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Show CU by 1D with your Hand {tir up the Earth in the I loles, making it hollow in Form of a Baion ; into each of which you fhould plant four Plants obferving to water and fhade them until the) cit alfo to water them as you fhall fee they requ it; but you muft onlyraife the Glaffes in the middle of the Day until the Plants do fill the Glaffes; at which Time youfhould raife the South-fide open and{crape out the Seeds, the Sun: This alfo will harden and prepare wards coverd with a Board, to prevent Filth it is therefore the fureft Method to preferve them underthe Glaffes as long as they can be kept in without Prejudice to the Plants: And if Glaffes are rais'd with two Bricks on the Backfide, and the forked Stick on the other Side, they maybe kept in a great while without Danger. SY Eo Me iy fhould remain upon the Vines until the end of Auguf, that the Seeds may beperfectly r Pe; and when you gather themfror the Vine 8, it Fruit ina Row ups r Wall, where they may remain until the ourer Cover begins to decay ; at which time you fhould cut them in Height proportionable to the Growth of the Plants, that they may not be {corch’d by the Plants to endure the open Air, but you fhould not expofe them too foon thereto, for it often happens that there are Morning Frofts in Alay, which are many times deftruGtive to thefe Plants when expos’d thereto; thd 2 Inup ated ore, W ] that your other t} Fruig erin Number. Thefa have taken Root: After which 'Timeyou mutt be careful to give themalitle Air by raifing the Glaffes on the oppofite Side to the Wind in proportion to the Heat of the Weather, as making Fru Cc ‘Towards the latter end of May, when the Weather appears fettled and warm, youfhould turn your Plants downgently out ofthe Glaf, but do not perform this in a very dry hot funny Day, but rather when there isa cloudy Sky, and an Appearance of Rain: You muit in doing of this raife the Glaffes either upon Bricks or forked Sticks, whereby they may ftand fecure at about four or five Inches high from the Ground, that the Plants maylie under them without bruifing, nor fhould you take the Glaffes quite away until the latter end ne or the beginning of Fuly, for thefe will preferve the Moifture much longerto their Roots than if they were quite expos’d to the n Air: about three Weeks after you have turn’d the Plants out of the Glaffes, they will have made a confiderable Progrefs, efpecially sether with the Pulp, intoa Tub, which fhould be after- from getting among . it fhould be {uffer’d to remain Days, obfe g to ftir it well Stick to the Bottom every Day, In this Lub cight orten with a lone in order to rot the Pulp, that it may be eafily feparated from the Seeds ; then pour fome Waterinto the Tub, ftirring it well about, which will raife the Scum to the Top, but the Seeds will fettle to the Bottom, fo that by twoor thre times pouring in Water, ai ; ing it off fromthe Seeds, t fectly clear’d from the Pulp ; then you fhould fpread the Seeds upona Mat, which fhould be expos’'d tothe open Air three or four Days until they are feétly dry, when they may be put up in Bags, and hung up inad Place where Vermin cannot come to them, where tl but are ¢ rous, but I fhall in rections for xd for feveral Ye f rd when three or fo being apt to produce le{s vigo= more fruitful Plants, next place aging Cu Crop, or what are generally call’d P The Seafon for fowing thefe is towards the latter end of May, when the Weather is fettled: The Ground where thefe are commonly fown, is between ColJiflo: 5S, in wide Rows, lay ing it very even ; between which are allow’d four Feet and an half Space when the Colliffowers were planted. In thefe Rows you fhould dig up f{quare Holes at about three Feet and anhalf Diftance from each, breaking the Earth well witha lifturb the Vines too much, nor to bruife or ing itin the Form of a Bafon with your Hand; then put eight or nine Seeds into the middle Weatherhas been favourable ; at which time you fhoulddig up the Spaces of Ground between the Ridges, then lay out the Runners ofthe Vines in exact Order, and be careful in this Work not to br eak the Leaves : This digging of the Ground will loofen it, and thereby render it eafy for the Roots of the Plants to ftrike into it, as allo render the Surface of the Earth more agreeable to the Vines that run uponit: After this there will be no farther Care needful, but only to keep them clear from Weeds, and to wa them as often as they {hall require, which they will foon thew, by the hanging of their greater Leaves. The Ridges thus manae d will continue to produce large Quantinee oe ee fu ve until the latter end of augufi, after which Tj he € fs of Seaiont renders se eeaes - ihe if the Autumn proves wet. a From thefe Ridges People commonly pre- Spade, and afterwards {moothing andhollow of each Hole, covering them over with Harth about half an Inch thick ; and if it fhould be very dry Weather, it will be proper to w. the Holes gently ina Day or two after th Seeds are fown, in order to facilitace thei Germination. Infiveor fix Days, if the Weather be good, your Plants will begin to thruft their Heads above Ground; at whichtime youfhould be very careful to keep offthe Sparrows, who are very fond of the young tender Heads of thefe Plants, and ifthey