p I 



When thefe Plants come up, the 

 Earth fliould be drawn up to their 

 Shanks (as was before dirc6ted) 

 and the Ground kept entirely clear 

 from Weeds i and when the Plants 

 are grown eight or ten Inches 

 high, you fhould flick fome rough 

 Boughs, or brufn Wood, into the 

 Ground clofe to the Peas, for them 

 to ramp upon, which will fupport 

 them from tra-ling upon the 

 Ground, which is very r:pt to rot 

 the large growing Sorts of Te^s, 

 efpecially m wet Scafons ; belides, 

 by thus liippcrting them, the Air 

 can freely pais between them, which 

 will preferve the BlolToms from 

 falling off before their Time, and 

 occafion them to bear much better, 

 than if permitted to l;e upon the 

 Ground 5 and there will be Room 

 to pafs between the Rows to ga- 

 ther the Teas when they are ripe. 



The Dwarf Sorts of Feas may 

 be fown much clofer together, 

 than th(^e before-mentioned j for 

 thefe feldom rife above a Foot high, 

 and rarely fpread above half a Foot 

 in width. To that thefe need not 

 have more Room than two Feet 

 Row from Row, and about an 

 Inch afunder in the Rows. Thefe 

 will produce a good Quantity of 

 feds, provided the Seaion be not 

 over dry ; but they feldom continue 

 iong in bearing, fo that they are 

 not fo proper to fovv for the main 

 Crop, v/hen a Quantity of Feas is 

 expeded for the Table : their chief 

 Excellency being for Hot-beds, 

 where they will produce a greater 

 Quantity of Feas (provided they 

 are well managed) than if cxpos'd 

 to the open Air, where the Heat 

 of the Sun loon dries them up. 



The Sickle Fea is much more 

 common in Holland than m £«^- 

 l^:id, it being the Sort moftly cul- 

 tivated ill that Country i but in 



p I 



England they are only propagated 

 by curious Gentlemen for their 

 own Table, and are rarely brought 

 into the Markets ^ this Sort the 

 Birds are very fond of j and if they 

 are not prevented, do many times 

 deflroy the whole Crop. This 

 fhould be planted in Rows, about 

 two Feet and a half afunder, and 

 be managed as hath been directed 

 for the other Sorts. 



The Grey, and other large Win- 

 ter Feas, are feldom cultivated in 

 Gardens, becaufe they require a 

 great deal of Room j but are ufual-r 

 ly fown in Fields, in mofl: Parts of 

 England. The befl Time for fow- 

 ing of thefe, is about the Begin- 

 ning of March, when the Weather 

 is pretty dry, for if they arc put 

 into the Ground in a very wet* 

 Seafbn, they arc apt to rot, efpeci- 

 ally if the Ground be cold ; thefe 

 fliould be allowed at leafl three 

 Feet diflance Row from Row, and 

 mufl be ibwn very thin in the 

 Rowsj for if they are fown too 

 thick, the Haulm will fpread fo as 

 to fill the Ground, and ramble o- 

 vcr each other, which will caufe 

 the Plants to rot, and prevent their 

 Bearing. 



The befl Method to fow thefe 

 Feas, is, to draw a Drill with a 

 Hoe by a Line, about two Inches 

 deep, and then fcatter the Seeds 

 therein, after which, with a Rake 

 you may draw the Earth over 

 them, whereby they will be equal- 

 ly covered ; and this is a very 

 quick Method for Gardens ; but 

 where they are fown in Fields, 

 they commonly make a fhallow 

 Furrow with the Plough, and fcat- 

 ter the Seeds therein, and then 

 with a Harrow they cover them 

 over again. After this, the great 

 Trouble is to keep them clear from 

 Weeds, and drav/ the Earth up tq 



the 



