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side, and pour the water into this, so as to fill the 

 trench, is the best plan ; and if they are planted 

 in rows, watering should be done between them. 



Peas are generally eaten when not more than a 

 quarter ripe, and should be used as soon as possible 

 after gathering, as they injure by keeping more 

 than any other kind of vegetable. 



It is a good plan to top the leading shoots of 

 the early crops as soon as they are in blossom, as 

 it greatly hastens the setting and maturity of the 

 fruit. 



Great care must be taken when gathering the 

 peas not to injure the haulm or stem, which causes 

 the loss of many young plants. Johnson recom- 

 mends the pods should be cut off with the scissors, 

 as the plants produce one-fourth more than when 

 roughly gathered from ; and if regularly gathered 

 from, the longer they continue their production, as 

 the later pods never attain maturity if the earlier 

 ones are allowed to grow old before they are 

 gathered. 



The best kinds to grow are : — 



American Wonder and Kentish Invicta for the 

 earliest sowing ; Veitch's Ne Plus Ultra and 

 Laxton's Fell Basket. In the second sowing and 

 for the main crop, Veitch's Perfection, Champion 

 of England, and Victoria Marrow. 



The Duke of Edinburgh Pea grows very late, 

 and keeps on growing, flowering, and podding 

 continuously, affording an unbroken supply for 

 eight or ten weeks at a stretch. 



For those who have not much space the 

 Exonian is very good : it grows very compactly, 

 and to about three feet in height. Late peas 

 ought to have a deep and fairly rich root run, and 



