated 

 in each Hole, ftirring the Earth 

 round about them with a fmall Hoe 

 to deftroy the Weeds, and raife the 

 Earth about the Shanks of the Plants, 

 putting a little Earth between them, 

 prefiing it gently down with your 

 Hand, that the Plants may be there- 

 by feparated from each other to a 

 greater Diftance ; then give them a 

 little Water (if the Weather be dry) 

 to fettle the- Earth about them, which 

 you muft afterwards repeat as often 

 as you fhall find it necefTary, ftill 

 being careful to keep the Ground 

 clear from Weeds. 



When your Cauliflowers 2re quite 

 drawn off the Ground from between 



the Cucumbers, you muft hoe and 

 clean the Ground, drawing the 

 Earth up round each Hole in form 

 of a Balon, the better to contain the 

 Water when it is given them ; and 

 alio to lay out the Plants in exaft 

 Order as they are to run and extend, 

 fo that they may not interfere with 

 each other : and if all the five Plants 

 before left are in good Condition, 

 you fhould pull out one of the worff, 

 and throw it away ; for four good 

 Plants will be full enough to remain 

 for gcod; then lay a little Earth 

 between the Plants left, prefTing it 

 down gently with your Hand, tht 

 better to fpread them each Way, 

 giving them a little Water to fettle 

 the Earth about them, repeating it 

 as often as the Seafon fhall require, 

 and obferving to keep the Ground 

 clean from Weeds : the Plants, thus 

 managed, will begin to produce 

 Fruit toward the Latter-end of July, 

 when you may either gather them 

 young for pickling, or fuffer them 

 to grow for large Fruit. 



The Quantity of Holes necefTary 

 for a Family is about fifty or fixty ; 

 for if you have fewer, they will not 

 produce enough to pay for pickling, 

 without keeping them too long in 

 the Houfe; for you can't exped to 

 gather more than two hundred at 

 each time from fifty Holes ; but this 

 may be done twice a Week during 

 the whole Seafon, which commonly 

 lafts five Weeks ; fo that from fifty 

 Holes you may reafonably expect to 

 gather about two thoufand in the 

 Seafcn, which, if they are taken 

 fmall, will not be too many for a 

 private Family, efpecially confider- 

 ing, that if you have fewer Holes, 

 the Quantity each Week produced 

 will fcarcely be worth the Trouble 

 of pickling. 



But left I (hould be cenfur'd by 

 thofe who delight in having very 



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