108 PIOTORIAL PBAGTIGAL VEGETABLE GROWING. 



Cbaprcr 22 —Peas* 



The Pea, Pisum sativum, is tlie great vegetable delicacy of the 

 garden, and it is small wonder that so much interest is manifested in 

 its culture. The various points of management seem to possess an 



EEFEEENOES. 



A, raising in pots : a, crock : 



b, rough soil ; c, finer 

 soil ; d, seeds : e, cover- 

 ing ; /. space for vr^t r : 

 gf, ball when ready for 

 planting out ; Ji, young 

 plants. 



B, raising in boxes i i, box ; 



J, seeds ; k, I, ends, the 

 latter to be removed 

 when the plants, rn, 

 are ready. 



FIG. 62.-RAISING PEAS IN POTS AND 

 BOXES. 



inexhaustible attraction for the kitchen gardener, and probably the 

 Pea is fated to remain a topic of discussion until the end of 

 time. 



I have already discussed the question of soils and manures, and 

 the bearing which climate has upon success. I may now give atten- 

 tion to a few other matters. 



In the first place, let me say a word on the question of expediting 



