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 OP A SEVENTY-TWO -FEET TEA 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 th^y 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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