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The tall crooked sugar pea, is particularly worthy of cultivation, 
and should now be sown; its green pods when young, are boiled like 
kidney beans, and are uncommonly sweet and delicious; these grow 
to a considerable height, and require rods from seven to eight feet 
high, and to be sown in drills, at least, four feet asunder. 
If you sowed no peas in the pi'eceding months, the early-frame, 
early Golden, and Charleton hotspur kinds, should now be sown for 
first crops; and for succession, the Glory of England, Spanish mo- 
rotto, white, gieen, and grey rouncivals; or the tall marrowfat, Im- 
perial, sugar-poland, and blue Prussian kinds. The nine last sorts, 
should be planted in drills at the distance of four feet at least, and be 
rodded or sticked, to the height of six feel or more, by which you 
may expect very abundant crops. Rods from four to five feet high, 
will answer for the early frame and hotspur kinds, and also, for the 
pearl-peas and Essex-reading, all of which are very prolific bearers. 
Draw earth to such rows of peas as are up, and advanced a little 
in height; which will strengthen the plants, and forward them great- 
ly in their growth. 
This earthing should always be performed, for the first time, when 
the plants are about three or four inches high. 
Be very particular to rod or place sticks, to such rows of peas, 
as have attained the height of five or six inches; if this is not time- 
ly attended to, the crops will be greatly injured; for peas are never 
so productive as when rodded, before they begin to fall to either 
one side or the other. For the method of doing which, see page 
187. 
Planting and Earthing up Beans. 
In the early part of this month, you may plant long-pod and 
Windsor beans, with every other variety of that species. These 
are always most productive, when planted early; but if you are de- 
sirous of a succession of this kind of bean, as long as possible, your 
late crops must be of the early Mazagan, early Lisbon, or green Ge- 
noa kinds, but more particularly the latter; as it bears our summer 
heat, better than any of the whole family. For particulars, see page 
187. 
Such beans as are advanced in growth, to the height of four or 
five inches, must have some earth drawn up to their stems, which 
will greatly refresh and strengthen them. 
Lettuces, 
Transplant lettuces of every kind that require it, where they 
stand too close; both those of the winter standing, or such as were 
sown in any of the former months, and are now grown to a sufficient 
size. 
Choose a spot of good ground for these plants, and if moderately 
dunged, it will prove beneficial to their growth: dig the ground 
evenly one spade deep, and rake the surface smooth, then plant the 
