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apart in order to save a portion of the labor of brushing, but it 

 is very doubtful if a double row will, in general, yield more 

 than a single one, for the blossoms are mostly thrown out in 

 proportion to the exposure of the vines to the air and the room 

 which the roots find. Every one has observed that two plants 

 growing close together do not make a larger growth or yield a 

 heavier product than if but one had occupied the place and 

 drawn its nourishment from the same surface. 



The hoe should be used promptly and carefully when the 

 peas are up one or two inches, and in the course of the season 

 frequent hoeing will be necessary to aid their growth and to 

 earth them up. 



In large market-garden pea culture, brushing is entirely 

 dispensed with ; they are sown in wide rows, and the crop is 

 heavily earthed up by plowing. 



A crop of turnips may generally be obtained from the ground 

 upon which early peas have been raised, or it may be prepared 

 for the fall sowing of spinach, lettuce, etc. 



Peas may be profitably raised as a farm crop in Northern or 

 high localities, where the pea bug will not infest them. They 

 are usually sown broadcast, at the rate of about four bushels to 

 the acre, with a few oats intermixed to give the pea- vines a 

 partial support, and are mowed or cradled when ripe. But, 

 wherever a good crop of corn can be raised, peas should disap- 

 pear from the list of ordinary farm crops. For Analysis and 

 Value, see page 500. 



PEPPER. 



French, Piment. German, Spanischer Pfejfer. Pfejfer. Spanish, Pimento. 



1. SQUASH. 2. BELL. 3. SWEET SPANISH. 4. CAYENNE. 

 5. BIRD. 



BEIEF DIRECTIONS. 



Set the plants twelve or fifteen inches apart, in rows eight- 

 een inches wide, in very rich, warm soil, and hoe often till they 

 are in full blossom. 



Time : in hot bed, sow six weeks before corn-planting time. 



In the open ground, sow or set out plants just before first 

 corn-hoeing. 



