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ceed, the Radifhes muil be drawn 

 off very young ; otherwife the Car- 

 rots will be drawn up fo weak, as 

 not to be able to fupport themfelves 

 when the Radifhes are gone. 



It is alfo a conftant Practice with 

 thefe Gardeners, to mix Spinach- 

 feed with their latter Crop of Ra- 

 dices ; fo that when the Radifhcs 

 are drawn off, and the Ground 

 cleanM between the Spinach, it will 

 grow prodigioufly, and in a Fort- 

 night's time will as completely cover 

 the Ground, as though there had 

 been no other Crop. And this Spi- 

 nach, if it be of the broad-leav'd 

 Kind, will be larger and fairer than 

 it commonly is when by itfelf ; 

 becauie where People have no other 

 Crop mix'd with it, they commonly 

 fow it too thick, whereby it is draw n 

 up weak ; but here the Roots ftand 

 pretty far apart, fo that after the Ra- 

 dilhes are' gone, they have full room 

 to fpread ; and if the Soil be good, it 

 is a prodigious Size this Spinach will 

 grow to, before it runs up for Seed : 

 but thisHufbandry is chiefly praclis'd 

 by fuch Gardeners as pay very dear 

 for their Land, and are obligM to 

 have as many Crops in a Year as 

 polTible, otherwife they could not 

 afford to pay fuch large Rents. 



When the Radifhes are come up, 

 and have got five or fix Leave?, they 

 mull be pull'd up where thev are too 

 clofe; oihen.ife they will draw up 

 to ton, but the Roots will not in- 

 crease their Bulk. In doing of this, 

 fome only draw them out by Hand : 

 but the beft Method is, to hoe them 

 with a fmall Hoe, which will ftir the 

 Ground, and deftroy the young 

 Weeds, and alfo promote theGrowth 

 of the Plants. The Diitance which 

 thefe (hould be left, if for drawing 

 up fmall, may be three Inches ; but 

 if they are to Hand until they are 



pretty large, fix Inches are full near 

 enough ; a:;d a fmall Spot of Ground 

 will afford as many Radifhes at each 

 fowing, as can be fpent in a Family 

 while they are good. 



If you intend to fave Seeds of 

 your Radifhes, you mould, at the 

 Beginning of May , prepare a Spot of 

 Ground in proportion to the Quan- 

 tity of Seeds intended ( but you 

 mould always make Allowance for 

 badSeafons; becaufe it often hap- - 

 pens, in a very dry Seafon, that 

 there will not be a fourth Part of 

 the Quantity of Seeds upon the fame 

 Proportion of Ground as there will 

 be in a moift Seafon). This Ground 

 mould be well dug and levelPd; then 

 you mould draw up fome of the 

 itraiteft and beft-coIour\d Radifhes 

 (throwing away all fuch as are fhort, " 

 and that branch out in their Roots): 

 thefe mould be planted in Rows three 

 Feet Diftance, and two Feet afunder 

 in the Rows ; oblerving, if the Sea- 

 fon be dry, to water them until they 

 have taken Root ; after which they 

 will require no farther Care, but 

 only to hoe dou n the Weeds be- 

 tween them, until they are advanced 

 fo high, as to fpread over the 

 Ground, when they will prevent the 

 Growth of Weeds. 



When the Seed begins to ripen, 

 you fhould carefully guard it againfl 

 the Birds, which will otherwife de- 

 ftroy it. When it is ripe (which you 

 may know by the Pods changing 

 brown), you fhould cut it, and fpread 

 it in the Sun to dry ; after which you 

 mould threfh it out, and lay it up 

 forUfe, where the Mice cannot come 

 to it, otherwife they will eat it up. 



The fmall round-rooted Radifh 

 is not very common in England - t but 

 in many Parts of Italy it is the only 

 Sort cultivated. Tke Roots of this 

 Kind are mary times as large as a 



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