The Englijh Gardner, 
have your Onions great, which they will be, if the ground be 
good, and timely thinned as aforefaid. You may fow a few 
Leek -feeds amongfl: them if you defire to have them great} and 
then if you defire to improve them further,you may take them 
up, and lay them pretty deep, and according to their depth, 
they will white and grow larger if the ground be Rich 5 you 
may lay them when your Onions are ripe or fomewhat after, 
you may if you will fcatter a few Parfiiip, Carrot, or Radifh 
feeds amongft your Onions} they will be great, and a few will 
do no hurt or hinderance or your Onions. You may obferve 
the fame order for fowing Onions, as of other Roots, either 
on Beds or larger pieces of ground, either fpitled in, or trod 
and raked* ' 
Hey are ufually fown on the fame ground where for- 
l ward Peafe or Beans grew, they fpend fweeteft being 
fown on an indifferent midling ground, for being fown either 
too early, or on ground very rich,they fpend either ftrongor 
titter, and many of them are apt to rot } they prove very 
good,being fown on a fallow intended for Barley,dv.Thebeft 
Seafons to fow them in, is from the beginning or middle of 
June , to the middle of it is not very fure to fow later 5 
they are likewife fown in March , April, and May, for forward 
fpending } but as they are oft fubjedto mifcarry, being fown 
fo early, fo on the other hand they feldom fpend very well,or 
if they do, they jaft good but a little while} it is a ufual thing 
to fow twice or thrice fbme years before they take, by reaforr 
of a fmall bug called the Oarden-flea, and there is no remedy 
but patience and fowing again. The order of fowing is,if you 
plough your ground for them, ^you are to harrow it once in 
a place before you fow, and then harrow it once or twice in a 
place, as need requires,to make it lye fine and finooth } it will 
be the eafierand better to Howe when the Turneps come up. 
They are fown either brand-caft or othenvife 5 the quantity^ 
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