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to keep them plump; they will keep, thus packed, 

 three weeks. Peas may also be sown in this month, 

 for the New York market in April ; they will remain 

 in good order for ten days ; the packages should be 

 small, to prevent fermentation. 



Remarks. — Should the manure pit or pen be com- 

 posed of long coarse materials, it will be necessary 

 to turn it over, to cause it to take fresh ferment, and 

 thereby decompose it the better for the immediate 

 use of vegetables ; it may also be requisite to notice 

 it, when sand intermixed in turning will also have 

 good effect in rotting it; the manure, in turning, 

 must be shaken up lightly, and not trod upon after-^ 

 wards, to allow the air to penetrate and the fer- 

 mentation to pass through the heap : dig in rough 

 manure, as such can best be spared, around the 

 roots of orange-trees to the full extent of the 

 branches, and also the grape-vines ; if salt brine, or 

 bones broken small, can be procured, they will be 

 serviceable to both; the grape-vine will bear the 

 greatest proportion of salt without injury. Tomatoes 

 planted out this month will yield fruit, with care, 

 in March; they must be bushed to keep the fruit 

 from the ground ; four feet six inches between the 

 rows, and about three feet on the rows, is probably 

 a sufficient distance for them to be planted. They 



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