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PEAS-PLANTING FOR A CONSTANT SUPPLY 



r TX) PRODUCE enough pods to give a family of five a 

 A fair "taste" of peas, at least six fifteen-foot rows 

 should be planted. These would yield, under ordinary 

 conditions, enough pods for three meals. To secure a 

 full season's supply requires considerable space, and a 

 constant supply is largely a matter of selecting sorts ma- 

 turing in succession rather than to make repeated sowings 

 of one variety. 



The earliest peas to yield pods are the smooth-seeded 

 kinds because they can be sown very early. But their 

 season of bearing is short and supplementary sowings of 

 both early and late wrinkled sorts are necessary for con- 

 stant crops. The following chapters contain definite 

 data about the time required by the different sorts to 

 produce pods. By selecting early, mid season, and late 

 sorts, every planter can work out a perfect programme of 

 successive crops. If your space is limited, try Little 

 Marvel (illustrated above), Blue Bantam, and Potlach. 



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