VEGETABLE GAEDENING 63 



Select medium sized potatoes. One peck will 

 plant 100 hills. 



Early Ohio is a very satisfactory variety. 

 After planting is completed, cover the entire bed 

 with stable litter, at least three inches deep. 



When plants appear, pull out weaker ones, 

 leaving but two stems to the hill. This thinning 

 is absolutely necessary to complete success. 



Treated as above described, the author has 

 grown, on a space six by twenty feet, seven meas- 

 ured pecks of choice potatoes. 



PEAS 



The common belief that peas will do best on 

 thin, poor soil, is not correct. They yield won- 

 derfully well on Sandwich Beds, for early varie- 

 ties, and on the Modified Sandwich Beds for late. 



It pays to sprout the seed before planting: the 

 "stand" is more even, and several days' time is 

 gained. 



Early sowings should be covered about one 

 inch, but later sowings may be covered two inches. 



Plant in rows one foot apart and quite thickly 

 in the row, say one seed to two inches, for not all 

 of the seed will grow. 



After planting two rows, twelve inches apart, 

 it is best to leave a space of three feet, then two 

 rows more, and so on. The vacant space may be 

 sown in radishes, lettuce, beets, or filled with 

 onion sets. 



For very early, choose Early Alaska, which is 

 a smooth variety. Little Gem is a dwarf, wrin- 

 kled variety, and is also early. These require 

 no brush. Gradus is a splendid variety, and is 



