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Show The ordering of the Kitchen Garden. 454,they pull vp where they growtoo thicke, {pendingth em firft, and fo takingvpfrom time to time, vatill they ftand two foote in funder one fromanother, and beging to {pindle and fhootevp for feede. In thisis vfed fomearte tomake the plants hey to giue the better feede without dangerof rotting or {poyling withthe wet, whichok ten happenethto thoft about whomthis cautionis not obferued: Before your Lettice isfhotvp, marke outthe choyfeft and ftrongeft plantes whichare fitteft to growfo feede, andfromthofe whentheyare a foote high,. ftrippe away with your batidthe Jeaties that grow loweft vpon the ftalke next the ground, which might ror, fpoyleo hinder theinfrom bearing {0 good feede; which whenit isneete to be ripe "the talks mutt be cut offabout the middle, and layde vpon mats or clothes in the Sunne thatit maythere fully ripen and be gathered for it would be blowne away with the winde if it fhould be fufferedto abide onthe ftalkes long. Parfneps mutt be fowen ona dee treached mellow ground, otherwife they may runtofeede the firft yearc, which Pi arenothing worth: or elfethe rootes will be {mall ftaruelings and fhort,and runne ins tomany fpires or branches, whereby they will notbee of halfethe worth. Somevie tofow them in Auguft and September, that fo they may bee well grownetoferueto {pend in Lent following, buctheir beft time isin February, that theSummers growth may make them thefairer and greater... Whentheyrunne vpto feede, you fhalltake the principall or middle heades, for thefe carry the Matter feede,which is the beft.and will produce thefaireft rootes againe, You fhall hardly haueall the feede ripe atone inftant,for vfually the chiefeft heads will be fallen beforethe otherare ripe: you mutt therefore ftill looke them ouer,and cut them asthey ripen. Carots are vfually fowen in March and Aprill, andif it chance that fome of them deerunne vp for feedethe fame year,they are to be weeded out,for neyther thefeed norroots of them are good: You muftlikewife pull themvp whenthey are toothicke, if you will hauethem grow fair,or for feed,thatthey may grow at the leaft three or foure footin funder:theftalkes of Carrotsare limber,and fall downe totheground they mufttherefore be fuftained by poles layde acrofle on ftalkes.thruft into the ground, andtyed tothe poles and ftalkes to keepe them vp from rottingor {poyling ypon the ground: thefeed hereofis not all ripeat once, but muft betended and gatheredasitripeneth, and laydtodry in fome dry chambcror floore,and then beaten out witha fticke, and winowed fromthe refufe. Turnepsare fowne by themfelues vpona good ground in theend ofIuly,and beginning of Auguft, to hauetheir roates beft to {pend inwinter ; forit often happe- neth that thofe feedes of Turgeptsthat are fowen inthe Spring runne vp to feedethe fame yeare, and thenit isnotaccounted good.Many-doevie to fow Turneps onthofe grounds from whencethe fame yeare they hauctaken.offReddith and Letrice,tomake thegreater profit of the ground, by hauing twocrops of-increafein one yeare.. The ftalkes of Turnepswill bend downeto the ground, :as Carrotsiloe;. but yet mutt not be bound or ordered in that manner, but fafferedto grow without flaking or binding, foias they grow of fome good diftancein funders, whenthe feede beginneth togrow Tipe, be very carefull to preferueit fromthe birdsywhich willbe moftbufieto devout them. Youthall vnderftand likewife that many-dae account the bet way to haue the faireftand moft principall feede from all thefe fore- recited herbes. thatafter they are fowen, and rifento a reafonable growth, they betran{planted intofrefhground.Cab> bages alfoare not only fowen -for the vfe of ‘theirheads to {pend formeat, butto ga thertheir feede likewife, which howfocuer fomie haue endeanoured ta doe, yet few haue gained good feede, becaufe aur fharpehard froftes in winter haue fpoyled and rotted their ftockes they preferued for the purpofe but others haue found outabetter anda more fure way ,whichis,to takevpyourftockes thatare fitteftro be preferued and bring them into the houfesand there wrap them eyther.in clothes, or orherthings to defend them fromtheicold,and hang them vpinaldry place varillthe beginning of Marchfollowing, then planting chem in the ground, ‘anda little defend chem atthe sbrite oni caft quer themfromthe coldnighrs, thereby youmay be furetohaue pericctt good feede, if yourkindebe of, thebeft-:, Sowe your feed in the moneths of February,or March, and tranfplant.them.in May, where they may ftand to grow for your vie, butbecarefull tokill the wormes.or Caterpillers thatelfe. will deuonre al ‘your leanes,and be carefull alfo that noneof, the Jeauesbee brokenin the planting, otherwife rubbed, for that oftentimes hindesethithe well clofing of them, Leckes* io! ‘Lhe ordering of the KitchenGarden. 