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season generally ushers in new ones, which are of 

 course proclaimed by their possessors as being very 

 superior, and some of them really are so, as will be 

 observed by the following notice of their qualities, 

 &c. ; but very many are found, after a few trials, 

 not to have such excellent qualities as to recom- 

 mend them for general cultivation : hence they soon 

 lose their popularity, and, after a while, are seldom 

 heard of. 



1. Early Single-blossomed frame, a most excel-* 

 lent early pea, and very proper for gentlemen's 

 gardens, where, if sown close to a south wall in 

 November, with some sort of shelter, such as yew, 

 fir, or such like, and as they advance in growth 

 kept close to the wall with lines of packthread, 

 they will very early show bloom, when, after a few 

 on each branch are opened, they may be topped. 

 By this means the author has raised peas fit for 

 gathering, above a fortnight before his neighbours. 

 The usual height of this pea is from three to four 

 feet ; but as in this respect much depends on the 

 weather and sort of soil, only the average height 

 has been stated. 



This pea was first noticed accidentally by a me- 

 chanic who had to go through a field of early Charl- 

 ton peas, near Wingham, in Kent. The discovery was 

 instantly communicated to Mr. Russell, proprietor of 

 the Lewisham Nursery, who was indefatigable until 

 he had a stock with which to supply his customers. 

 There is another instance of the quickness of growth 

 which the author will mention : he had an excellent 

 crop of this sort of pea towards the end of October, 

 from " new" seed saved from four acres sown the 

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