Parsnip Garden Pea 



to facilitate removal without breaking the roots : these may be put 

 aside for immediate use, but the general bulk of the crop should 

 remain in the ground to be dug as wanted, because the Parsnip 

 keeps better in the ground than out of it, and in the event of 

 severe frost a coat of rough litter will suffice to prevent injury. 

 Whatever remains over in the month of February should be lifted 

 and trimmecl up and stored in the coolest place that can be found, 

 a coat of earth or sand being sufficient to protect them from the 

 injurious action of the atmosphere. 



GARDEN PEA 



Pisum sativum 



THANKS to the skill and enterprise of enthusiastic specialists, we 

 have now the wrinkled as well as the round-seeded Peas for the 

 earliest supply of this favourite vegetable. Not only can we 

 commence the season with a dish possessing the true marrowfat 

 flavour, but in the new main-crop varieties dwarf robust growth 

 is combined with free-bearing qualities, while the size of both Peas 

 and pods has been increased without in >the smallest degree 

 sacrificing flavour. On the contrary, there has been a distinct and 

 welcome advance in all the special characteristics which have won 

 for this vegetable its popular position, and so highly is the crop 

 esteemed that it is usually regarded as a criterion by which the 

 general management of a garden is judged. 



As an article of food Peas are the most nutritious of all 

 vegetables, rich in phosphates and alkalies, and the plant makes a 

 heavy demand on the soil, constituting what is termed an exhausting 

 crop. For this reason, and also because the time that elapses 

 between sowing seed and gathering the produce is very brief, it is 

 imperative that the land should be well prepared to enable the roots 

 to ramify freely and rapidly collect the food required by the plant. 



The soil for Peas should be rich, deep, and friable, and should 

 contain a notable proportion of calcareous matter. Old gardens 

 should be refreshed with a dressing of lime occasionally, or of lime 

 rubbish from destroyed buildings, to compensate for the consump- 

 tion of calcareous matters by the various crops, For early Peas, a 

 warm dry sandy soil is to be preferred ; for late crops, and especi- 

 ally for robust and productive varieties, a strong loam or a well-tilled 

 clay answers admirably, and it is wise to select plots that were in 



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