P I s 



P I s 



Anoilicr sowing shoiikl be pcrfoi-nucl in three 

 weeks or a nionlh al'tcr ibis; or wben the first 

 was sowed in October or early in the i'ollowiu"' 

 iDoiUii, it is belter to repeat the sowinjr \n a. 

 f'ortniiiht or three weeks, for fear the first sliouiii 

 fail ; and after this continue sowing once in 

 three weeks or a month all winter in mild wea- 

 ther. But towards spring; a principal crop of 

 the Reading and other large Hotspin-s sb.onld 

 be sown; and as the season advances, the so«-- 

 ings be made in more open exposures, and more 

 in qiuiitity than the early ones; and as the sprino- 

 draws on, the sowings should also be repeated 

 oftener; as from the close of the year till the 

 beginning of April, they should he once in three 

 weeks; and from that time till May, once a 

 fortnight, especially as the warm weather in- 

 creases. 



The winter and eailv spring sowings differ 

 materially in the time they require to germinate : 

 those sown any time in winter are sometinaes 

 three weeks or near a month before thev ap- 

 pear, while those sown towards spring come up 

 much sooner in the later spring sowings, often 

 in a very short time. 



Ill the later of the above sowings, some of the 

 dwarf sorts may be introduced ; as Leadman's 

 Dwarf, both for middle and late crops. 



As the plants of each sowing come up, and 

 are advanced two or three inches in height, it is 

 proper to begin the first culture by drawing a 

 little earth with a hoe, or small rake, liglitly up 

 to their stems on each side of the different rows 

 to strengthen and forward their growth, re- 

 peating the earthing once or twice at proper in- 

 tervals, as occasion may require, and at the 

 same time cutting up and clearing away all 

 weeds ; and when the crops are six or eight 

 inches in height, those designed for support 

 should be sticked. 



As the earliest crops are often in danger from 

 the severity of frosts, it is proper, when they 

 arc about an inch or an inch and a lialf hish, to 

 draw a little fine earth lightly up to their stems 

 in a dry day ; it will also be of much advantage 

 to give occasional protection to such crops in 

 severe weather, by covering them lightly with 

 long, light, dry litter, of the strawy kind, or by 

 mats ; which, where there is but a moderate 

 quantity in warm borders, may be more easily 

 tifecteil ; but this need only be practised in very 

 severe frosts. They must however be carefully 

 uncovered every fine day in temperate weather ; 

 and the moment the frost disappears the cover- 

 ing be entirely removed ; as they must by no 

 means be kept too close, which would draw 

 them lip weak and tender. 



When in blossom, if the weather should 

 prove dry and warm, a few Qood waterin<is in 

 the mornings will be beneficial ; and when the 

 blossoming plants are advanced a considerable 

 height, if they are then topped, it will promote 

 their podding and coming to perfection. 



As to the suececdingcrops of thediflerent kinds, 

 all they require is hocinguptheeartii totheirstems 

 oecasionally, and cutting up all weeds wiien they 

 app-'ar; those designed Tor support bcinu' always 

 slicked as soon as they are half a foot hrgh, or a 

 little more, before tb.ey begin to fall down on their 

 sides, providing sticks about four or ilve feet 

 long, and placing one range to each row princi- 

 pally on the south or most sunny side of the 

 rows, as the plants naturally incline towards tha 

 sun, and of course more readily attach them- 

 selves to the sticks. 



In the culture of the larger kinds, for succcs- 

 sional general crops, such as the Marrowfats ; 

 Spanish Morattos ; Sec. ; thev may be begun 

 sowing inJanuary, the Dwarf Marrowfats first ; 

 but the three following months are the most 

 jjropcr for the general crops of _ all the large 

 kinds ; a free exposure in the most open quar- 

 ters being made use of, drawing drills by line, 

 about an inch and a half or two inches' deep, 

 and not less than a yard asunder, and when 

 slicked, four feet, and for the largest sorts four 

 feet and a half to five feet, in sincle or double 

 rows. 



In these cases the seed should be sown thinly 

 along the middle of each drill, drawing the earth 

 evenly over them with the rake, hoe, or feet, 

 covering them equally the depth of the drills, 

 and raking the surface smooth ; these sowings 

 being repeated once a fortnight or three weeks; 

 and as the spring advances, once a fortnight, 

 especially from the beginning of April until 

 the end of the following^momli. Afterwards a 

 few may be sown every ten or twelve days. Late 

 sowings are, however/ seldom very frui'tl'ul, be- 

 ing often attacked with the mildew ; but it is 

 proper to endeavour to have some as long in the 

 season as possible. 



When these different crops are couie up about 

 three inches high, they should have earth laid up 

 to them on each side of the rows, cutting down 

 all weeds, and repeating the hoeings occasion- 

 ally according as the growth of weeds may re- 

 quire ; and w hen they are half a foot, or eight 

 or ten mches high, they should have the sticks 

 placed to them ; which for these large sorts 

 require sticks six or seven feet high, at least, 

 placing them on the sunny side of Uie rows, as 

 directed above. 



For laie crops, any of the sorts, either Hot- 



