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Hollows of the Earth, near the Stems 

 of the Plants, and in the Night-time 

 come out, and make terrible De- 

 ftruc"lion of the Peas ; and thefe 

 chiefly abound in wet Soils, or 

 where a Garden is neglecled, and 

 over-run with Weeds : therefore you 

 fhould make the Ground clear every 

 Way round the Pea% to deftroy their 

 Harbours; and afterward-, in a fine 

 mild Morning, very early, when 

 thefe Vermin are got abroad from 

 their Holes, you mould flake a 

 Quantity of Lime, which fhould be 

 fown hot over the Ground, pretty 

 thick ; which will deftroy the Ver- 

 min, where-ever it happens to fall 

 upon them ; but will do very little 

 Injury to the Peas, provided it be 

 not fcatter'd too thick upon them : 

 this is the beft Method I could ever 

 find to deitroy thefe troublefome 

 Vermin. 



If this Crop of Peas improves, it 

 will immediacely fucceed thofe on 

 the Hot-bed ; but for fear this mould 

 inifcarry, it will be proper to fow 

 two more Crops, at about a Fort- 

 night's time from each other ; fo 

 that there may be the more Chances 

 to fucceed : this will be fufficient 

 until the Spring of the Year, when 

 you may fow three more Crops of 

 thefe Peas ; one toward the Begin- 

 ning of January, the other a Fort- 

 night after, and the third at the End 

 of January. Thefe two late Sow- 

 ings will be fufficient to continue the 

 early Sort of Peas through the firft 

 Seafon, and after this it will be pro- 

 per to have fome of the large Sort 

 of Peas to fucceed them : in order to 

 which, you fhould fow fome of the 

 Spanijb Morotto, which is a great 

 Bearer, and an hardy Sort or Pea, 

 about the middle of February, upon 

 a clear open Spot of Ground : thefe 

 mull be fown in Rows, about three 

 Feet afunderj and the Peas lhould 



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be dropp'd in the Drills about ari 

 Inch and an half Diflance, covering 

 them about two Inches deep with 

 Earth ; being very careful that none 

 of them lie uncover'd, which will 

 draw the Mice, Pigeons, or Rooks, 

 to attack the whole Spot ; and it of- 

 ten happens by this Negleft, that a 

 whole Plantation is devour'd by thefe 

 Creatures ; whereas, when there are 

 none of the Peas left in Sight, they 

 do not fo cafily fir.d them out. 



About a Fortnight after this, you 

 mould fow another Spot, either of 

 this Sort, or any other large Sort of 

 Pea, to fucceed thofe ; and then con- 

 tinue to repeat lowing once a Fort- 

 night, till the middle or Latter-end 

 of May, fome of thefe Kinds ; only 

 obferving to allow the Marrow-fats, 

 and other very large Sorts of Peas, 

 at leaft 3 Feet and an half or 4 Feet 

 between Row and Row ; and the 

 Rofe-pea fhould be allowed at Ieaft 

 8 or 10 Inches Diitance Plant from 

 Plant, in the Rows ; for thefe grow 

 very large, and if they have not 

 room allowed them, they will fpoil 

 each other by drawing up very tall, 

 and will produce no Fruit. 



When thefe Plants come up, the 

 Earth lhould be drawn up to their 

 Shanks (as was before direcled), and 

 the Ground kept intirely clear from 

 Weeds ; and when the Plants are 

 grown eight or ten Inches high, you 

 fhould ftick fome rough Boughs, or 

 Brum- wood, into the Ground clofe to 

 the Peas, for them to ramp upon; 

 which will fupport them from trail- 

 ing upon the Ground, which is very 

 apt to rot the large-growing Sorts of 

 Peas, efpecially in wet Seafons ; be- 

 fides, by thus fupporting them, the 

 Air can freely pafs between them, 

 which will preferve the BlofToms 

 from failing off before their time, 

 and occafion them to bear much bet- 

 ter, than if permitted to lie upon the 

 Ground j 



