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the forming and filling of the pods. Should the weather 

 be dry, it may be requisite to water them; this should 

 be done at night, and should be repeated every night 

 during the continuance of the drought. Pease thus 

 raised are seldom attacked with the bug. For the later 

 crop, the double row is generally used, and answers 

 better than the single, as the double take nearly the 

 same quantity of sticks, and are more shaded from the 

 sun, which is a great advantage when the sun gets high. 

 The ground may likewise be stronger and the sticks 

 longer, but for the earliest pease the small quantity of 

 manure used is quite sufficient to push them forward, 

 without giving too much force to their after growth, or 

 to keep them flowering, setting, and filling their pods." 



Between rows of the tall growing kinds have beds of 

 onions, carrots, turnips, or any other crops that grow 

 low; but there is a later method of planting pease, which 

 is more economical of room, and is said to be preferable 

 to any other plan: thus, instead of sowing a straight 

 row, form the ground into circles of three feet diame- 

 ter, with two feet between each, in a row thirty feet 

 long, and there will be six circles of pease of nine feet 

 each, making fifty-four feet instead of thirty, which 

 would be the length of the row. If another row of cir- 

 cles is wanted, leave a bed between for something else, 

 and go on as before. For the very tall sorts, four feet 

 circles will be best. Be careful to apply the sticks at 

 the proper time. 



Bishop^ s Early Prolific Pea is extremely productive; 

 and surpasses in some of its qualifications any pea hith- 

 erto known. Its remarkable dwarfishness is a great 

 recommendation for small gardens, as it seldom exceeds 

 twelve inches in height. Plant two or three inches apart 

 in the rows, which its spreading habits require, and 

 which answers better than when sown closer, hence it 

 is obvious there will be a great saving of seed, as a 

 quart of this will go as far as four quarts of most other 

 pease. It is very early, and begins blooming when three 

 inches high, bears abundantly, and is fine eating. Plant 

 weekly for a constant succession, and green pease may 

 thus be obtained all the summer and autumn. From 



