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I from Weeds : the Water they mould 

 1 have, mull be given them fparingly; 

 1 for if they are too much watered, it 

 | will caufe them to grow too rank, 

 I and fometimes rot off the Plants at 

 their Shanks, juft above - ground. 

 ! When the Weather is very hot, you 

 fhould cover the Glaffes with Mats 

 in the Heat of the Day, to fcreen 

 them from the Violence of the Sun, 

 which is then too great for them, 

 caufing their Leaves to flag, and 

 I their Bloffoms to fall off without 

 I producing Pods ; as will alfo the 

 I keeping of the Glaffes too clofe at 

 that Seafon. But when the Plants 

 begin to fruit, they mould be wa- 

 ter'd oftener, and in greater Plenty, 

 than before ; for by that time the 

 Plants will have nearly done grow- 

 ing, and the often refrelhing them 

 will occafion their producing a great- 

 er Plenty of Fruit. 



The Sort of Pea which is always 

 ufed for this Purpofe, is the Dwarf ; 

 for all the other Sorts ramble too 

 much to be kept in Frames : the Rea- 

 fon for fowing them in the common 

 Ground, and afterward tranfplanting 

 them on an Hot-bed, is alfo to check 

 their Growth, and caufe them to 

 bear in lefs Compafs ; for if the Seeds 

 were fown upon an Hot- bed, and 

 the Plants continued thereon, they 

 would produce fuch luxuriant Plants 

 as not to be contained in the Frames, 

 and would bear but little Fruit. 



The next Sort of Pea, which is 

 fown to fucceed thofe on the Hot- 

 bed, is the Hotfpur, of which there 

 are reckon'd three or four Sorts ; as 

 the Charlton Hotfpur, the Mafter's 

 Hotfpur, the Reading Hotfpur, and 

 fome others ; which are very little 

 differing from each other, except in 

 their early Bearing, for which the 

 Charlton Hotfpur is chiefly prefer- 

 red ; though, if either of thefe Sorts 

 are cultivated in the fame Place for 



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three or four Years, they arc apt tode* 

 generate, and be later in Fruiting : 

 for which Reafon, mod curious Per- 

 fons procure their Seeds annually 

 from fome diftant Place ; and in the 

 Choice of thefe Seeds, if they could 

 be obtained from a colder Situation, 

 and a poorer Soil, than that in which 

 they are to be fown, it will be much 

 better than on the contrary, and they 

 will come earlier in the Spring. 



Thefe muff alfo be fown on warm 

 Borders, toward the Latter-end of 

 Oflober ; and when the Plants are 

 come up, you mould draw the Earth 

 up to their Shanks in the manner be- 

 fore directed ; which mould be re- 

 peated as the Plants advance in 

 Height (always obferving to do it 

 when the Ground is dry), which 

 will greatly protect the Stems of the 

 Plants againft Froft ; and if the Win- 

 ter mould prove very fevere, it will 

 be of great Service to the Plants to 

 cover them with Peas-haulm, or fome 

 other light Covering ; which mould 

 be conftantly taken off in mild Wea- 

 ther, and only fuffer'd to remain on 

 during the Continuance of the Froft : 

 for if they are kept too clofe, they 

 will be drawn very weak and ten- 

 der, and thereby be liable to be de- 

 ftroy'd with the leaff Inclemency of 

 the Seafon, 



In the Spring you muff carefully 

 clear them from Weeds, and draw 

 fome frefh Earth up to their Stems ; 

 but do not raife it too high to the 

 Plants, left, by burying their Leaves, 

 you mould rot their Stems ; as is 

 fometimes the Cafe, efpecially in wet 

 Seafons. You fnould alfo obferve to 

 keep them clear from Vermin ; 

 which, if permitted to remain 

 amongft the Plants, will increafe 

 fo plentifully, as to devour the great- 

 eft Part of them. The chief of the. 

 Vermin which infeft Peas, are the 

 Slugs, which lie ail theDayin the fmall 

 Hollows 



