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desired. It would, however, be a safer way, at the first 

 thinning, to leave the plants by pairs, or two together, 

 till they are six inches high, when the smallest of the 

 two may be cut up. After this, there will be nothing 

 further required than to keep the crop perfectly clean, 

 by frequent hoeings, during the summer. Under this 

 management, I have grown many tons of No. 3. the 

 principal roots of which have measured eighteen inches 

 long, seventeen inches in circumference at the crown, 

 and weighing from four to five pounds. 



48. PEAS. 



The Garden Pea, Pisum sativum, is a hardy annual, 

 native of the south of Europe, and has long been culti- 

 vated. It was not common, however, in Elizabeth's 

 time, as Fuller informs us that Peas were brought from 

 Holland, and were " fit dainties for ladies, they came 

 so far, and cost so dear." 



The varieties of Peas are very numerous : the follow- 

 ing are mentioned in the seedsmen's lists : 



1. *Bishop's Early Dwarf. 14. *Knight's Dwarf Marrowfat, 



2. *Blue Prussian. 15. *Knight's Tall Marrowfat. 



3. Charlton. 16. Late Spanish. 



4. *Dwarf Green Imperial. 17. Pearl. 



5. *Dwarf Marrowfat. . 18. Prolific. 



6. Dwarf Sabre. 19. *Royal Dwarf. 



7. Dwarf Spanish. 20. ^Spanish Morotto. i 



8. Dwarf Sugar. 21. *Tall Green Imperial* 



9. *Egg. 22. Tall Marrowfat. 



10. *Frame, Double-podded. 23. Tall Sugar. 



11. Frame, Single-podded. 24. Wellington. 



12. Golden Hotspur. 25. White Prussian. 



13. *Green Marrowfat. 26. White Rouncival. 



Out of the above number, ten or twelve sorts are as 

 many as can be required for the largest garden. There 

 are other names of Peas which might be enumerated, 



