RESULTS OF THE CULTIVATION OF SIX 

 KINDS OF GARDEN PEA. 



[By J. E. Teschemachee, Corresponding Secretary of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society.] 



Believing that the result of the following experiment with six kinds of 

 Garden Pea, may be generally interesting to Horticulturists, I beg to 

 communicate the same to the Massachusetts Horticultural Society. 



The soil on which the experiment was made, is very poor, light and 

 stony, with a large mixture of broken clam shells ; it has not been manured 

 for five years. The crops of the last three years, since I have been in 

 possession, have been grown with guano alone, and those of this year, 

 1847, have been more abundant than those of the two preceding years ; 

 thus proving, practically, that there has been no exhaustion of soil. 



The situation is within ten feet of salt water at high tide, and completely 

 exposed to the violence of the north east as well as of the south west wind. 

 The consequence of this proximity to Boston Bay, is, that as the water 

 does not grow warm early in the Spring, the air is always considerably 

 cooled in passing over it ; this and the total want of shelter render the land 

 what is usually termed a late piece. 



This information is requisite as I have given the dates of sowing and of 

 gathering of each sort, which would naturally vary in different soils and 

 situations. My land is laid out with the spade in the Autumn, in ridges, 

 eighteen inches to two feet from ridge to ridge. In the Spring I strew the 

 guano in the trenches, work it up immediately, but shghtly, rviih a spade, 

 cover with about two inches of soil, sow the seed on that, and cover it up ; 

 this is the whole process. 



WARNER'S EARLY EMPEROR. Seed Yellow. 



Sown May 12, first gathering June 30 ; were ready, however, two or 

 three -days earher. This is the earhest and quickest growing pea I have 

 ever tried. Prince Albert, which is called an early pea, was sown in the 

 adjoining trench April 25, and was not ready for gathering until July 6. 

 The height is two to two and a half feet, consequently small sticks are 

 sufficient ; it is moderately prolific, but ui this quahty does not quite equal 

 Prince Albert. The flavor is fine, sugary, not very rich or mealy. I 

 consider this pea a great acquisition to Horticulture on account of its very 

 early groAvth, and in warm sheltered situations will no doubt prove very 

 valuable ; however, like all peas above two feet growth, it is much more 

 productive when grown with sticks. 

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