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AMERICAN KITCHEN GARDENER. 
PEAS. 
Pisum sativum — Pois, Fr.— Erbse , Ger. 
The pea is a hardy annual, a native of the south of Europe, cu tivatc m 
Great Britain from time immemorial, and in this country from its first set¬ 
tlement. 
Varieties —These are numerous: those mentioned in Mr. Russell’s Cata¬ 
logue are— 
Early Washington, or true May Pea, (extra 
early and fine—grows to the height of two and 
a half feet;) 
Early double-blossomed, frame, (early and 
fine—three feet;) 
Early frame, {two and a half feet ;) 
Early golden Hotspur {three feet ;) 
Early Charlton, {three feet;) 
Dwarf blue imperial, {two feet—a sup&'ior 
variety ;) 
Dwarf blue Prussian, {two and a half feet ,•) 
Dwarf Spanish, or fan, {one foot;) 
Dwarf marrowfat, {three and a half feet;) 
Dwarf sugar, {pods eaten—three feet ;) 
Matchless, or true tall marrowfat, (*«a 
feet ;) 
Knight’s tall marrows ; 
Tall, crooked podded sugar, {pods eaten— 
six feet;) 
Ladies’ finger marrows, {a prodigious bear¬ 
erand delicate eating pea ;) 
New nonpareil pea, {a new and productive 
sort from Scotland;) 
Knight’s dwarf marrows. 
“ The Charltons are not only very early, but great bearers, and excellent 
peas for the table ; and are therefore equally well fitted for the early and for¬ 
ward succession crops, and inferior to few even for the main summer crops. 
The frame pea may indeed be raised without the assistance of heat for a for¬ 
ward crop, and, if a gemrne °ort, will fruit a few days sooner than the Charl¬ 
ton ; but it grows low, and bears scantily. The Hotspur is hardy and proli¬ 
fic, and makes returns nearly as quick as the Charlton, and about a fortnight 
before the marrowfat. The sorts already specified, therefore, embrace the 
best for sowings made from the end of October till the middle of Jumvary, 
and for late crops, raised between the middle of June and the beginning of 
August. The Charltons and Hotspur may be sown in May for late fall 
crops; in June for a smaller supply; and in Jury along with the frames for 
the last returns.’ 7 — Loudon. 
Times of sowing —“ The dwarfs are generally employed in hot-bed cul¬ 
ture, which, however, succeeds badly, and is neither worth preserving noi 
describing, and the less so, as early crops may be more certainly had by sow¬ 
ing in the fall, in sheltered situations, and covering during the winter with a 
layer of leaves, and another of long stable-litter loosely applied to keep the 
leaves in their places. Alter the earth takes a temperature favorable to v^* 
getation, your pea sowings should be made once a fortnight, to keep up a re¬ 
gular and successive supply.”— Armstrong. 
