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THE PRACTICAL GARDENER. 



SO that when one crop is exhausted, another will be ready 

 to succeed it. 



The best sorts to sow at this time are the marrowfats, par- 

 ticularly Knight's tall marrow, which, if sown in good ground, 

 will yield abundantly, and the dwarf green imperial marrowfat ; 

 also the Spanish moratto, gi'een and white rouncivals, being 

 fine large sorts ; likewise any of the hotspur kinds, and Prussian 

 peas. Those that are sown any time in this month will yield 

 tolerably good crops toward the latter end of July, and in 

 August. 



This is now a proper time to sow dwarf peas. These sorts 

 seldom grow above two or three feet high ; some not above 

 fifteen or eighteen inches, but are mostly great bearers ; the 

 pods small but numerous, and the peas, while young, eat sweet 

 and good ; those sown at thi* season will generally be more 

 productive than the larger kinds, although it be not so ad- 

 visable to sow in large quantities for any principal crops. Sow 

 them in drills two feet or two and a half apart. 



Hoe, and let some earth be di'awn up about the stems ot 

 the crops of peas which were sown in April, for this will 

 strengthen the plants considerably. The early hotspur peas now 

 in blossom, in warm borders, may be topped, as directed for 

 beans; it will cause the pods to set and swell more freely, 

 and will be fit to gather sooner. 



STICKING PEAS. 



Place sticks to rows of peas, according to the growth of 

 the different young crops, for the plants to climb upon; this 

 should generally be done when they are about six or seven 

 inches high. 



A great advantage is derived from allowing sticks of a proper 

 height, for the different sorts of peas to climb upon ; for the 

 produce is generally not only much superior, but mora 

 abundant, often even double the quantity, or more, than from 

 those that are permitted to run upon the ground. 



The sticks for this purpose should be from four or five to 

 seven feet high, according to the growth of the different sorts 

 of peas ; they should also be well furnished with small lateral 



