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cient size, carefully thinned, leaving a space of one foot between 

 each plant, and removing all weeds. They may be transplanted, 

 but it must be done with the same care as recommended for 

 beet-root. The proper time for sowing the seed is the latter end 

 of July, and they will come in during March and April. It goes 

 to seed freely, but the roots grown from it were by no means 

 fine the second year. 



PEAS. Hind. BUTTANA. The large white, green, and brown, 

 are now the common pea in the Deccan ; the latter sort are 

 boiled and eaten often in the shell. Peas may be sown in the 

 beginning of June, and continued at pleasure until February, 

 when the weather becomes warm and the stalks dry up, al- 

 though I have known peas to be had much later in the sheltered 

 gardens in the city of Aurungabad. The method of sowing is 

 very simple : they should not be too thin, or placed deeper in 

 drills than two inches, and a space of three feet between the 

 rows. I generally sow my first crop in double rows, with a 

 space of a foot between : when they are ready to climb, I earth 

 up both sides well, leaving room for the water to run in the 

 middle. I then place good strong sticks in the centre of the 

 rows, and on the outer side of each lay good old manure, after 

 which little trouble is required. Keeping them free from weeds 

 is of course essential, and if you wish to preserve the seed, take 

 care and remove any of the plants that appear of a different 

 kind when in blossom ; also draw out all the thin and bad look- 

 ing plants, to prevent the pollen impregnating the good, and if 

 this seed be the produce of the rain crop, you will find that if 

 sown again in the cold weather they will be much finer and last 

 longer than the seeds of the former season. I was led to observe 

 this from seeds that had fallen and grown up of themselves. If 

 you sow for late crops, I recommend their being put down in 

 single rows, and the lines from east to west : this enables the 

 sun to act upon the whole, and tends to prevent mildew from 

 damp on the stalks. In growing crops that you do not intend 

 to stick, it is advisable to put brushwood on one side for them 

 to creep over, and prevent much loss in seed from damp and 

 otherwise. 



