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and take all others off the same branch ; but 
see it fairly set off swelling and promise to be 
handsome, before you throw away others ; the 
one you save will be the better. Cucumbers 
are grown in wooden troughs to prevent their 
growing crooked, but that fruit is best which 
does not require it ; nevertheless it is a pre- 
caution as well taken, because the fruit ought 
not to lie on the earth, nor on the bare trellis, 
if they are grown on a trellis. Melons are 
merely lifted up, and a bit of tile or slate put 
under them. 
Peas. — Independently of succession crops 
of the early kinds of pea, sow some Cormack's 
Prince Albert Peas, to admit of being stuck. 
They will require the tallest sticks that can 
be got. The pea will grow to the top, and 
hang all about afterwards. The particular 
properties of this pea are singular ; instead of 
blooming, seeding, and dying as other peas 
do, in a season, it seems to be, like the Scarlet 
Bean, continuous in its growth the whole 
summer, and to bloom and bear the whole 
time ; so that it may be seen with actually 
ripe peas, peas fit to eat, peas only just set, 
and blooms coming and perfect. Independent 
of this continuous bearing quality, the flavour 
is considered superior to that of almost any 
other pea, if not the best of all. The disad- 
vantage is its great height ; and this is so 
great, that nothing less than six feet distance 
from row to row is sufficient for the growth. 
It is a great bearer. Groom's Dwarf Pea is 
another hardy pea for any season, and is now 
getting common ; that is to say, it is now in 
the hands of most seedsmen. The early frame 
and Charlton Peas are also good hardy sorts, 
and generally safe to depend on. There is a 
new pea advertised, under the patronage of 
the court ; for letters are exhibited from the 
steward of the household, and from Mr. In- 
gram, the gardener at Windsor, the one ex- 
tolling the flavour, the other the growth of 
the pea. These are let out this season by 
Mr. Waite, of Eyre St. Hill, at three half- 
crowns per quart. All of these will do well 
to plant or sow this month. Peas already 
well up must be earthed ; and the best way to 
do this, is to draw the earth up into a kind of 
bank, on the north or east side of the rows, 
rather high, while on the front or sunny side 
they may be only drawn up to the stems. 
Capsicums, Chilies, Peppers, &c, if not 
sown and up, and fit to plant into pots, must 
be sown now ; but if up, and large enough to 
move, put three plants into a forty-eight sized 
pot, if they are to be planted hereafter in the 
open ground ; but if to be grown in pots, one 
plant of capsicum in a pot is enough ; and 
these may be placed in a sixty-sized pot, to 
be shifted into larger as they advance. 
Salads and Lettuces. — Sow all kinds, 
| some to be protected under glass, others to 
take their chance in the open air, and have 
only litter thrown over them. Lettuces of all 
kinds may be planted out from the seed-bed 
in drills, the sides of which are a great pro- 
tection against high winds. Sow all kinds 
of small salads, corn salad, mustard, cress, 
rape, radish, (short-topped and turnip-rooted). 
Any of these that have been sown and are 
up, should be carefully protected ; lettuces 
thinned, and also corn salad. 
Beans, Kidney and Broad, should be 
planted where they are to grow. Any autumn 
sown beans should be planted out. The dis- 
tances of Kidney Beans sown now should be 
six inches in the row, and two feet from row 
to row. Broad Beans about the same, if the 
small dwarf sort. 
Celery. — Plant out in trenches any that 
you have large enough from the early sowing. 
Dig the trench a foot deep, fork up the bottom 
with a large portion of dung, and plant along 
the centre. Let the plants be about six to 
twelve inches apart, according to the time it 
is to grow ; much of this esculent being re- 
quired early, and consequently in a small 
state ; and this planting will rarely stand long 
without running to seed. 
Turnips. — Sow a good piece this month, 
taking whatever period promises best. If the 
weather be showery, and fine intervals, so as 
to allow of working the ground, a better period 
cannot be seized. In the ordinary April 
weather, the middle or latter end is better 
than the beginning. Dig, dress, and rake the 
ground even, and sow either broad-cast, or in 
drills nine inches apart. 
Herbs of all kinds may be slipped and 
planted out to form new beds. Sow, if sow- 
ing be not already done ; and especially pars- 
ley, for which there is always a demand. 
Operations of ordinary kinds, such as 
earthing up all sorts of crops, weeding, clean- 
ing paths, and sticking peas and beans, and 
other routine work ; watering, if the weather 
be dry, which is not often ; protecting tender 
things against night frosts, &c. &c, must be 
continued. In other matters be guided by 
previous directions. 
Spinach. — Sow the round-leaved sort either 
broad-cast or in drills; to be thinned out when 
they come up, and can be laid hold of, to two 
or three inches apart ; and when the plants 
get large enough to eat, three out of four may 
be pulled, so as to give more room to the others 
as they advance ; for they may be left at last 
in good ground nine inches apart, and will 
grow so as to fill that space, while the leaves 
may be taken instead of the heart; and in 
consequence of rapid growth they are sweet, 
tender, and continue to grow a succession 
for use. 
