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in its growth and maturity. Therefore let these be the first you 
sow, if sown in February or March : they will come earlier than 
any other sort sown before winter. But if you sow them in Sep- 
Fig. 59. —Old World Pease. Pease without Skins in the Cods : Pisum 
excqrticatum. (Facsimile from Gerarde's “ Herbal 1597.) 
tember, and can by fences of reed, or otherwise, defend them 
from extreme frosts, you may have ripe Peascods in May 
following. 
