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New’ Principles: of Gardening. 
Tovhave Peafe come in very early, obferve to ftop them 
as foon as they appear in Bell, that is, pinch off their lead- 
ing Shoots,: and “will caufe them to tipen a full Fortnight 
before the others which*are not fo ftopt 3 and indeed “tis very. 
prudent to leave fome untop’d'to come in.and fuecceed the firft. 
About the middle of Fanuary we fow a third Crop, which 
may be of Readings,’ if you have not ot /purs, in the fame. 
manmer as before direéted ;\'as alfo-again in the middle. of Fe- 
bruary and-March, for the pleafure “of Gardening confifts in 
having great plenty throughout the whole Summer, and not 
for a very. {mall Seafor; and then no more, as is too often 
feen. 
This lat fowing of Hotfpur or Reading Peafe is very. fufh- 
cietit' for’ thofe Kinds, and therefore we’ muft about the begin- 
ning of Apri think of fowing thé other Kinds, viz. the Dwarf 
Pea, the Marrow Pea, the Sugar Pea; gc. which Sorts alfo 
ought to be fown in’ May and Fune, and thereby we {hall 
have a conftant Supply throughout the Summer. 
“The manner of fowitig thefe laft Kinds’ of 'Peafe, differs. 
very much from thofe af the Hotfpurs, or “Readings, ; as will: 
appear by the following. 
“1. Dwarf Peafe are fown in Drills as the Flor fput Peafe, but 
with thefe Differences: Whereas Hot{pur Peafe are fown very 
thick in the Drills, to allow for Accidents, gc. or cyen free 
from them; thefe'muftnot bé fown, or drop’d nearer to onc 
another than four-or five Inches, excepting in 4 Very wet Year, | 
when the Slugs are very numerous, when they may be drop'd” 
at’ about’ two Inches apart, to allow for fuch a lofs: And in- 
fiead of drawing the ‘Drills at'two: Feet, or two’ Feet and half 
apart,’ they muft notibé'niore than cighteen or twenty Inches. 
And when Dwarf’ Peafeare’ fow'd for Seed, ’'the diftance ‘be- 
tween the Drills need not exceed one Foor becaufe there will 
beno occafion to go between them, except to hough the 
Weeds, Oe. till they are ripe and fit'to pull up. 
» Nis B. tas obfervable, ‘that altho’ a Perfon is as careful. 
and nice as‘poflible’a’‘Mant canbe, in the faying of Peafe for 
Seeds ‘yet there are always, among all Sorts of Peale, fome 
few that will degenerate the very firft Year of fowing, and 
will not cither‘be in bloom, or ripe fo foon as. the others,, 
oh a full Fortnight, and oftentimes three Wecks. 
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