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For late crops sow dwarf marrowfat or blue Prus- 

 sian, both of which are excellent, and grow only to 

 a, moderate height. Those sorts which require 

 staking seven feet high are a pest, as they shadow 

 so much of the ground, or become, if not duly sup- 

 ported, unfruitful by falling in heaps over the 

 stakes and choking one another. The early-frame 

 may be sown about the end of October, along a 

 south wall or on a warm border to stand the win- 

 ter. As they generally prove but thin and low, 

 and are soon removed, little injury is done to the 

 trees. As the crop is precarious it is as well not 

 to be troubled with more than a pound of seed 

 sown in this way. The pea agrees well with trans 

 planting; and for the earliest crop it is much surer 

 to raise seedlings in thick rows under a frame, to 

 be planted out in the end of February. For a 

 later crop, seed may be sown on the open ground 

 at the same time; and onwards to the first of July 

 you may sow for a succession of crops, according 

 to your demand, observing to make the last of an 

 early sort. 



The chief thing in the management of peas is to 

 divide the ground used for such crops as are cleared 

 off every year into four parts, allotting one to the 

 pea in succession. It becomes unprolific when too 

 frequently on the same soil. By this method you 

 avoid the ugliness of stakes in all places of the 

 garden; and make the remembrance easy as to 

 the application of manure, which is of importance, 

 as peas grow only to straw on soil that is too 



