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peas. When the peas were about three inches 

 high, I hoed the ground deep and well between 

 the rows and on each outside of them. I then 

 ploughed the ground from them, and to them 

 again, in the same way as in the case of Swedish 

 Turnips. In a week or two afterwards they had 

 another ploughing ; and soon after this the^ fell, 

 and lay down the sides of the ridges. This was 

 the way in which I managed all the sorts, only in 

 the case of the Knight Pea I put the ridges at six 

 feet asunder. This was, of every sort, the very 

 finest crop of peas I ever saw in my life. When 

 not sticked, and sown upon level ground, peas 

 fall about irregularly, and, in case of much wet, 

 the under pods rot ; but, from the ridges they fall 

 regularly, and the wet does not lodge about them. 

 You walk up the furrows to gather the peas ; and 

 Hothingcan be more beautiful, or more convenient. 

 The culture in the garden may be the same, 

 except that the work which is done with the/ilough 

 in the field, must, in the garden, be done with the 

 spade. As to seasons, the early pea may be 

 sown in the fall. See Paragraph 159. But, in 

 this case, care must be taken to guard against 

 mice. Sow about four inches deep, and tread the 

 ground well down. When the frost sets in all 

 is safe till winter breaks up. These peas will be 

 earlier by ten or fifteen days than any that you 

 can sow in the spring. If you sow in the spring, 

 do it as soon as the ground is dry enough to go 

 upon. Sow the May Pea, some Charletons, some 

 Hotspurs, some Blue Peas, some Marrowfats, 

 and some Knight Pea, all at the same time, and 

 they will come one after another, so as to give you 

 green peas till nearly August. In June (about 



