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If the peas are still infested, make another applica- 

 tion. 



Mice must be guarded against as to autumn and 

 winter sown peas, by immediately setting traps for 

 them, of which the common blpck ones will be 

 found best, one at about every two yards, with fresh 

 baits every two or three days well set. 



Peas do not like dung, and will be more fruitful 

 in a moderate soil than a rich one, except the roun- 

 civals, of which we have a zvhite, green, grey, and 

 blue sort. 



Stopping peas (i. e. cropping the leading shoot) 

 has been practised by some gardeners, to promote 

 fruitfulness and maturity : this is a reasonable ma- 

 noeuvre, but only relates to the early crop. 



POT A TOE is found to be the most useful root that 

 is cultivated : as a substitute for bread, it is most 

 properly and profitably eat whole by breaking. 



The potatoe raised from seed changes the sorts. 

 Some are denominated meally, others waxy ; i. e. 

 are either of a loose, or a firm contexture. They are 

 distinguished again as to shape, into round, oval, and 

 clustered. 



Potatoes will grow in any soil, but best in one that 

 is light, yet cool and good, especially a fresh one. 

 Season, 'as, well as soil, makes a difference in th.eic 

 goodness, as does the way of boiling them in eating, 

 on which the quality of the water has some effect, as 

 indeed it has on all vegetables, and that is the best 

 water in which they are boiled quickest. The white, 

 potatoes are generally preferred, but some of the red 

 kinds are very good ; and the old rough red from Lan- 

 cashire was one of the best ever cultivated. The 

 kidney (oval) shaped sorts are most generally ap- 

 proved, as boiling or roasting more equally through ; 

 and among these, the red nosed kidney (a white po- 

 tatoe with a tinged eye) is a great favourite ; but 



