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is practised, put of the early frame about three to an 

 inch, the charlton, hotspur, and dwarf marrowfats, two; 

 the Prussian blue and middle-sized sorts, three in two 

 inches; the large marrowfat, the rounceval, and most 

 large sorts, an inch and a half apart. 



Mr. W. Curr has been very successful in raising early 

 pease; the following are his directions: ''The pease 

 which I have found to do best w ith me are the early 

 double blossomed frame pease. I prefer to have them 

 two or three years old, as they bear earlier and do not 

 run so much into vine. An early piece of ground 

 should be selected for this purpose, not too rich, and if 

 possible lying dry. It should be well dug without dung, 

 and made fine wdth the spade and rake. The drills should 

 be drawn three feet and a half apart, six inches deep, and 

 two inches wide at the bottom, and about one inch of 

 well rotted short dung laid in them, wdiich should be co- 

 vered w ith tw^o inches of earth, and the pease sown over 

 them with about six inches of earth, which leaves a small 

 ridge immediately above the pease. In this state they 

 may lie for eight or ten days, the ground may then be ra- 

 ked level to await the coming up of the pease. Should 

 they make their appearance in cold weather, a little 

 litter or straw may be laid along the drills, and taken 

 otr whenever the air is free from frost. When the 

 pease are about one inch high, the earth should be 

 gently stirred with the hoe on each side of the row, and 

 when they are advanced to about three inches in height, 

 a little earth may be drawn up to their stems; if the 

 weather be cold, they may be protected by setting two 

 boards on the edge so that they meet together over the 

 row. As the pease advance, the earth should be stirred 

 near the rows, and when six inches high, they ought to 

 have sticks set out on each side of the row^ at the dis- 

 tance of from twelve to eighteen inches apart, taking 

 care not to have the slicks too crowded, yet to have 

 enough of branches near their bottoms, so that the ten- 

 drils of the pease may take easy hold. Care should now 

 be taken that the pease keep upright; when tliey put 

 out six or eight flowers, the leading shoot should be 

 stopped by nipping tlie top off — this greatly promotes 



