PEAS. 
The Pea is very hardy, and will endure a great amount of cold, either in or above the ground ; 
and as we all want " green peas " as early as possible in the season, they should be put in as early 
as the soil can be got ready — the sooner the better. Peas are divided by seedsmen and gar- 
deners into three classes. Early, Second Early and Late. The earliest are mostly small, round, 
smooth and hardy, the tallest not growing more than 
from two to three feet in height. Of late years some 
very fine dwarf, sweet, wrinkled sorts, like Little Gem, 
have been added to this class, of very great merit. The 
Second Early contain a list of excellent wrinkled varie- 
ties, like Eugenie. The Late are large, mostly wrink- 
led, and formerly were nearly all tall, like the Cham- 
pion of England, but very many excellent dwarfs have 
been added to the list, like Yorkshire Hero. If the 
Earliest sorts are planted about the first of April, in this 
latitude, they will be fit to gather in June, often quite 
early in the month. The Second will come in about the 
Fourth of July. By sowing two or three varieties of 
Early, and the same of Second and Late, as soon as 
practicable in the spring, a supply will be had from 
early in June to late in July, with only one sowing. 
After this Sweet Corn will be in demand. Sow in drills 
not less than four inches deep, pretty thickly — about a 
pint to forty feet. The drills should not be nearer than 
two feet, except for the lowest sorts. Those growing 
three feet high, or more, should not be nearer than 
three or four feet. As they are early off the ground. 
Cabbage can be planted between the rows, or the space 
can be used for Celery trenches. All varieties growing 
three feet or more in height should have brush for their 
support. The large, fine wrinkled varieties are not as 
hardy as the small sorts, and if planted very early, should 
have a dry soil, or they are liable to rot. Keep well 
hoed up and stick early. "When grown extensively for 
market. Peas do well sown on ridges made by the plow, 
two rows on each ridge, and not sticked, the pea vines 
drooping into the furrows. In response to the inquiry 
so often made, why we cannot sow Peas late, and thus 
have them in eating all through the summer, and why 
Peas are "buggy," we will say that the Pea delights in 
a cool, moist climate, and suffers in warm, dry weather. Those planted late will most likely be 
attacked with mildew, and never give half a crop. The Pea, when grown in a tolerably mild 
climate, is troubled with a weevil, the egg being laid in the pea when it is very small, through 
the pod. The way to obtain sound Peas for seed, is to grow them where the M^eevil does not exist. 
RHUBARB. 
The Rhubarb, or Pie-Plant, is usually grown from divisions of the roots, for eveiy portion 
which has an eye will form a plant. Occa- 
sionally persons prefer to grow from seeds. 
It will take two years to obtain a strong plant 
from seed, but a package of seeds in two 
years will give enough plants to stock a neigh- 
borhood. Give a good, rich, deep, mellow 
soil, both to seeds and plants. In the spring, two weeks before frost is gone, cover two of the 
finest roots with barrels. Then throw over the roots and around the barrels leaves, straw or 
manure, and the earliest and tenderest stalks will be the result. 
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