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ther will give satisfiictiunin tlieir place. It is a great 

 obj ect with cultivators to have peas early. Cobbett 

 says the crop may be hastened fifteen days by fall 

 sowing. Trench the ground mixing in green mannre 

 and sow just as the frost is about to close up the 

 ground. They should not be sown so early as to 

 sprout in the fall. Early in the spring as soon as the 

 frost is out of the ground, sow either of the first three 

 kinds, perhaps, Hoyey's or Hill's Extra Earlij would 

 be the best. The seed should be sown thickly and in 

 double drills; that is, in drills six inches apart with a 

 space of two feet between each pair of drills. The 

 large kinds should be sown in single drdls two feet 

 apart. In a wet season it is better to bush them, but 

 vn a dry one if the vines lay upon the ground they 

 serve as a shade and therefore do not suffer so much 

 from the drou^rht. Seed should be sown once in two 

 weeki^ until the middle of July. The last sowings 

 should be inade in some place sheltered from the 

 scorchi.ig rays of the sun, and if the weather should 

 prove very dry, they should be watered. 



"Tb 6oi/.-Green peas should be freshly gathered, and not shell- 

 ed until a few minutes before the time of cooking. Wash them 

 clean, and then put them into boiling water, with salaratus in the 

 proportion of one quarter ter.spoonful to one half peck of peas. 

 When they are tender, take them up by means of a skimmer, put 

 a piece of butter in the dish, and sprinkle on a little salt." 



Pepper. • Cqmicum. — The Squash, Bell, and Long or 

 Cayenne are most cultivated. Choose a light, dry and 

 rich soil. Loosen it thoroughly. For very early crops, 

 sow in a mild hotbed at the commencement of spring; 

 for later, sow in the open ground when it becomes 

 warm. When the plants are three inches high trans- 

 plant them into very rich ground, fifteen inches apart. 

 Hoe the ground well and keep it free of weeds. — 

 Pepper is used for seasoWng meats and medicinal pur- 

 poses. 



Potato. Solamm tuberosum-. — There is a very large 

 vai'iety of potatoes. The early kinds are the ones 

 chiefly cultivated in gardens. The Early Blues, Coio 



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