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gin to grow again, you mould hoe 

 the Ground over a fecond time, in 

 which you mould be careful not to 

 leave two Carrots clofe to each other, 

 as alfo to feparate them to a greater 

 Diftance, cutting down all Weeds, 

 and (lightly ftirring the Surface of 

 the Ground in every Place, the bet- 

 jter to prevent young Weeds from 

 Springing, as alfo to facilitate the 

 i Growth of the young Carrots. 



In about three Weeks or a Month 

 (after, you muft hoe them a third 

 time, when you muft clear the Weeds 

 as before ; and now you mould cut 

 out the Carrots to the Diftance they 

 are to remain, which muft be pro- 

 portion'd to the Size you intend to 

 have them grow : if they are to be 

 drawn while young, four or five 

 Inches afunder will be fufficient ; 

 but if they are to grow large before 

 they are pulled up, they mould be 

 left feven or eight Inches diftant 

 - every Way : you muft alfo keep them 

 clear from Weeds, which, if fuffer d 

 to grow amongft the Carrots, will 

 greatly prejudice them. 



The fecond Seafon for fowing 

 thefe Seeds is in February, on warm 

 Banks fituated near the Shelter of a 

 Wall, Pale, or Hedge; but thofe 

 which are intended for the open 

 large Quarters, fnould not be fown 

 before the Beginning of March, nor 

 mould you fow any later than the 

 End of the fame Month ; for thofe 

 which are fown in April or May will 

 i run up to Seed before their Roots 

 have any Bulk, efpecially if the Wea- 

 ther mould prove hot and dry. 



In July you may fow again, for an 

 autumnal Crop ; and in the End of 

 Auguft you may fow fome to Hand 

 the Winter ; by which Method you 

 will have early Carrots in April, be- 

 fore the Spring-fowing will be fit to 

 draw ; but thefe are feldom fo well 

 tailed, and are often very tough and 



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fticky. Many People mix feveral 

 other Sorts of Seeds, as Leek, Onion, 

 Parfnep, Radijh, C5c. amongft their 

 Carrots ; and others plant Beans, &c. 

 but, in my Opinion, neither of thefe 

 Methods are good ; for, if there is a 

 full Crop of any one of thefe Plants, 

 there can be no room for any thing 

 elfe amongft them ; fo that what is 

 got by the one k loft by another ; 

 and befides, it is not only more fight- 

 ly, but better, for the Plants of each 

 Kind to be fown feparate ; and alfo 

 by this means ycur Ground will bs 

 clear, when the Crop is gone, to fow 

 or plant any thing elfe ; but when 

 three or four Kinds are mixed toge- 

 ther, the Ground is feldom at Li- 

 berty before the fucceeding Spring : 

 befides, where Beans, or any other 

 tall -growing Plants, are planted 

 amongft the Carrots, it is apt to 

 make them grow more in Top than 

 Root ; fo that they will not be half 

 fo large as if fown fingly without 

 any other Plants amongft them. 



But in order to preferve your Car- 

 rots for Ufe all the Winter and 

 Spring, you mould, about the Be- 

 ginning of AWm^T,when the green 

 Leaves are decayed, dig them up, 

 and lay them in Sand in a dry Place, 

 where the Froft cannot come to 

 them, taking them out from time 

 to time as you have Occafion for 

 them, referving fome of the longeft 

 and ftraiteft Roots for Seed, if you 

 intend to fave any ; which Roots 

 mould be planted in the Middle of 

 February, in a light Soil, about a 

 Foot afunder each Way, obferving 

 to keep the Ground clear from 

 Weeds ; and about the Middle of 

 Augujl, when you find the Seeds are 

 ripe, you muft cut it off, and carry 

 it to a dry Place, where it mould be 

 expofed to the Sun and Air for feve- 

 ral Days to dry ; then you may beat 

 out the Seedsj and put it up in Bags, 



