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seed for early planting. The manner of growing for seed 

 is the same as for market, as is also the after-treatment. 



When the pods begin to dry, the seed is ripe, and the 

 vines must then be pulled, and allowed to lie a day or two, 

 but it is very important to get them thrashed as soon as 

 dry, for if they should get wet after becoming ripe, the 

 chances are that much of the seed will be spoiled. 



They can be easily thrashed with a flail, taking care 

 not to break the seed, and can be readily cleaned by the 

 fan-mill. 



They should be spread thin in a loft, and allowed to 

 become perfectly dry before being packed. 



The seed retains its vitality two years. 



Varieties. More or less of the choice European vari- 

 eties are planted for market, but the larger growers prefer 

 the 



Philadelphia Extra Early. This is of good size, full, 

 plump pods, and the earliest variety grown which has the 

 necessary requisites. Vine two and a half feet. 



Marrowfat White and Black-eyed, There are 

 many Marrow peas, especially the wrinkled varieties, 

 which are far superior to these in flavor, but which 

 do not possess the requisites for marketing, henc.e 

 these old varieties are still extensively cultivated for this 

 purpose. Pods large and plump; vine about four feet, 

 and abundant bearers. 



PEPPER. 



Grown to some extent for market, and almost univer- 

 sally in private gardens, hence more or less seed is in de- 

 mand. The seed may be sown in hot-beds the same as the 

 egg-plant, it requiring considerable moisture to swell 

 it; the plants are to be thinned to three inches each 

 way, or may be transplanted at that distance into a new 

 hot-bed. They require a loamy soil and an abundance of 



