CULTURE OF GARDENS* ^43 



and useful vegetable, and thereby not only gain the longer use 

 of the plant, but have it in much greater perfection, as it often 

 cannot be taken up in the spring until it has sprouted, and the 

 inside of it become ligneous. It is better to pack them in a box 

 and cover them with sand, or some of the earth from which 

 they are taken ; but they may be kept well as beets or other 

 roots, and not liable to injury from frost ; besides it takes from 

 them that rankness of flavor offensive to some tastes. The beet 

 root, when in the early stage of its growth, boiled with its top, 

 is an excellent sauce for any kind of meat. 



Among the great variety of peas cultivated in the garden, 

 are the small early pea, the marrow fat, and the sugar pea. 

 The first, which is often called the June pea, grow^ about three 

 feet high, ripen very early, but are not very productive. The 

 marrow fats and sugar pea grow five or six feet high, in a rich 

 soil, and are much more productive. They should be sown in 

 two rows, about five inches apart, and it is best to set two rows 

 of bushes on each side of the rows, which will secure the vines 

 more effectually from falling down. The bushes of the latter 

 kind should be six feet high, but the early June pea require a 

 bush of only three feet in height. These kinds of peas may 

 ftlso be sown in the broad cast way, and for those who have lan^d 

 enough, it is the cheapest way of raismg them, as it requires 

 considerable time to procure and set the bushes ; though it ie 

 believed, the size and flavor of the pea is improved by garden 

 culture ; and as the bush furnishes the vine with more atmos- 

 pheric space, in which it may extend itself, a much greater 

 quantity may, in this mode of culture, be produced. 



After the peas have had their growth, and the vines are cm 

 the decay, they may be removed, and the soil mellowed and 

 cleared of weeds with the hoe and rake, and the seed of tur- 

 nips sown across the bed made for the purpose, from four to 

 five inches apart ; and sown so that they be wed with the nar- 

 row garden hoe, and thinned so that the plants should be left 

 standing two or three inches apart ; if fowls are kept from 

 running over them and eating the leaves, and insects are kept 



