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them, and to them again, in the same way as in the 

 fi case of Swedish Turnips. In a week or two after- 

 I'i wards they had another ploughing; and soon after 

 this they fell, and lay down the sides of the ridges. 

 This was the way in which I managed all the sorts, 

 I only in the case of the Knight Pea I put the ridges 

 at six feet asunder. — This was, of every sort, the 

 || very finest crop of peas I ever saw in my life. 

 ]| When not sticked, and sown upon level ground, 

 I peas fall about irregularly, and, in case of much 

 J wet, the under pods rot ; but, from the ridges they 

 i fall regularly, and the wet does not lodge about 

 them. You walk up the furrows to gather the peas ; 

 and nothing can be more beautiful, or more conve- 

 nient. The culture in the garden may be the same, 

 except that the work which is done with the plough 

 in the field, must, in the garden, be done with the 

 spade, — As to seasons, the early pea may be sown 

 in the fall. See Paragraph 159. But, in this case, 

 care must be taken to guard against mice. Sow 

 about four inches deep, and tread the ground well 

 down. When the frost sets in, all is safe till winter 

 breaks up. These peas will be earlier by ten or 

 fifteen days than any that you can sow in the 

 spring. — If you sow in the spring, do it as soon as 

 the ground is dry enough to go upon. Sow the 

 May Pea, some Charletons, some Hotspurs, some 

 Blue Peas, 'some Marrowfats, and some Knight Pea, 

 all at the same time, and they will come one after 

 another, so as to give you green peas till nearly 

 August. In June (about the middle) sow some 

 early pea again and also some Marrowfats and 

 Knight Pea ; and these will give you peas till Sep- 

 tember. Sow some of each sort middle of August, 

 and they will give you green peas till the hardish 

 frosts come. — But, these two last sowings (June 



