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feaicn, provided they .efcape the froft.; but however, 

 if they are fown any time in the month, it will not makti 

 a great difference ; and indeed thofe fown- in the latter 

 end of the month will have the better chance tofucceed. 



The earliell hotfpur are the proper fort of peas to fov/ 

 at this tim.e. Choofe fuch feeds as are new, plamp and 

 found. 



There are feveral forts of the hotfpurs; fuch as the 

 golden, the Charlton, the Reading, the mailer, and Ni- 

 chols's ; but the golden, and a new variety thereof, 

 called Nichols's early pea, arc thofe which we now gei 

 nerally lecomniend to fow for the firil crop. * 



A wnrm icuth border, under a wall or other fence, is 

 the proper place to fow them in; The feed muft be fowft 

 in drills, either lengthv/ays or acrofs the border, accord- 

 ing to its breadth. Where the border is but narrow, and 

 there are trees againl the wall, .^'C. let only or<e drill be 

 drawn lengthways of it, at the diftanceof two feet from 

 the wall or "pales, and fcatter the peas therein pretty 

 thick, but as regular as can be, and cover them imme- 

 diately about an .inch and a half deep with earth. 



But where the border is from five or iix to eight, or 

 ten feet broad, or more, it will then be proper to fow 

 the peas in drills crofsways the border, from the wail to 

 the front : but where there are trees againfl the wall, let 

 the drills be drawn forty inches or four feet diftantfroili 

 one another; but efpecially if intended to place Hicks 

 for the phmts-to run. upon. 



Tranfplanting Lettuces. 



Lettuces for the winter fervice, of the ALiguil or early 

 September fowing; ilout plants of the hardy and com- 

 mon cabbage lettuce ; brown Dutch and Cilicia kinds"; 

 ifliould, in the beginning and middle of the month, be 

 planted out- in beds "of rich light earth, in a Iheltered 

 fituation, fix or eight inches afunder : .they will fupply 

 the table before and after Chriflmas. 



Likewife. may plant fome ilout plants ia frames, to at- 

 tain greater perfection for winter ufe. . See lail and next 

 month. 



Lettuce plants defigned to remain v/here fowed for 

 winter ufe, fnould now be cleared from weeds, and 

 - thinned where too clofe. 



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