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second week in March for stock and " rouging," 

 .(which latter has been alluded to under the head of 

 parsley) ; and it is to the adoption of these means, 

 and to the care and vigilance of the seed-grower, 

 that we owe the perfection of the different sorts of 

 peas at the present day ; and none more than the 

 pea now treated of, which may be had equally as 

 true and good as it was fifty years ago. 



2. Early Double-blossomed frame, a chance 

 variety of the former, possessing nearly all its good 

 qualities, with the addition of a double bloom in- 

 stead of a single one, which has rendered it so very 

 popular for the first principal early crop, either in 

 the field or garden. With both sorts hundreds of 

 acres have been annually sown in the neighbour- 

 hood of Dartford, in Kent, for the supply of the 

 London markets, during the season for which 

 waggon loads in sacks are continually going night 

 and day. 



3. Early Warwick (of late introduction), an im- 

 provement of the double frame in the pod. It is 

 certainly a good early pea, prolific, and averaging 

 about the height of the early frame. 



4. Early Charlton, or Golden Hotspur, a charm- 

 ing pea, if it can be had true, of which the author 

 has his doubts. It was the leading early pea 

 seventy years ago, and is still good to back either 

 of the above sorts as a principal crop. It is a 

 prolific bearer, growing from four to five feet in 

 height. 



5. Early Racehorse. This variety is of very re- 

 cent date, and has already become very popular, 

 It is very prolific, grows to the height of not more 



