APRIL.] THE KITCHFN-GARI>EN. 



The tall crooked sugar pea, is particularly worthy of cultivation, 

 and should now be sown ; its green pods when young, are boiled 

 like kidney-beans, and are uncommonly sweet and delicious : these 

 grow to a considerable height, and require rods, from seven to 

 eight feet high, and to be sown in drills, at least, four feet asunder. 



If you sowed no peas in the preceding months, the early-frame, 

 early Golden, and Charleton hotspur kinds, should now be sown 

 for first crops ; and for succession, the Glory of England, Spanish 

 morotto, white, green, and grey rouncivals ; or the tall marrowfat, 

 Imperial, sugar-poland, and blue Prussian kinds. The nine last 

 sorts, should be planted in drills at the distance of four feet at least, 

 and be rodded or sticked, to the height of six feet or more, by which 

 you may expect very abundant crops. Rods from four to five feet 

 high, will answer for the early frame and hot-spur kinds, and also, 

 for the pearl-peas and Essex-reading, all of which are very prolific 

 bearers. For the other varieties, see the catalogue of garden seeds, 

 annexed to this work. 



Draw earth to such rows of peas as are up, and advanced a little 

 in height ; which will strengthen the plants, and forward them 

 greatly in their growth. 



This earthing should always be performed, for the first time, 

 when the plants are about three or four inches high. 



Be very particular to rod or place sticks, to such rows of peas, 

 as have attained the height of five or six inches ; if this is not time- 

 ly attended to, the crops will be greatly injured ; for peas are never 

 so productive as when rodded, before they begin to fall to either 

 one side or the other. For the method of doing which,, see page 

 179. 



Planting and Earthing ufi Beans* 



In the early part of this month, you may plant long-pod and 

 Windsor beans, with every other variety of that species. These 

 are always most productive, when planted early ; but if you are de- 

 sirous of a succession of this kind of bean, as long as possible, your 

 late crops must be of the early Mazagan, early Lisbon, or greea 

 Genoa kinds, but more particularly the latter ; as it bears our sum- 

 mer heat, better than any of the whole family. For particulars, 

 see page 179. 



Such beans as are advanced in growth, to the height of four or 

 five inches, must have some earth drawn up to their stems, which 

 will greatly refresh and strengthen them. 



Lettuces* 



Transplant lettuces of every kind that require it, where they 

 stand too close ; both those of the winter standing, or such as were 

 sown in any of the former months, and are now grown to a suffi- 

 cient size. 



Choose a spot of good ground for these plants, and if moderately 

 dunged, it will prove beneficial to their growth : dig the ground 

 evenly one spade deep, and rake the surface stnoothj then plant tlie 



