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roots intended for seed, should be planted at the distance of three feet,«and supported| by stakes, as they grow to the he ight of six feet. The seed is ripe towards the end of. October, and should

be immediately gathered for fear of frost, the

stalks being cut, and hung up under shelter, in an airy place, until well banied! A root will pro-

duce near a Ha of seed.

Hors—The soils best adapted to their culture, in a large way, are rich, loose, and deep sandy loams, or bottom of loose black moor, if spungy and boggy, upon a bed of gravel, the better: in a small es and Sen mere home consumption, there is no farm but what will afford a patch pro- per for the Hob ee ,and in a searce year, a family may as well have a chance to grow their own Hops, for two or three pence per jotetes as pay a market-price of“half a crown.

The time for planting, is commo nly that of dres- sing or pruning the old ae yes en cuttings may

ril; but when

5 ie Get root-sets are used, as on the oc Rican Y yf crubbing

be had, which is in March or A

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up an 1 old ae October to the beginning

-= 1 é(Cae ea ee pea) ee stoubhed el aitked to a fine level tilth, a plan-

©)~ a rie. 1 L% 1 ot degay~£ a een tation may be set Out as fouOWS. strike TUrLOW'S with the j ploug! h equally distant, eight 1 feet asun-

der; Hin ecese re seat the same across, in the opposite direction, which will divide the piece into eight-foot-squares. The hills are to be made where the furrow scross each other, and the esas may be admitted between the rows

x Bers A H a pr ee YA)+e SRE orem an y119} both Ways. AO} diss p! lantation 1< quires annual

he in proportion to the conaition of the

soll,