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Show Pal §. Pisum; arven{e, j viridi. 4 Green Rouncival Pea. CBP. CUG BP. g. Pisum 3 arvenfe,jruciu The Grey Pea. Pisum; arvenfe, flore rof ito. Raii Hift. va- Maple Rouncival Pea. 11. Pisum ; umbellatum. C.B.P. The i Rofe Pea or Crown Pea. Pisum 3 maximum, fruliu nigra linea ato. H.R. Par, ‘The Spanifh Morotto Pea. 13. Prsum; Aorte Par. ‘The Marrow-fat or Dutch Ac 14. Pisum; fr I to. £ _ Ind. ‘The Union Pea rg. Prst M 5 (pontaneum cum. Park. Theat. 16. Pisum; ar CBxP:. Pip: Peas, at the Time before-mention’d, they make a Hot-bed (in proportion to the Quantity of Peas intended) which muft be well work’d in laying the Dung, that the Heat may not be too great: The Dung fhould be laid about two Feet thick or fomewhat more, according as the Beds are made earlier or later in the Seafon ; when the Dung is equally levelled, then the Earth (which fhould be light and frefh, bur not over rich) muft be laid on about Six Inches thick, laying it equally all over the Bed: This being done, the Frames (which fhould be two Feet deep on the Back-fide, and about fourteen Inches in Front) muft beput on, and cover’d with Glaffes, after which fhould remain three or four Days, to let the Steam of the Bed pafs off, before youput the Plants therein ; obferving every Dayto raifé the Glaffes either with Bricks or Stones, to There are feveral other Varieties of the give Vent for the rifing Steam to pafs off; Garden Peas, which differ in the Colour of then when youfind the Bed of a fine moderate their Flowers and Fruit, and are by fomePer- Temperature for Heat, you fhould with a fons diftingvifhed by Names as diftinct Sorts ; Trowel, or fome other Inftrument, take ap but as they are very fubject to vary when the Plants as carefully as poffivle, to preferye fown two or three Years in the fame Place, fo a little Earth to their Roots, and plant them there can be no doubt oftheir being {eminal into the Hot-bed in Rows, about a Foot Variations, which are not worth enumerating afander, and the Plants fhould be fet about an Inch and Half, or two Inches diftance from in this Place. Pea, i d wild upon each other in the Rows; obferving to water jex, and feveral other Counties and fhade them until they have taken Root; land; this was firtt en Notice ofin after which you mutt be careful to give them 407) Air, at all Times when the Seafon is favourDy 1555, between Orford an aug re it grew upon the Heath, where nothing, able, otherwife they will drawup very weak, {s, was ever feen to grow, and the and be fubject to grow mouldy and decay. being in Diftrefs, by Reafon of You fhould alfo draw the Earth up to the Plants, as they advance in ofthat Year, gathered large Quan- Shanks of the tities of thefe Peas, and fo preferved them- Height, and keep them always clear from be felves and Families: This is mentioned by Weeds; the Water they fhould have, muft t in his Chronicle, and Camden in his given them {paringly, forif they are too much rank, too grow to 1 3ut they were both miftaken, in waterd, it will caufe them their imagining that they were Peas caft on Shoar and fometimes rot off the Plants at juft above Ground ; when the Weaxreck, feeing they growin divers Sha s of England, and are undoubtedly ther is very hot, youfhould cover the Glaffes with Mats in the Heat of the Day, to fcreen pecies from the common Pea. The Sixteenth Sort is greatly cultivated in them from the Violence of the Sun, which is , , where they are known then too great for them, caufing their Leaves the Fields in Dor/et/hire by the Name of Pig Peas, the Inhabitants to flag, and their Bloffoms tofall off without } x at Uie of themto feed their Hogs. pt oducing Pods; as will alfo the keeping of the alfo often brought up to London and Glaffes too clofe at that Seafon. But when ne Purpole. the Plants begin to fruit, they fhould be cw proceed tofet down the Method water’d oftener, and in greater Plenty than before; for by that Time the Plants w ill a of cultivating the feveral Sorts of Garden Pea 2 ng fo as to continue them throughout the Seafc nearly done growing, and the often refreth It isa common Practice with the Gardeners them will occafion their producing a greatet to ra eas upon Hot-beds, to Plenty of Fruit. é * me r Sort of Pea which is always ufed fo the Spring, in order Sina | to ; The sine i A LAtaeie cher eas upon warm Borders this Purpofe, is the Dwarf; for all the ¢ Frames: in Frat kept \ in 3 too much to be> kept ramble about the M Sorts * . : non the Reafon for fowing them in the commo! them ¢ on tranf{t plantingo thea frerwards tranif Joa 5 and afterwards a ’ is alfo to check their Growth, af hem tobearin lefs Compais; for # 46 upon a Hot-bed, and te were7 fown “is eee | yduce lants continued thereon, they wou dpre ved conta Me uch luxuriant Plants as not to be in the Frames, and would bear bur "tte in very hard Fruit. The next Sort of Pea, w, or fome other hem from being defiroy’d, then fucceed thofe on the Hot-beds rl of which there are reckon’d three orfour Sorts, asthe Mufter’s Hot-fpur, the Reading Hot-/pur, fufficient until the Spring of the Year, when yeu muft fowat leaft two more Crops ofthefe and fome others ; which are very little differing from each