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In the Spring you mufl: carefully 

 clear them from Weeds, and draw 

 ibme frefh Earth up to their Stems 5 

 but do not raife it too high to the 

 Plants, left by burying their Leaves 

 you Ihould rot their Stems, as is 

 ibmetimes the Cafe, efpecially in 

 wet Seafons. You iliould alfoobferve 

 to keep them clear fiom Vermin, 

 which if permitted to remain a- 

 niongft the Plants, will increaie fb 

 plentifully, as to devour the grea- 

 teft Part of them j the chief oF the 

 Vermm which infedl Peas, are the 

 Slugs, which lie all the Day in the 

 fmall Hollows of the Earth near 

 the Stems of the Plants, and in 

 the Night-time come out and make 

 terrible Deflruction of the Feas j 

 and thefe chiefly abound in wet 

 Soils, or where a Garden is ne- 

 gledled and over-run with Weeds j 

 therefore you fhould make the 

 Ground clear every Way round the 

 Teas, to dcftroy their Harbours, 

 and afterwards in a fine, mild 

 Morning, very early, when thefe 

 Vermin are got abroad from their 

 Holes, you fliould ilack a Quantity 

 of Lime which fliould be Town 

 hot over the Ground, pretty thick, 

 which will deflroy the Vermin, 

 where-ever it happens to fall upon 

 them j but will do very little Inju- 

 ry to the Feas, provided it be not 

 fcatter'd too thick upon them : 

 This is the beft Method 1 could e- 

 ver find to deftroy thefe troublc- 

 fbm.e Verm. in. 



If this Crop of Fcas doth hit, it 

 will immediately fuccccd thofc on 

 the Hot-bed ; but for fear this 

 fliould mifcarry, it will be proper 

 to fow two more Crops, at about 

 a Fortnight dillance from each o- 

 thcr ; fo that there may be the 

 more Chances to fucceed : This 

 v/i!l be fufficicnt until the Spring 

 ci" the Year, when you muft fow 



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Feas y one toward the latter End of 

 Jammry, and the other a Fort- 

 night after: thele two later Sow- 

 ings, will be flifficient to contmue 

 the early Sort of Feas through the 

 firft Seafon, and after this it will 

 be proper to have fome of the 

 large Sorts of Fetxs to fucceed them j 

 in order to which, you iliould low 

 fome of the Spanijl) Morotto, which 

 is a great Bearer, and « hardy Sort 

 of Fea, about the Middle of Febru- 

 dry, upon a ckar open Spot of 

 Ground 5 thefe muft be fown in 

 Rows, about two Feet and a Half 

 afunder, and the Feas fhould be 

 dropped in the Drills about an Inch 

 and a half diftance, covering thcra 

 about two Inches deep with Earth, 

 being very careful that none of 

 them lie uncovered, which will 

 draw the Mice, Figeons or Rooks to 

 attack the whole Spot ; and it of- 

 ten happens by this Negledf, that a 

 whole Plantation is devour'd by 

 thcie Creatures ^ v/hereas when 

 there are none of the Feas left in 

 fight, they do not ib cafily find 

 them out. 



About a Fortnight after this, 

 you fhould fow another Spot, ei- 

 ther of this Sort, or any other 

 ISrge Sort of Fea to fucceed thole, 

 and then continue to repeat fowing 

 once a Fortnight till the Middle or 

 latter End of April, ibme of thelc 

 Kinds, only obferving to allow the 

 Marrow-fats, and other very large 

 Sorts of Feas, at leaft three Feet 

 between Row and Row ; and the 

 B.ofe Fca lhou!d be allowed at leait 

 eight or ten Inches diftance Plant 

 tram Plant, in the Rows ; for theic 

 grow very large, and if they have 

 not Room allowed them, thsv will 

 fpoil each other, by drawing up 

 very tall, and will produce no 

 Fruit, 



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