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G A n D E N N G,
fl.llk about fou r ¡nches ahove ¡he bi"úiog i ~od io Mmh
r"Uúwing, having cu¡ off ¡he fiubb ¡hat wa, !cft of the
flock, aod ¡he cyoo uoderoeath, clofe the grafted place,
that it may fllbfi~ by the lIock only.
Thi, maooer of grafting agrm bell withvines, pome·
granates, oranges, and fuch like fl~ubs.
When the fiock and cyon are of the fame bignefs, the
operatioo of whip·grafting is performed, by floping the
/lock and cyon about anioch, fo as to mRke thcm fit, and
Ihen tyiog them together, aod claying the place.
KITCHE N GA~DEH.
HOT-beds for radifhes and fpring·carrots fhould OOIV
be made, accordiog to the direl~ions giveo for ~ common
hot-bed in the preceding montb; \Vbich, by proper ma·
nagement, will do for all fons of leeds that .re aooual.
To make a mufhrum bed, dig atreoch 6ve or fix inch·
es deep, and lay in it either the dung of horfes, mules,
M alfes, io ridge!, whlch dung mufl be the Ialt coveriog
~rore the earth is I,id oo.
The bed, wheo it is complete, mufl be Ihree or four
fcet high; aod after coveriog the dung about two or
three ioches deep with fuch earth as is takeo fromunder
aturf, pot fome mufhroom·earth all over the bed on the
lan coveriog of duog.
Shoúld the weather be fevere, you may defeod the bed
Vlitb I[raw or dry liner, eight or teo ioches thick, or
covcr it with m,tts fafleoed 00 hoops.
The bed mufl be kept properlywatered, twice or thrice
,.week, aod the mufhrooms will come up iD t\VO mooths
lime at farthefl; fometimes io a month, wheo tbey mufl
be inimediarely cut.
By puttiog fome mulhroom mth on your eacumber·
beds, you will greatly forward their growth.
lo !be natural ground potatoes love a fandy foil; and
Ihe fmaller roolS, or knots of them, are commonly f,ved
10 raire a crop from, being Cet about four or five ioches
deep io the grouod, aod 6ve or fix ioches apart; aod
\Vhen their haulms begin to decay, which is generally a·
bout Michaelmas, you may take themout of the grouod
IVith forks as you have occafioo to ufe them.
The Jerafalem artichoke Cucceeds befi io a flifF foil,
Qod affords a root as large as an ordioary turoip, beiog
iD talle fomewhat like a potatoe, but rather more wa–
terJ.
The Cmnl forts of cabbages, as the red cabbage, the
Durch cahbage, the Savoy cabbage, the Ruma cabbage,
Ihe Sanerfea cabbage, aod the two Com of the fugar.
loaf cabbage, fhould be plaoted at proper diflaoces, ac·
(ordiog to their feveral flatures.
The Savoy cabbagcs are for wioter ufe, aod lowards
the fpriog put forth fprouts prefcrable tO the cabbag~
themfelves.
AlmoH aoy grOllod will Cerve for cahbages; but if.rhe
weather be dry, it mufl he wdl watered before plaollor..
'fhe hardefl cabhages may be taho up before rhe
great froHs come 00; aod after they have huog up by the
r0015 about a fortoight, lay rhem io a cellar, "here they
will keep a loog time; or plaot them deep io rhe grouad
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clore tO one aoo¡her, aod cover themwilh haulm or nra""
till you have occaGoo toufe them.
Camts are mofl prtofperous io a light grdund, in
w~ich Iheir roots will grow to a great bigoefs.
Spring.earrots are folVo in July or 'Augurt; thofe io.
teoded for a wioter-crop, io February or Malch, io dry
weather
Wheo your carrots are come tlp, and hlfe been above
grouod about a month, they mull be houghed, leaviog rhe
fpace of aboul five inches between Ihe plant!; and after
the Grfl houghiog they Ihould be kept as cJeao as poffible
tilllhey are full growo, wheo Ihey may be takco up for
prefeot ufe, aod kept io faod duriog the wioler.
ParCoips Ihrive belt io a rich foil, aod, exceptiog Ihat
they fhould oot flaod fo rhiek, are tO be manatcd io Ihe
fame manner Q! carrOt!.
The fltirret requires a light, moill, yet a rieh foil i and
is prop~gated either by fowiog feeds, or by tranfplantiog
the offsetsf,om the roots,
As foooas the leaves begio to put forrh, Ibey Ihould
be takeo out of the ground, aod paned ioto as ruaoy Dips
as can be cooveniently takeo off with the roots, fo .,
only the frelh fpringiog fibres lemain 00 them; drills a.
bout four or 6ve inches deep mufl theo be prepared 10
plaot ¡hem five or fix ioehes apart, aod they mun be kept
well watered tjl{ Iheir roou are fully growo.
The ufual ti'11e for.folViog turnips is iD Julyor Augult
bU! fome people'fow them io thi! month, by way of pro:
vidiog them for the fummer. They thrive belt in a faody,
loamy foil, but will grow in any grouod: wheo the
plaots have twoor three leaoes, they fhould be .houghed
at the prefcribed for parfnips aod carrots.
Ooions are fowo io Ihis month, aod in March, io rich
garden foil; and toward the lamr eod' of April, being
come up, they are houghed, wheo about-!bree ioches
Ihould be lefr betweeo the plants till !hey hegio to grow
51 for f.llads, an~ then they may be drawo, or thinoed
where they grow too clofe together_
lo fowiog aniDosyou rpuH oot be fparillg of feeds, at
it ofteo happens maoy of them, being bad, llave no ef.
fea.
Wheo the leaves hegin to chaoge t11efr colour, they
Ihould be pulledup, (in dry weather;) and afrer beiog wen
dried without doors, they mufl pe fpreadoo fome Boor, to
dry more thoroughl~ for wiOler ufe_
Such ooioos as fpIre iD rhe houfe, ma~ tbis moorh b:
plaoted io liDes Gx ioches apart, and two ioche.! dinaoce
for reeds for anotber year.
The leek is fowo io a well.wrought grouod, aod is to
he kept free from weeds, aod houghed like Ihe oDioo ; the
plaols are rraofplanted io July, in-rich light foil, in lincl
about ñve ioches aparto
Strawberries profpcr mofi io grouod iocliniog lo cby ;
aod thebefl way of managing rhem, is to provide aquan.
tity of .~orfe-duog aod coal·alhes wel! mixed tQgethet,
aod lay Ir upoo the laod tO be dug or trenched io rhis
monrh; theo m;¡kebordm rhree fcet wide, 00 which tbe
flips are tO be planted froOl eight to eighleen ioches apart,
accordiog to Ihe forts: rhe ehila flrawberries bring –
gen, Ihould be f~t t\Vo feet afuoder.
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