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from time immemorial, and m this country from its first 

 settlement. 



Varieties. — These are numerous : those mentioned in Mr. 

 RusseiPs Catalogue are, 



Early Washington, or true May 



Pea, {extra early and fine — 



grows to the height of two and a 



half feet ;) 

 Early dou]:>le-blossomed, frame, 



[early and fine — three feet;) 

 Early fi-ame, [two and a half 



feet ;) 



Early g-olden Hotspur, [three feet ,) 

 Early Charlton, [three feet ;) 

 Dwarf blue imperial, [two feet, a 



superior variety ;) 

 Dwarf blue Prussian^ [two and a 



half feet ;) 



Dwarf Spanish, or fan, [one foot ;) 

 Dwarf marrowfat, [three and a half 

 feet;) 



Dwarf sugar, [pods eaten — three feet 



Matchless, or true tall marrowfat, 

 [six feet ;) 



Knight's tall marrows ; 



Tall; crooked podded sugar, [pods 

 eaten — six feet ;) 



Ladies' finger marrows, [a prodigi- 

 ous bearer, and delicate eating pea ;) 



New nonpareil pea, [a new and pro- 

 ductive sort from Scotland ;) 



Knight's dwarf maiTows. 



" The Charltons are not only very early, but great bear- 

 ers, and excellent pccts for the table ; and are therefore 

 equally well fitted for the early and forward succession 

 crops, and inferior to few even for the main summer crops. 

 The frame pea may indeed be raised without the assistance 

 of heat for a forward crop, and, if a genuine sort, will fruit 

 a few days sooner than the Charlton; but it grows low^, 

 and bears scantily. The Hotspur is hardy and prolific, 

 and makes returns nearly as quick as the Charlton, and about 

 a fortnight before the marrowfat. The sorts already spe- 

 cified,therefore,embrace the best for sowings made from the 

 end of October till the middle of January, and for late crops, 

 raised between the middle of June and the beginning of 

 August. The Charltons and Hotspur may be sown in 

 May for late fall crops ; in June for a smaller supply ; and in 

 July along with the frames for the last returns." — Loudon, 



Times of sowing. — " The dwarfs are generally employed 

 in hot-bed culture, which, however, succeeds badly, and 

 is neither worth preserving nor describing, and the less so, 

 as early crops may be more certainly had by sowing in the 

 fall, in sheltered situations, and covering during the winter 

 with a layer of leaves, and another of long stable-litter 

 loosely applied to keep the leaves in their places. After 

 the earth takes a temperature favourable to vegetation, 

 your pea sowings should be made once a fortnight, to keep 

 up a regular and successive supply." — Armstrong. 



Quantity of seed. — " Of the small, early kinds, one pint 

 will sow a row of twenty yards ; for the larger sorts, for 

 main crops, the same measure v/ill sow a row of thirty- 

 three yards." 



Process in sowing. — For early sorts, make the drills 



