PEAS. 7S 



Different heights they may be expected to grow. If two 

 drills be made three inches deep, and about nine inches 

 apart, and the seed dropped along each drill moderately 

 thick, they will yield better than single rows, and will save 

 sticks. When the plants are two or three inches high, let 

 them be hoed, drawing at the same time a little earth up to 

 their stems ; when they get to double that height, let them 

 be hoed again, at the same time place a row of sticks in the 

 middle of your double rows, and a few shorter and smaller 

 ones on the outside of each row, to assist the Peas in climb- 

 bing to their main support. You must be governed as to 

 the length of your sticks by the description of your Peas. 

 There is great advantage in having sticks of a suitable 

 height to the various kinds of Peas ; the sticks should not 

 only be sufficiently tall, but also branchy, that the plants 

 may readily take hold ; and they should be prepared fan 

 fashion, so that the side branches may extend only along 

 the rows. As the plants progress in growth, let them be 

 repeatedly hoed and earthed up ; this will promote a plen- 

 tiful bearing. 



One quart of Peas will plant from one hundred and fifty 

 to two hundred feet of row, allowing the largest kinds to 

 average one inch apart, and the smallest, two peas to the 

 inch. 



To have green peas in perfection, they should be gathered 

 while young, and cooked immediately after they are shelled, 

 or they will soon lose their colour and sweetness. Let the 

 water be seasoned with salt, and boiled ; then put in the 

 Peas with a small bunch of Spear Mint, and ease the cover 

 so as to let oft* the steam ; they require about fifteen minutes 

 boiling, or five minutes more or less, according to the age 

 and care bestowed. Taste and try in time, so as to have 

 them done to a nicety. 



The Sugar Peas have no inner tough film, or skin, to the 

 pods, like the common sorts ; they should therefore be 

 boiled without shelling, and served up the same as Kidney 

 Beans, 



