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 is, tlie whole is to form one ridge, whofe centre rifes 

 between the two clofe rows. Obferve, that Peafe 

 •.tre to be landed when the foil is dry, and for the firfl: 

 l;inding, murt be two inches and an half high ; for the fe- 

 cond, three more ; and, when llaked, about five from the 

 ridge. The ftakes for thefe Peafe mud not be Itfs than 

 eight feet above ground, the firft low of which is to 

 pafs in the centre of the one-foot diflance, and thefe to 

 be the talleil:, and moll bufiiy : there mud alfo be a row 

 en each of the other two fides. 



Where ihefe great diftances between the double rows 

 pannot be fpared, there may be two rows of Beans. 



In order to have your crops of Peafe in fuccefHon, 

 particularly the Marrowfat, the Egg-Pea, and the Glo- 

 ry of England, as they hold long, and eat well, though 

 ifimewhat old, make plantations of them about the firft 

 ot the month, from January to JunCf both inclufive ; 

 and as vermin, particularly mice, are very deftructive to 

 the early crops, from the great fcarcity of food at this 

 fealon, I would recommend traf>s to be laid for them, 

 on the firfl: iowing of the Peafe, which are of a very 

 fimple conftruftion, being no other than two fmall 

 uprights, fiifiiciently ftrong to fupport a brick laid on 

 a thread, paffing from the tops of the uprights, firft 

 paiilng it through a Bean, which the vermin foon find 

 nut, and attack, fo as to ct>t the thread, when the brick 

 falls and crufhes them to death : this is neceiTary to be 

 done, before they find out your Peafe. 



By the end of A4ay fow all dwarf Peafe, fuch as the 

 dwarf Marrowfats, lliort and long podded Dwarfs, Lead- 

 man's prolific Dwarf, and the dwarf Sugar-pea, parti- 

 cularly in very poor foil, and at a good dilfance, row 

 from row, and Pea from Pea ; for when this fort is fown 

 wpon fat land, or thick together, a vermin particularly 

 fond of them are their dcftrucfion, before they can per- 

 fect their crops. The Sugar-Peafe have no inner film 

 in their pods, as all other Peafe have, and are remarka- 

 ble ior tiiis fingulanty in their growth. 



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