THE CULTIVATION OF VEGETABLES 



Peas 



Garden Peas are of easy culture and are among the 

 most important vegetables grown now in gardens. 



There is no longer any excuse for growing the small 

 whitish early Pea which used to be seen in gardens, but 

 is now more often grown as a field crop. Only Peas 

 possessing the true marrow flavour need be grown, 

 and the quality of the two classes cannot for a moment 

 be compared. 



A light soil is preferable, particularly when earliness is 

 desired, and the soil should be moderately rich, although 

 a very rich soil tends to produce too much leaf and too 

 little fruit. 



The first sowing of Peas may be made in the open 

 about the end of February providing the soil is not too 

 wet or frost-bound. A warm situation should be chosen 

 for this crop, preferably under a wall facing south. For 

 this earliest crop any of the following varieties should be 

 selected : — 



Chelsea Gem, Sutton Seedling, Carter's Early Morn. 



Where the soil is not very good it may be removed to 

 a depth of two or three inches and replaced by old soil, 

 from a hot-bed. In any event the soil should be deeply 

 dug and moderately manured the previous autumn. 

 The seed should be sown in drills about three inches 

 from seed to seed. They should be staked immediately 

 they appear above ground. A sowing of second early Peas 

 should be made in April. For this sowing the ground 

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