90 WIIAT I KNOW OF FARMING. 



threw out new blossoms, which were followed by 

 pods ; and so kept on blossoming and forming peas 

 for weeks, until this first crop far more than paid the 

 cost of trenching and cultivation." 



Thus far my English friend. Who will this year 

 try a patch of Peas on a plat made rich and mellow 

 for a depth of at least two feet, and frequently moist- 

 ened in Summer by some rude kind of irrigation ? 



The fierceness of our Summer suns, when not 

 counteracted by frequent showers, shortens deplor- 

 ably the productiveness of many Vegetables and 

 Berries. Our Strawberries bear well, but too brief- 

 ly ; our Peas wither up and cease to blossom after 

 they have been two or three weeks plump enough 

 to pick. Our Raspberries, Blackberries, etc., fruit 

 well, but are out of bearing too soon after they begin 

 to yield their treasures. I am confident that this 

 need not be. With a deep, rich soil, kept moistened 

 by a periodical flow of water, there need not and 

 should not be any such haste to give over blooming 

 and bearing. The fruit is Nature's attestation of 

 the geniality of the season, the richness and abun- 

 dance of the elements inhering in the soil or supplied 

 to it by the water. Double the supply of these, and 

 sterility should be postponed to a far later day than 

 that in which it is now inaugurated. 



