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it, and l&t it lye all the Winter 3 but they that have much 
ground to dig and fow, find a great covenience in trenching 
and making as much ground ready againft the fpring as may 
be, befides the benefit of mellowing and fweetning it. An¬ 
other thing I would have you take notice of, and that is 
that you do not fow one fort of Crop too often upon one 
and the fame piece of ground, but fow it with changeable 
Crops, efpecially Parfhips and Carrots, the which being 
fown too often without change, will be apt to canker, rot, 
or be very apt to be worm-eaten, although the ground be 
maintained very rich. I do not fpeak this of the great-gar¬ 
den grounds in or near London^ where their grounds are in 
a manner made new and frefh once in two or three years, 
by dung and foyl and good trenching3 fo that their ground 
is as it were new and frefh for one and the fame kind of 
Crops every year. Again, if the ground be Green-fwoard 
ground your care muft be to take but thin (pits, and cut 
or break it well,efpecially if you intend it for roots the fame 
year, or you may obferve a kind of Trenching, by paring 
the fwoard into the trench, and fo digging your ground in 
order with thin fpits 3 if it be of a ftiff nature, it will be 
your beft way to let it have the benefit of the Winter Froffc to 
mellow or fweeten it,and then it will likewife work the better 
when you come to fow it 3 you are to confider of what na¬ 
ture and temper ground is, for there are fotne forts that are 
of a kind of ftiff or Cloungy nature, and will not fall 
fmooth and handfome under the rake, except it hath lain 
three or four days after the digging, for fuch ground you 
muft defer your fowing until you find your ground will 
rake. And fo on the contrary, feme grounds will bake and 
lie ruff if they be not fown quickly after it is digged 3 but in all 
grounds it is beft to fow, rather in a dry time than in a moift, 
if it be raked or trod in a wet time, they will be apt to bake 
or bind, fb as your feed cannot get out of the ground : the 
manner of fowing your Parfnips, Carrots or Onions is, ha¬ 
ving prepared your ground, you are if it be to L-e fown in 
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