465 forthemoft part wholly pourfed vp fromthe {eede thatis heregathered;andbecaufe. there is not fomuch ftore of them cither fowne or fpent,as there isof Onions by the twentieth part, we are ftillthe more carefullto be prouided from our owne labours: yetthere bediuers Gardiners inthis Kingdome, that doe gather fome {mall quantity of Onion feedealfo for their owne or theirpriuate friends {pending. The fowing of them both is much about onetime and manner, yet moft vfually Leeks are fowne later then Onions, andbothbeforethe end of Marchat the furtheft; yetfome fowe Onions fromthe end ofIuly tothe beginning of September,for their Winter prouifion.Thofe thatare fown he Spring, areto be taken vp and tran{planted on frefh bed prepa- red for the purpofe, orelfethey will hardly abidea Winter ; but hauing taken roore before Winter, they will beare good feedein the Summerfollowing : Youmuft Rake both'your Leckes and your Onion beds, and with poles laida croffe, binde your lopple headed ftalkes vnto them, on high as wellas belowe, orelfe the winde and their owne weight will bearethem downeto the ground,and {poileyourfeede. Youmuft thianethem, thatis, pull vp.continually afterthey are firft {prung vp thefe thatgrowe toothicke, as you doe with all the other herbes before {poken of, that they may haue themore roometo thriue. Ofallthefe herbes and rootes before fpoken of, you muft take the likelieft andfaireft to keepe for your feede; for ifyou fhould not take the beft; what hope ofgood feedecanyoucxped&? Thetime forthe {pending of thefeherbes and rootes, not particularly mentioned, isvntillthey begin torunne vp for feede, or yntill they areto be tran{planted for feede,or elfe vntill Winter, while they aregood, aeucry one fhall fee caule. Crar. LIL Haw to order Artichokes, Melons, Cowcumbers, and Pompions. Te are cettaine other herbes to be {poken of, which are wholly nourfed vp for theirfruit fake, of whom I thal! not need to fay mach, being theyare {o frequent in euery place. Artichakes being planted offaire and large flips , taken from the roote in September and October (yet not too late) will moft of them beare fruit the next yeare, fo that they be planted in well dungedground, and the earth naifed vp like vato an Anthill round about eachroote,to defend themthe better from theextreame frofts in Winter. Others plantflips in MarchandAprill, or fooner,but dthough fome ofthem will beare fruitthe fame yeare, yet all will not. And indeede many doe tather choofe toplant in the {pring then in the fall, forthatoftentimes an &treaine hard Winter following the newfetting offlips, when they haue not taken fifficient heart'and rootein the ground, dothvtterly pierce and perifh them, when as they that are fet in the Spring haue the whole Suimmers growth, to make themftreng beforethey fecle any fharpe frofts’, which by that time theyare the better able to beare. Muske Melons haue beene begunto bee nourfed vp but of late dayes in this perfectiLand) wherein alchough thany haue tryed and endeauouréd to bring themto On, yet few haueé attained vatoit ¢ barthofe nilesand orders which the beft and skilfalleft haue vfed, I will here fet downe, that whofo will, may haucas good and ripe Melons as any other in this Land, ‘The firft.thing you are to lookevnto, 1sto protideyoua peece ofgroundfit for the purpofe , whichis either a floping or fheluing banke, lying open and oppofite totlie South Sunne , or fome otherfit place notthekving, and this ground alfo you mutt fo prepare, that all the arc you can vie about itto inake irtich islittleenough ; and therefore you muft it with meere ftable foyle, thorough rotten &well turned vp,thatit may beat the leaft three foote deepé thereof, beWhich youmuft caftalfointo high beds or balkes,with deepe trenches or furrowes tweene,fo asthe ridges maybeat the leaft a foot andahalfe higher thenthefurrowess for otherwifeit is not poflible to haue good Melons groweripe. Thechoife of your ae pn feedealfo is anotherthing ofefpeciall regard, andthe beft is heldto be while they Ja ftill of the fame Hot French, whichhauing o once gained, be fire to haute good, |