CHAPTER II. 
FORCING PEA FRAMES. 
GENERALLY—in fact I may say always, and everywhere 
—early Peas and Potatoes are earnestly wished for, both 
by the grower and the consumer. The market garden- 
ers, as well as private gardeners, plume themselves on 
Fig. 30.—SECTION OF A SEVENTY-TWO-FEET PEA FRAME. 
Six feet wide, two feet three inches deep at the back, eighteen inches deep in front. 
References.—a, the nine-inch ledges where the twelve-feet boards meet; B, the runs 
for the sashes. 
picking the first dish of early Peas in the locality, and 
of course such are much prized, because Peas at any 
time are good; but when they can be had a month 
earlier than is usual, they are more valuable; from 
3s. 6d. to 5s. being readily given for the very earliest 
peck of Peas. 
The forcing of Peas consists in growing them under 
glass without fire heat; and now that glass is very 
cheap, and the construction of all classes of glass 
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