rately fertile. Fresh or rank raannre causes too luxuriiint u trrnwtli, witli paiicit)' 

 of fruit, and never on{!:ht to be used, more particnlarly in soil which has had any 

 previously lilioral dressings. In such places, choose; the poorest quarters, or those 

 in which the dunj? has become thorontjhiy incorporated, licfore sowinjr, the land 

 ou<;ht always to be loosened some nine inches tlee]), with the spade, j)lonn:h, or 

 fork. The seed may be evenly scattered aloni; the bottom of drills two inches 

 deep, and made level there. This operation is best [)crl'ornied by the spade, used 

 almost in a horizontal position l)y the workman, as he travels alonp; the side, but 

 not in, the hollow. The requisite distance apart of these drills de])ends upon the 

 height of the variety; for instance, those wiiich usually grow five feet high, will 

 only have light and air enough at five feet from row to row, while the dwarf, or 

 sorts of two feet, will do with half the s])ace. There is also a ditterence of seed 

 required, as some kinds are of more spreading habit than others. When these 

 peculiarities are already known to the sower, he can limit accordingly, but some- 

 thing like rule is necessary to the novice, and surety will be gained by using one 

 pint of seed to a drill seventy feet long. Allowing that every day, successively, 

 something like a peck and a half were wanted, this would take from eight to nine 

 quarts of seed ; and as information is best conveyed by recording one's own best 

 success, in my own practice it is an object to have peas as early as pos.sible, with 

 daily pullings, kept up until the heat and drought render further sowings abortive. 



So soon as the ground is in good working order, a warm spot on the southern 

 side of a fence is well and deeply loosened up with the spade ; the drills are opened 

 and sowed, as above described, with one quart of Extra Early (Sangster's Early 

 No. 1 was tried last year, and proved the best early pea I have seen), one quart 

 of Early Warwick or Early Frame {alias Prince Albert), and, at the same time, 

 on the piece for general successions, one quart of CJiampion of England. These 

 three kinds, all sown at the same time, give a supply which comes in immediately 

 after each other, from their individual difference of precocity or lateness. Pre- 

 vious to this, about the middle of February, one quart of the earlier sort is sown 

 in shallow boxes, and placed in a cold frame or late grapery, kept from frost. In 

 the latter part of March, or beginning of April, trenches are made the same as for 

 sowing, but deeper, in the warmest spot at liberty ; the boxes arc conveyed thither 

 containing the young i)lants which are then four inches high, the loosely tacked 

 side of each is drawn off, and the whole contents are slid carefully in the trench ; 

 the next box to the end of the former one, and so on until all are done. The sides 

 are afterwards filled in, and the soil left as a ridge on the north side, which assists 

 in protecting from cold winds. The boxes are left also alongside the rows for a 

 time, and, if there be danger of frost or severe weather, they are inverted over 

 the tops of the plants. By this little extra trouble, I generally gain some ten 

 days over those sowed as described in the open ground. . So far, we have four 

 successions by two sowings, and the using of three sorts, the Champion being 

 the latest. To keep up after supply, one quart of the latter kind is sown each 

 two weeks until the middle of June ; after this, the weather prevents, in my situa- 

 tion, any further success. The object in using only one variety for all after-sow- 

 ings, is the certainty of regular supply, which cannot be so well secured by many 

 kinds, as they do not come in with the same exactness ; and the reason for choosing 

 the Champion of England exclusively, is on account of its excellent flavor and 

 good bearing qualities. It is a tall growing Pea, however, of five to six feet, and 

 should be sown in rows six feet apart. This distance is suitable for celery, and, 

 consequently, this latter may be put in for a fall crop, thus more economically 

 occupying the ground. 



So far, we have got a supply that will be fit for use from the middle of May 