other, except in their early Bearing, for which the Maffer's Hot-/puris chiefly pre- Peas; one towardthe latter End o avy, and the other a Fortnight after: thefe two ferr'd; tho’ if either of thefe Sorts are cultivated in the fame Place for three or four Years, they are apt to degenerate andbelater in Fruiting, for which Reafon moft curious Perfons procure their Seeds annually from fome diftant Place, and in the Choice of thefe Seeds, if they could be obtained froma colder Situation, and a poorer Soil, than that in which they are to be fown, it will be much better than on the contrary, and they will come earlier in the Spring. later Sowings, will be fufficient to continue the early Sort of Peas through thefirft Seafon, and afterthis it will be proper to have fome of the large Sorts of Peas to fucceed them; in order to which, you fhould fow fome of the Spanifh Morotto, which is a great Bearer, and a hardy Sort of Pea, about the Middle of February, uponaclear open Spot of Ground ; thefe muft be fown in Rows, about two Feet and a Half afunder, and the Peas fhould be dropped in the Drills about an Inch anda Thefe muft alfo be fown on warm Borders, halfdiftance, covering them about two Inches deep with Earth, being very careful that none towards the latter End of O¢fober, and when the Plants are come up, you fhould draw the Earth upto their Shanks in the Manner before of them lie uncovered, which will draw the Mice, Pigeons or Rooks to: attack the whole Spot ; and it often happens bythis Neglect, directed, which fhould be repeated as the Plants advance in Height (always obferving Creatures ; whereas when there are none of to do it when the Ground is dry) which will greatly protect the Stems of the Plants againft Froft ; and if the Winter fhould prove very fevere, it will be of great fervice to the Plants, to cover them with Peas-haulm, or fome other light Covering, which fhould be conftantly taken offin mild Weather, and only fuffer’d to remain on during the Continuance of the Froft ; for if they are kept too clofe, theywill be drawn very weak and tender, and thereby be liable to be deftroy’d with the leaft Inclemency ofthe Seafon. In Sp you muft carefully clear them from Weeds, and draw fome frefh Earth up to their Stems ; but do not raife it too high to the Plants, left by burying their Leaves you fhould roc their Stems, as is fometimes the , efpecially in wet Seafons. You fhould fo obferve to keep themclear from Vermin, hich if permitted to remain amongft the ts, will increafe fo plentifully, as to devour the greateft Part of them; the chief of the Vermin which infeét Peas, are the Slugs, Which lie all the Day in the {mall Hollows of the Earth near the Stems of the Plants, and in the Night-time come out and make terrible ution of the Peas; and thefe chiefly ind in wet Soils, or where a Garden is le&ted and over-run with Weeds; there} fhould make the Groundclearevery und the Peas, to deftroy their Har- rwards in a fine, mild Morning n thefe Verminare got abroad es, you fhould flack a Quantity yuld be fown hot over the which will deftroy the will do very little Injury to the ed i 2 not fcatter’d too thick is is the beft Method I could {@ troublefome Vermin, 2s doth | 3 it will imhe Hot-bed ; but that a whole Plantation is devour’d by thefe the Peas left in fight, they do not fo eafily find them out. About a Fortnight afterthis, you fhould fow another Spot, either of this Sort, or any other large Sort of Pea to fucceed thofe, and then continue to repeat fowing once a Fortnight till the Middle or latter End ofApril, fome of thefe Kinds, only obferving to allow the Marrow-fats, and other very large Sorts of Peas, at leaft three Feet between Row and Row; and the Rofée Pea fhould be allowed at leaft eight or ten Inches diftance Plant from Plant, in the Rows ; for thefe grow verylarge, and if they have not Room allowed them, they will {poil each other, by drawing up very tall, and will produce no Fruit. When thefe Plants come up, the Earth fhould be drawn up to cheir Shanks (as was before direéted) and the Ground kept entirely clear from Weeds; and when the Plants are grown eight or ten Inches high, you fhould {tick fome rough Boughs, or brufh Wood, into the Ground clofe to the Peas, for them to ramp upon, which will fupport them from trailing upon the Ground, which is very apt to rot the large growing Sorts of Peas, efpecially in wet Seaions: befides, by thus fupporting them, the Air can freely pafs between them, which will preferve the Bloffoms from falling off before their Time, and occafion them to bear much better, than if permittedto lie upon the Ground ; and there will be Room to pafs between the Rows to gather the Peas when they areripe. The Dwarf Sorts of Peas may be fown much clofer together, than thofe beforementioned; for thefe feldom rife above a Foot high, andrarely fpread above half a Foot in width ; fo that thefe need _not have more Room than two Feet Row from Row, and about an Inch afunder in the Rows. Thefe will produce a g ty of Peas, pro- vided the Seafon be not over dry ; feldom continue long in bearing, fo that they are not fo proper to fow for the main Crop, en a Quantity of Peas is expected for the chief Excellency being for Hotbeds, |