SWEET PEAS UP TO DATE 



heavily manured for some years this application will be 

 found most beneficial, as it combines with the organic 

 matter contained therein, thereby setting free much 

 plant food that was not previously available to the 

 crops. 



Where it has been found impossible to trench the 

 ground in the fall, this operation should be commenced 

 as early as possible in the spring, but in this case only 

 old, well-decomposed manure should be utilized, using 

 bone meal and superphosphate of lime (acid phosphate) 

 as recommended above. 



SOWING AND PLANTING 



To those who want the very best results we say plant 

 your Sweet Pea seeds in pots. This should be done in 

 January or February, according to location, using pots 

 of three and one-half or four inches diameter. A 

 suitable compost for this consists of turfy loam, leaf 

 soil, and a little sand, all thoroughly mixed. A little 

 of the roughest of the turf should be placed on top of 

 the crocks to insure perfect drainage, afterwards filling 

 the pot to within an inch and a half of the top. Then 

 put in an inch layer of sharp sand into which the seed 

 should be sunk half an inch when planting, the use of 

 the sand being to prevent the seed rotting ere germ- 

 inating, as many seed so often do when planted in heav- 

 ier soil. Four seeds will be quite sufficient for each 

 pot, making all firm and labeling each variety as it is 

 sown. The pots should be then placed in a frame or 

 cool greenhouse as near the light as possible, so that the 

 growth will be kept sturdy and dwarf. The frame or 

 greenhouse bench on which the pots are to stand should 



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