Early Spring Vegetables 



earliest peas and in the other -a second early pea, 

 stretching a four or five foot width of wire net- 

 ting between the rows; this extends the bearing 

 season a couple of weeks. When all the pods 

 have formed on the earliest varieties of vines a 

 second furrow may be opened beside it and a 

 wrinkled sort of medium earliness be planted; 

 these will be ready to climb about the time the 

 first vines are turning yellow when they may be 

 pulled up, leaving their place for the new vines. 

 This system of succession of planting may be 

 repeated on the other side of the netting, thus 

 giving four sowings of peas to one strip of net- 

 ting and a succession of peas for several weeks. 



The germination of the seed may be hastened 

 by soaking the seed over night in warm water 

 and when sowing unsoaked seed, in dry weather, 

 germination is hastened by pouring hot water into 

 the trench before covering the seed. 



The experienced gardener will have his pet 

 variety of peas but the amateur will be somewhat 

 afield in selection so I would suggest as a desir- 

 able early sort the Gradus or Prosperity Pea, a 



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