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ADDENDUM 



weight to, the fact that first early Peas sown during the months 

 of January, February, and the first half of March will not vary 

 more than a week or ten days as regards turning in, there is not 

 much use in making successional sowings of these alone during 

 the period named. The general rule is, after making the first 

 sowing, to select and sow two or more varieties such as a first early, 

 a second early, and a mid-season one on each occasion, by which 

 means a regular succession is assured. It is useless to specify 

 when these sowings should take place, as weather conditions at 

 that time of year are so variable, but in the last half of March and 

 from April onwards it is best to make fortnightly sowings, or to 

 sow again as soon as the preceding crop is just through t^e 

 ground. 



As to the time when peas may be expected to be ready for use, 

 the following dates may be taken as approximately correct. They 

 are founded on a good deal of experience and careful note-taking, 

 and, making due allowance for the effect of latitude on climate 

 and the variations of soil and seasons, may be safely acted upon. 

 First early peas sown before Christmas or not later than the first 

 week in January to the end of February should be fit to gather the 

 last week in May. Those of a second early type sown from the 

 end of January to the end of February should be fit to gather from 

 June lOth to 20th. A mid-season variety sown from February 20th 

 to March loth should be fit for use from June 20th to the middle 

 of July. Marrow peas such as VeitcJis Perfection and Ne Plus 

 Ultra sown from the middle to the end of March should be ready 

 about the middle of July and onwards. The tall Marrows sown 

 first and third weeks in April and first and third weeks in May 

 should produce a supply from the middle of July till the close of 

 the Pea season. Some people sow first and second earlies once or 

 twice in June, and the late Marrowfats often do well sown as late 

 as the middle of June. 



The Late Marrow Peas. — The crop is so important that 

 every expedient should be adopted which can in any way enable 

 it to pass through its difficulties without much suffering. Men 

 may be seen laboriously watering peas in a hot, dry time when 

 less than half the time in preparatory work at the right season 

 would have given more satisfactory results. Mark out the sites 

 in January or February where they are to be grown, open a trench 

 and fill in with a manurial compost — Peas dislike rank manure. 

 Save the usual decaying matters which accumulate about a garden, 

 mix with a proportion of manure from the stables or pigsty, with a 

 little soot, etc., blend the whole together and work it into the trench 

 where the peas will by and by be planted. When this is done early 

 in the season the compost will have become mellow and in a fit 

 condition for the roots of the plants to work into at once. As much 



