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garlic for early summer; set in February to April, it gives you a late 

 summer and early fall crop, if it is not pinched out by summer drouth 

 for lack of cultivation or irrigation, if needed. A deep, mellow soil is 

 best. In the garden, plant the bulblets six inches apart in rows a foot 

 or so apart for hoeing; in the field make the rows twice as far apart 

 to use a cultivator. 



Peanut Growing. 



Kindly advise me when to plant peanuts and how to raise then in 

 the field. 



Plant, after frost danger is past, in rows 3 to 4 feet apart and 16 

 to 20 inches in the row. Cover three to four inches. Cultivate about 

 the same as corn, not allowing any weeds to grow in them and keeping 

 the ground loose and mellow, and when the spikes begin to form they 

 should not be disturbed. They require a sandy soil and should not be 

 permitted to suffer from lack of moisture, though irrigation should be 

 practiced in a way to prevent the ground from caking around them. 

 (See also Part II, Vol. 1.) 



Too Many Pop-Peanuts. 



/ have just harvested my peanut crop and so many of the nuts have 

 no kernels. The ground was an old chicken pen, so zvas well fertilized. 



The land was too heavily manured. Direct manuring for peanuts 

 should be avoided because the plant is too actively stimulated, makes 

 too rank growth and fails to fill the shells. 



Growing Field Peas. 



Can I grow Canada peas in the San Joaquin Valley and how? 



You can grow Canada peas as a winter crop for forage, or you 

 can start about February and make a seed crop in the early summer. 

 Field peas do not like dry heat and therefore should be finished off be- 

 fore the dry season advances too far. For forage they may be broad- 

 cast on the hard land and covered with a shallow plowing. For seed 

 the land should be well tilled first and the seed drilled in rows about 

 two and a half feet apart to allow cultivation until the vines reach out 

 too far. 



Commercial Pepper Growing. 



How will groiving large peppers for sale green and dried do in the 

 Paso Robles region f 



Practically all the commercial peppers, excepting those grown every- 

 where in market gardens, are produced near the coast in southern Cali- 

 fornia. That district has a very long frost-free season and a certain 

 amount of moisture in the air which seems to favor this plant. It 

 would not be wise to undertake commercial production in the Paso Robles 

 district without having tested the behavior of the plant on a small scale. 