are not prevented, will de{troy your whole Crop: But as it is not above a Week that the Plants in this D it will be no great Tro during that Time; come up, and have expandedtheir Seed-leaves, the Sparrows will not meddle with them. You muft alfo be careful to water them gently, as you fhall find the Drought of the eight Inches Diameter, 2nd With » {mall Haridles a frefh Hot-bed of goc hold a Frame of two I Seafon doth require ; and when you perceive the third or rough Leaf of the Plants begir to appear, you muft pull out all the w Plants, leaving only five of the moft prom fing and beft firuat in each Hole, ftirring the Earth round about them with a {mall Hoe to deftroy the Weeds, and raife the Earth about the Shanks of the Plants, putting a little Earth between them, preffing it gently down with your Hand, that the Plants may be thereby feparated fromeachother toa greater Diftance ; then give them little Water Cif the Weather be dry) to fettle the Earth about them, which you muft afterwards repeat as often as youfhall find it neceffary, ftill being careful to keep*the Groundclear from Weeds. light Ear the Frame and Glaffes ov two Days was in a p Heat to receiv into each Basket, o them until they | aging them firft Crop of Cucz 3ed b Dung round the Sides, ich added a new Heat to the Bed. In this F uffer’d themto remainuntil the Plants were laid down the Ground from between the Cucumbers, you and had runtotheSi f the <ets ; then muft hoe and clean the Ground, drawing the I prepar’d the Ridge, w Earth up round each Hole in Form of a Bafon, Subftance in Dung, 4 er it had lain two the better to contain the Water when it is or three Days to he emovd the Plants given them ; and alfo lay out the Plants in in the Baskets, g one into the Hole in exact Order as they are to run and extend, fo the middle of each Light: Thefe Pl that they maynot interfere with each other: fhort time after p *d Fruit, wh And ifall the five Plants before left are in the ‘good Temperof in the Be good Condition, you fhould pull out one of fo faft, that in t the worft of them, and throw it away ; for the Baskets I cut four goodPlants will be full enough to remain ral Advantages in for good ; thenlay little arth between the you can keep the Ba Plants left, preffing it down gently with your a confiderable Time, w Hand, the better to fpread them each way, tay be employ’d in ot giving them a little Water to fettle the Earth a lefs Quantity of Dung is requir’d in about them, repeating it as often as the Seafon way : Thirdly, when the Plants are in Baskets, thall require, and obferving to keep the Ground if you find your Bed too hot, it is but rai ing clean from Weeds: ‘The Plants thus manag’d, up the Baskets, and theyare fecure from any will begin-to produce Fruit toward the latter Danger; and whenthe violent Heat is over, end of Fuly, when you mayeither gather them they may be fettled down again: And laftly, young forpickling, or fuffer them to grow for by having your Plants fo forward for Fruit Fruit. whenthey are put into the Ridges, the Heat The Quantity of Holes neceffary for a Fa- of the Bed continues to fet and bring off the mily is about fifty or fixty, for if you have firft Crop of Fruit ; for want of which kindly er, they will not produce enough to pay Heat, the firft Setting or Crop of Fruit which When your Colliflowers are quite drawn off as < oS warm’d fufficiently to feceive the Plants; then Glafies with a forked Stick on the Cc U CU pickling, without keeping them too long in the Houfe, for you can’t expect to gather more than two hundred at each time from fifty Holes; but this may be done twice a Week during the whole Seafon, which commonly lafts five Weeks ; fo that from fifty Holes you mayreafonably expect to gather about two thoufand in the Seafon, which, if they are taken fmall, will not be too many for a private Family, efpecially confidering, that if you have fewer Holes, the Quantity each Weck produc’d will f{earcely be worth the Trouble ofpickling. _ But left I thould be cenfur’d by thofe who delight in having very early Cucumbers, for appears upon the Vines, either drops off, oris a long time growing to Maturity ; therefore from thefe and manyother Advantagesattending this Method, I maywith Safety pronounce it, the beft yet knownto procure Cucumbers in any of the Winter or Spring Months, CUCUMIS AGRESTIS; vide Elaterium., CUCURBITA, [is fo call’d, as tho’ Cur vata, Lat. Bended ; becaufe this Plant always bends, unlefs it be fupported.] The Gourd. The Charaéfersare ; It hath a Flower confifting of one Leaf, which is of the expanded Bell-fhape ; for the moft part omitting what theycall an effential Part of fo deeply cut, that it feems to confit of five Gardening, 1 fhall beg Leave here to fubjoin diftinét Leaves: This, like the Cucumber, bas a fhort Account of a Method which I have usd with very good Succefs, to obtain Cucum= vers very early ; which is, After having rais’d Male and Female Flowers on the fame Plant: The Fruit of fome Species is long, of others round or Bottle-fhap’d, and is commonly divided myPlants in the Mannerbefore directed, until into fix Cells, in which are contain’d many flat Prepar'd fome loofe wrought Baskets, about roundthem. they have put forth their rough Leaves, I oblong Seeds, which bave fometimes a Border The |