344 GARDENING FOR PLEASURE. 



Double rows are made at eight or nine inches apart, and 

 four feet from other rows. Set a line, and draw the 

 drills three or four inches deep with a hoe. The seed 

 should be sown, as nearly as possible, an inch or so 

 apart. In order to have a succession of crops of Peas, 

 they should be sown every two or three weeks until 

 July. If successioual crops are grown, an average quan- 

 tity for a family would be twelve quarts ; if only first 

 crops of early and late, from four to six quarts will 

 be sufficient. 



The new Pea Vine Trellis, described in the chapter on 

 "Implements," is the most valuable acquisition to Pea 

 growing ever introduced. We used it the past season on 

 over two thousand feet of row in our trial ground with the 

 most gratifying results, finding it not only much better 

 for the purpose than the ordinary "pea stakes" cut from 

 the woods, but far more sightly; and taking into con- 

 sideration that the pea vine trellis may be used for ? 

 dozen years, it is actually cheaper. 



The varieties of Peas are almost innumerable, and new 

 sorts or at least sorts with new names are sent out 

 every year. They may be classed in two groups, the 

 round and the wrinkled Peas. The round varieties are 

 the earliest, but they are as much inferior to the wrinkled 

 or marrow kinds as field is to sweet corn. These two 

 groups are subdivided according to hight. The earliest 

 round Pea we have found to be a selection made by us, 

 and sent out in 1883 under the name of First of .All. 

 The earliest wrinkled variety is the American Wonder 

 (figure 130). 



These two are really all that are needed for private use 

 for early, while for successional or late kinds, Champion 

 of England (figure 131) and Telephone seem yet the best. 

 But all seed catalogues now give very full illustrations 

 and descriptions of new kinds, which are being yearly in- 

 troduced, and to which mv readers are referred. 



