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PEA. 
have them all rodded, though the most dwarfish may do 
without. 
All the different sorts of Pea may be planted in double or 
single rows, from four to six feet apart, according to the 
different heights they may be expected to grow. If two 
drills be made three inches deep, and about nine inches 
apart, and the seed dropped along each drill moderately 
thick, they will yield better than single rows, and will save 
sticks. When the plants are two or three inches high, let 
them be hoed, drawing, at the same time, a little earth up to 
their stems ; when they get to double that height, let them 
be hoed again ; at the same time, place a row of sticks in the 
middle of your louble rows, and a few shorter and smaller 
ones on the outside of each row, to assist the Peas in climb- 
ing to their main support. You must be governed as to the 
length of your sticks by the description of your Peas. There 
is great advantage in having sticks of a suitable height to 
the various kinds of Peas ; the sticks should not only be suf- 
ficiently tall, but also branchy, that the plants may readily 
take hold ; and they should be prepared fan fashion, so that 
the side branches may extend only along the rows. As the 
plants progress in growth, let them be repeatedly hoed and 
earthed up ; this will promote a plentiful bearing. 
One quart of Peas will plant from one hundred and fifty 
to two hundred feet of row, allowing the largest kinds to 
average one inch apart, and the smallest, two peas to the 
inch. If cultivated on the field system, one bushel will plant 
an acre of land, and produce about a hundred bushels of 
green Peas. 
To have green Peas in perfection, they should be gathered 
while young, and cooked immediately after they are shelled, 
or they will soon lose their colour and sweetness. Let the 
water be slightly seasoned witlujpilt, and boiled ; then put in 
the Peas with a small bunch of Spear Mint, and ease the 
cover so as to let off the steam ; they require about fifteen 
minutes boiling, or five minutes more or less, according to 
